The Rules to Rule Classroom Management

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All right. Hey, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of Lazy Learning Lamb podcast.
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Again, I'm your hostess, Esta, and today's episode will be nothing short of amazing.
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We are going to whip all of your classroom management skills into shape today.
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You will have the most effortless and seamless class school year ever if you
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stick through to the very, very end of this episode.
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Our topic today is the rules to rule classroom management.
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I'll say that again, the rules to rule classroom management.
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Let's jump right into it. Now, one of the biggest complaints that I seem to
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get from administration is that I don't circulate my classroom very much,
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that I do most of my behavior monitoring for my desk.
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But since I am the queen of working and not working at the same time,
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I rarely miss a beat when I do this.
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What administration does not have the ability to complain about is the fact
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that I still run a tight ship.
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I write less than five discipline referrals every school year.
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And I end up having some of the highest learning gains and pass rates on state
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and district assessments.
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How you gonna argue with the results, boo-boo?
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So I feel like I have definitely earned the ability to rule my classroom from
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what I like to call my throne.
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And y'all, once I created the right combination of like classroom rules,
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it has been smooth sailing from there. Again, I have been teaching 15 plus years
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in the inner city hood school and I love it.
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So I know what I'm talking about. All right. I know what I'm talking about.
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These rules have allowed me to maintain my sanity during my tenure in this environment.
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Now, in a previous episode, I did talk about don't be a fool,
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post your classroom rules.
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So if you have not listened to that already, it is a game changer.
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And these two kind of go together because you'll hear me referencing some things
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that I mentioned in that episode.
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So, you know, after you finish this one, backtrack and go ahead and listen to
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Don't Be A Fool, Post Your Classroom Rules.
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Now, the types of rules we are going to discuss today, they must be posted in
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your classroom for your students viewing pleasure in order for this method to be most effective.
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Basically, this is a two step process. First, we're going to create the rules in this episode here.
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Second, we're going to post them and we'll cover that in Don't Be a Fool,
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Post Your Classroom Rules.
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Now for the meat and the potatoes, what are the rules to ruling classroom management?
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We are going to discuss some generic rules that should be a part of every teacher's
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classroom management plan.
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Now it is up to you to put your stank on it, put your funk on it,
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and make that rule fit your personality and to fit what you want your student outcomes to be.
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We're going to roll into the first one, the tardy policy.
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What does being on time look like for your class?
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Will you require your students to be inside of the room before the tardy bell starts ringing?
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Or will you allow them to come in all the way up until the tardy bell stops ringing?
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You see, I work with high school students and my
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classes are conditioned to know that they must have two
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feet inside the classroom before the
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the tardy bell starts to ring and I am known y'all I'm known I'm that teacher
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I'm known for from being for being millimeters from rearranging some ankles
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arms and noses I literally shut the door in their faces at the first sound.
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But that's for me. That is a rule for my class, simply because our school gives
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the kids a one minute warning bell.
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So they get five minutes between classes and then they get a one minute warning
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bell to let them know they have one minute to be in class.
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So the students should never be caught off guard and surprised when they're late.
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I do know that other teachers give until the tardy bell finishes ringing and
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then those students are considered tardy.
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But again, your class, your rule, but figure it out. And a pro tip,
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give physical demonstrations of what is and is not being on time for your class.
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Get your students involved and have them help you act out the scenario.
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Up next, the food, drinks, and gum policy.
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Rule classroom management by knowing if your students are allowed to eat,
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drink, and chew gum in your class. Are you okay with some of these happening and not others?
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Are you willing to make exceptions for certain class periods because of where
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they fall during the day?
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So these are all questions you want to ask yourselves. Now, in terms of food,
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I do not allow it in my classroom.
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I make it absolutely known that our school has ants and roaches.
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And if we are eating in the classroom, leaving crumbs and wrappers,
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that it is an invitation for those critters to come and set up camp.
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Plus, some of them be bringing roaches from home, like in their book bags and stuff.
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So that's a whole nother thing. But anyways, there are some teachers that do not mind it at all.
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I have heard rules such as no sharing or trading of food, but you can eat and drink in my class.
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But, you know, just don't share and no trading.
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I've heard other teachers say that if they're going to eat in class,
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they have to give the teacher some. them.
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So if their kid is going to eat a bag of chips, then they're supposed to bring
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the teacher a bag of chips.
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And other teachers only allow their first period class to eat because breakfast is essential.
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And a lot of times kids don't have time to eat breakfast before the school day starts.
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And then there are those few teachers that I've come across who have like the
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second and third lunch, depending on how big your school is.
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You know, you've got your A lunch, B lunch or your first lunch,
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second lunch. But either way, you've got multiple lunch blocks and those teachers
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that have a class period later in the day before they get to have their lunch
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because they're the later lunch.
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They allow that period of students to snack on things in class because they
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understand like it's 1230 and you haven't eaten since 730 this morning.
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But again, your discretion.
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And although I am not the biggest fan of gum, if it is already in their mouth
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prior to class starting, I let it slide.
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I do not allow the eating of candy in my class, though.
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I treat candy pretty much the same way that I treat food.
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And if I start to see gum on the floor or on chairs or being stuck under the
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desk, then gum becomes a complete no-go all the way across the board.
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And I am a track and field and cross country coach.
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And I understand the importance of people staying hydrated, whether they're an athlete or not.
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Personally, I consume 70 ounces of water per workday. To be fair,
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I do allow my students to drink water in class.
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But, and there is a but, it must be clear and non-fizzing water.
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And the water should be in a clear container so I can determine if it is okay.
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If not, then what they had their quote unquote water in has to pass a poor test.
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So they have to open their non-clear container, come to the trash can by my
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deck and do a little pour out so I can test it.
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And most of the times students that are trying to lie to me will just be like,
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nah, man, nah, miss, you got it.
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You got it, don't worry about it. And they'll just put it away. Okay.
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So here's your pro tip. I allow gum so that students feel like they are getting away with something.
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I don't let them eat in my class, but if they get to chew gum,
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then they feel like there's some way somehow breaking the rule.
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Whatever psychology hacks work, right?
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All right, we're going to keep on moving. Next up, what does being prepared
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and ready for class look like?
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So once that tardy bell has rung and your class is starting,
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what do you expect your classroom to look like?
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What are your students expected to have out on their desk and what are they expected to be doing?
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So you want to keep that in mind when you are painting the picture of what does
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being prepared and ready for class look like.
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I rule classroom management by requiring my students to have all their materials
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out before the tardy bell rings.
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That includes something to write on and something to write with. I teach math.
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Every day you need something to write on and something to write with.
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Along with any other specified materials mentioned in their bell work instructions.
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All right. Now, once that tardy bell rings, they should already be seated.
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They should no longer be walking around trying to sharpen a pencil or borrow pencils.
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By this point, my students should have already taken out their notebooks or
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borrow paper from a neighbor.
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And if by chance that tardy bell rings and they are still missing some materials,
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materials I rule classroom management by
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enforcing the use of universal sign language
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yes sir you still responsible for getting those
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materials that you don't have but you sure enough can't talk because the first
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five minutes of my class period is silent baby so they are forced to use non-verbal
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gestures to ask for something to write on or for something to write in it's universal because
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there's only so many ways to ask for paper with sign language and only so many
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ways to ask for something to write with using hand gestures.
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Pro tip, make the consequence of irresponsibility awkward in order to help minimize
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the undesired behavior.
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All right. Up next, rule your classroom management by determining how your students
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will get permission to speak or get out of their seat.
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Now, for this one, how do you expect your students to get your attention when
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they have a question, when they have a comment or when they have a concern?
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What is the procedure when they want to get out of their seat to either come
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to you and ask you a question? if they want to get up and go throw something
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away or they want to go get something from a neighboring classmate.
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Now, as for me and mine, they must raise a quiet hand, wait to be acknowledged,
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then they can speak or ask for permission to get out of their seat.
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And when I say a quiet hand, baby, that is exactly what I mean.
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I am gifted with the ability to look students in the eyes while they're talking
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to me and ignore the crap out of them.
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Now, you may ask, why are you so petty? Like, why are you ignoring somebody's child?
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And I'm going to put it real plain and simple for you. They did not raise a
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quiet hand and wait to be acknowledged.
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I even ignore the kids that raise their hand. They throw their hand up and they blur.
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No, honey, just because your hand up on me, I didn't, I did not acknowledge
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your quiet hand yet. So you don't have permission to speak.
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Therefore, I'm looking at you with this look on my face like,
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what is you really doing right now?
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And if one of their classmates does not redirect them, I simply,
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all I got to do is point to it and say rule number four.
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And if they get out of their their seat without permission, I asked them to sit down and try again.
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So I've got it set up where my redirection is very minimal, but they know how to fix it.
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Oh, why am I so tough on this, you might be asking.
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Well, I am a stickler about students being up and roaming around my classroom.
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I really am. As stated, I have taught all 15 years in the rough parts of town.
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And there has been an instance where one of my students, very early on in my
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teaching career, got up without permission, got up, walked across the room,
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and punched another student in the face.
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Now, this was some neighborhood beef that kind of spilled over into school.
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Nothing that actually bubbled up inside of my classroom
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the boy just got up and walked across the room and stuck on
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me no warning no conversation no yelling across the room about it hence this
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is why I'm a stickler about it in my latter days because if you're up and moving
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I need to know why you're moving and where you're going so if you deviate from
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that general geographic area of the classroom,
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then I know something's up one way or another.
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Now, rule classroom management by being as stern or as flexible as you want with this one.
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It really and truly depends on what you can and cannot tolerate.
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But due to my ADD, some people say I got ADHD, but I'm not claiming the extra letter.
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It does not serve me well to have students blurting out at me.
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If I'm talking, in, giving instructions. If I'm in the middle of a task or helping
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a student, it really throws off my train of thought to have a kid just blurt out and yell at me.
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By having this rule in place, I give myself permission to block out those that are out of compliance.
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This way, my attention does not get unnecessarily diverted because I've already
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programmed myself to know I don't have to listen to that. And I keep it moving.
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Pro tip, stay the course with this one, okay? Do not make exceptions.
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Do not entertain kids when they don't follow whatever your policy is,
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or your students will constantly test the boundaries of this particular role.
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OK, next up, we got the restroom policy.
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Will you give unlimited passes? Will you limit passes?
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If you're going to limit passes, how many is the limit?
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When are they going to start over? What is the procedure for alerting you that
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they need to use the restroom?
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What will you use as a pass to allow them out of the classroom?
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Will you require them to sign out before they leave? Sign back in when they come back?
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Okay, so I know I am going to get some dirty looks and some not so nice comments
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left on the bottom of this episode because I only allow my students to get two, count them, one, two,
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four minute restroom passes each quarter.
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So each nine weeks, each marking period, they get two, count them,
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one, two restroom passes.
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They do not get rollover passes. There are no borrowing passes or lending passes.
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And there are some teachers that give three passes. And my students are like,
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Ms. Such and Such, give us three.
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Okay, well, I'm not Ms. Such and Such. You get two.
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And I do know some teachers that do unlimited. Again, it's up to you.
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But if you really want to rule classroom management, I have another must listen
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to post dedicated to the importance of placing a limit on restroom passes.
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It's called, I gotta pee in your class daily.
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It's called, I gotta pee in your class daily.
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Also, students who ask to get
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water, I let them know you are using a restroom pass if you go get water.
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Now, here is my logic behind this, all right?
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First of all, I allow my students to bring water with them into class.
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So your need to go to the water fountain could be eliminated if you brought your own.
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Secondly, the way our school is set up, the water fountains are right by the restroom.
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If I allow a kid to go get water, guess what else is probably going to happen?
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They're going to slide into the restroom and now they've used the water fountain
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as a freebie to get an extra restroom pass.
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See, sometimes you got to think like a criminal so you can catch the criminal. You got me?
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Not to mention, students will start to use the water fountain as I get out of class free card.
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So for my people in the back with their nose turned up at me over here thinking,
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huffing and puffing and turning all red in the face because you're asking yourself,
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well, what if it's an emergency?
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Because kids love to throw that around.
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Well, I asked them, was it an emergency when you spent your five minutes between
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classes talking to your friends or walking Bay to class first?
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I do not give permission for my students to go to the restroom if they have used their passes.
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If it is a real emergency, and I mean a real emergency, those kids will get up and walk out.
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Now, in order to rule classroom management, you also need to learn how to save face.
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Now, obviously, if a kid had to use the restroom that bad, that they got up
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and walked out of class, class risking disciplinary action, they clearly had
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to go to the bathroom, right?
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But at the same time, I got 28 of the students looking to see how I handled
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the situation when that kid walked out of the classroom.
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So when that child returns, I send them to a neighboring teacher,
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usually accompanied by a comment similar to, and I make sure I say it so the
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rest of the class can hear me.
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I say it like this. At this point, the situation will be handled between you
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and your administrative dean.
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So you can go next door to such and such's class.
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I'll bring you your stuff and you can handle it with your dean whenever they call you about it.
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Am I really that cold? Am I really that heartless?
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Do I actually write that kid up?
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No, I don't. Not the first time, but I do have to make it look like I did not
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just let them get away with it. So that's what I mean by saving face.
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You've got to save face. Otherwise, you're just going to have kids trying your
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gangster and just walking out of your class whenever they got to use the restroom
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or whatever they claim it's an emergency.
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The kid does not get away with a clean slate, though. I do make a point to pull
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them aside the next time they come to my class and we discuss a better way to
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handle the situation, including using their time between classes more wisely.
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And I do let them know that if they try my gangster again and walk out like
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that, then the consequences will be very real.
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Very real. I do want to put this disclaimer out there.
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An exception is made for my young ladies who are on their monthly cycle.
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You have to use teacher discretion.
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You can tell when someone is using and abusing the I'm on my period and when it is actually genuine.
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Pro tip, put a policy in place where students cannot interrupt you regarding
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the restroom while you are giving direct instruction or addressing the entire class.
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Next up, rule classroom management with cell phone and personal electronics policy.
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Now, this one right here is a hot topic because this is a concern for so many
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teachers trying to keep their students off of their personal devices during class.
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Now, what will the policy be for your students using their cell phones,
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earbuds, smartwatches, and personal tablets during your class?
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Do you have your students place all their phones off of their body?
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Is there a designated place in your classroom for all phones to be stored until
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the class period is over?
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When a student violates your cell phone and personal electronics policy, is there a warning?
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Do you confiscate it? Is it a phone call home?
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Are they sent to an administrative office for disciplinary consequences?
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Consequences you need to know this and you need to
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know this before those students are in front of you because
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guaranteed the first week of
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school somebody's gonna try you and
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if you don't have a plan in place good luck chuck the rest of the year the district
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i pay in sorry i the district i work in they might not pay much but they do
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have a zero tolerance policy for personal electronics use At my school,
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we send students to the office to turn in their personal electronics if they
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were using them or if they were out and visible.
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Those students then receive a ticket and they can go when the final bell rings
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to go home and collect their items at the end of each school day.
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Usually if I
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cannot prove that it is that
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they were actually using their personal electronic but their
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electronic is out in a compromising position then I won't send them to the office
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so in such cases where their phones are in their lap under their jackets in
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their seats in their purse or backpack but they positioned it to where they
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could still use their electronic while it's in the purse or backpack.
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And I will then just ask them to put their electronic in my desk drawer and
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I'll give it back to them at the end of the period.
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Now, this does help me rule my classroom management because it helps to avoid
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power struggles and false accusations because a kid will hard down argue with
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you that they weren't using it.
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If you say, hey, go turn your phone in because you was using it.
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And they know that the rule is they got to turn it into the office because it was in use or it's out.
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You don't want to get these kids. Some of these kids really could be lawyers when they grow up.
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Don't put yourself in a position to get into a power struggle or get caught
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up on the fine print. Okay.
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I use the, go ahead and just put it in my drawer till the end of the period as a way to just.
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It's an alternative from sending them to the office. And the kids appreciate
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it more because they know they get it back at the end of the class period versus
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going to the office and not getting it back to the end of the day.
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And it usually just kind of lowers their defenses because I didn't accuse them falsely.
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And they know they're going to get it back when the bell rings.
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Over the years, I have truly become a pro at reading body language.
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And my students are often very baffled at how I knew that they were on their
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phone or using their smartwatches or how I knew they had their AirPod in their
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ear without me even having to leave my throne.
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I do highly recommend, though, until you really sharpen these skills,
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please get up and circulate your classroom from time to time.
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You will be able to tell those students that have those sketchy shifts in their
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body language when you get up to start moving around.
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Pro tip, make students keep a clear workspace.
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I'm talking about no backpacks, no purses on their desk or in their laps or
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on their body during the class period.
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What this does is minimizes the chance of them using those items as shields
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and covers so that they can use their personal electronics.
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Everybody needs a sleeping in class policy.
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What is your sleeping in class policy? Will you allow students to sleep and
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do absolutely nothing about it?
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How many times are you willing to wake them up without a consequence?
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Will you have a designated area for nappers and non-workers?
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Are you going to allow them to get a drink of water from the water fountain
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if they're having a hard time staying awake?
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Or will you allow them to go splash water on their face in the restroom without using a restroom pass?
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Will your protocol be for them to stand up and stretch? Or maybe will you allow
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them to take a few laps around the classroom?
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Teaching high school students in the inner city, I get a gamut of reasons why
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students are sleeping in class.
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And they really can range from they have to work to help their family pay bills
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and they get off work late, staying up to babysit while their parent or parents are working.
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And sometimes them kids just be up playing video games. Let's just be real.
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But for the simple fact that a lot of students more so tend to fall in that
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hardship bubble, I do not give a consequence for sleeping in class.
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And this does allow me to rule classroom management very well.
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I will, however, ask them to, I'll give you two times. I will address you twice about staying awake.
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If I have to address you a third time from there, I ask my students to stand
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by their desk for two minutes. I set a two minute timer.
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I tell them, hey, when this timer goes off, then that's your cue to sit down and continue working.
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But while you are up standing for these two minutes, you are required to still be doing some work.
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Once that timer goes off, they sit down and they continue working.
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And for me, I just use it as a tactic to help get the blood flowing through their entire body.
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Sometimes when you're sitting down, the blood just isn't reaching everywhere
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and they just need a chance to kind of allow the blood to get everywhere.
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And occasionally you're going to run into those kids that really don't care
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and they just want to sleep. You're going to run into those kids that have their
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head down because they don't feel good.
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And for that reason, I have a designated section in the back of my room where
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students who are not feeling well or students who just can't seem to stay up,
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don't want to try to stay up or they just glad I say I'm not going to stay up.
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They are able to go to this area and I will not disturb them.
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But do your best
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to separate the non-workers from the workers by
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using physical distance so that's why i have a designated
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area where they can go and be a bum but they cannot sit amongst the rest of
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the working population because that can be contagious what about dismissal time
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when you're really about to say bye felicia to your students when the bell rings
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can your students just get up and walk out all willy-nilly?
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Do you want them to remain seated until you physically dismiss them?
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Are they allowed to line up at the door prior to the bell?
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When should they start packing up their belongings for transition?
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You should have an answer for all of these. And for my students,
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they are to remain seated until I dismiss them.
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So that I can rule classroom management, man, I inform them that the bell is
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simply an indicator that it is time to transition.
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However, I am the one that releases you to get up and transition out of my class.
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This prevents my students from running out of the classroom screaming in the
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middle of my last minute announcements because I forgot to say what I needed to say.
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And now I got caught by the bell.
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Now they have to sit there and be tortured for another 20 seconds while I finish
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what I have to say, right?
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Pro tip, set a timer on your phone to go off three minutes before the bell is supposed to ring.
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This allows you to get to a stopping point and also allows your students to
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pack up and gives you that special time to do any last minute announcements.
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Policy for talking. What parts of your class period are silent?
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Or are there certain assignments that are supposed to be silent all the time?
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Are they only allowed to discuss the assignment at hand or will you allow your
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students to talk about whatever they want as long as they are actually working?
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Do you have a noise ordinance that they must comply with?
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And how will you monitor and address the noise level when it gets too high?
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Why? For this one, the rule to rule classroom management in my class is to stay
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on task and talk on topic only.
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For me, this is like all encompassing. Like you should always be working on
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what I've assigned to you.
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If it is if it is and collaborate, if it is a collaborative assignment,
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then my students are only allowed to talk about the assignment itself.
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So that's the on topic piece.
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In the first five minutes of every class period for me, my bell work time is always silent.
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Depending on the subject area, some teachers do not mind their students talking
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about whatever they want as long as they are being productive on their work. And that's fine.
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But for me and mine, because I teach math, usually off topic conversations and
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productive problem solving skills are not happening simultaneously in their brains.
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Which is why I only say talk on topic and be on task and talk on topic only.
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Pro tip, play background music
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and instruct your class to keep the overall noise level below the music.
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When your class level gets louder than the music, simply say,
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hey, y'all are louder than my music and voila.
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Your students will know exactly how much they need to adjust.
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Problem solved. R-E-S-P-E-C-T. What is that policy on respect?
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What are your expectations for peer-to-peer respect, student-to-adult respect,
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meaning your students to you, your students to administrators,
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your students to visiting adults, your students to substitutes?
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And what are your expectations for your students on respecting themselves?
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Oh, give me snaps. Give me snaps because respecting yourself is a rule in my class as well.
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In my realm, I always tell my students that I lead with respect.
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Since I give respect first, I expect respect back in return.
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And if you are going to act a plumb fool, do it in front of my face so I can
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handle it, so I can deal with it. do not wait until I have visitors in here.
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Do not wait until I have a substitute to act like you don't have no sense.
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Because at that point, you really going to piss me off because I know in that
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case, you are making poor choices and I will handle it accordingly.
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Because if you can act like you got some sense when I'm here,
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you can also act like you got some sense when I'm not here. Mm-hmm.
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Pro tip, become the big bad wolf in your classroom so there is no room for bullies.
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And I gave that pro tip before I finished up this section because you want to
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rule classroom management by not allowing bullying, no name calling or teasing.
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I make it absolutely known that I do not tolerate any type of put down talk in my classroom.
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They cannot say things like stupid, stupid, dumb, retarded, slow, etc.
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I let them know if they want someone to bully. You want somebody to bully?
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Okay, come try me. Good luck with that though.
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Really good luck with that. So the pro tip, you become the big bad wolf in your
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classroom so there is no room for bullies.
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Oh, if you made it this far, you made it to the end. We are on the last rule
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to rule classroom management.
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And that is a growth mindset policy.
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What is your policy on attempting the work you assign?
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What is your policy on negative self-talk or negative talk in general?
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The policy when your students are hit with obstacles.
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What do you expect them to think, say, and do?
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My rules on this are as follows. Attempt all problems assigned.
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I teach math and this just covers, again, the gamut for me. It covers everything
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from bell work to classwork to homework to quizzes and tests.
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I cannot teach my students without knowing what's going on in their brain.
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So making participation mandatory, no matter how good their answer is,
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no matter how bad their answer is, no matter how ugly the process for them getting
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there was, Still, they're required to participate.
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Now, next, I tell them to make a way, not an excuse.
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Because again, I tell you, I work in the hood. I work in the inner city.
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So life be lifing with these kids.
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Like some of these kids are going
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through stuff that some of us as adults haven't even experienced yet.
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But I tell them you can always find a million reasons why not to do something.
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Find some reasons why you should. Why should you be determined?
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Why should you persevere? here.
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Life is going to keep lifing. So find a way to work with the cards you are given and get her done, girl.
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Because at the end of the day, life don't keep lifing. The world's going to keep spinning.
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And just because there's issues in your world, that is just a small piece of the big world.
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And a lot of times the big world don't care.
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Hey, I don't just teach math. I teach life. I got to give it to them raw.
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If you do not have a policy on participation and effort, you will waste a large
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amount of valuable time trying to run.
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Students in when participating, no matter if you know the material or not, is a policy.
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From day one, it is much harder for students to rebel and dispute and refuse
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to put their best foot forward.
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Pro tip, find a way to incorporate participation, effort, and attitude into some of their grades.
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In conclusion, I have other policies and procedures that I have not mentioned
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here, but the ones that I did mention are my golden rules.
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These are my go-tos. These are the ones that are literally posted at the front
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of my classroom for the entire school year.
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If you do not have any other rules for your class, please make sure you have
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a rule policy and procedure in place for all of the ones mentioned in this episode.
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When you can put your expectations out there from day one, it makes the world
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of a difference and doing so allows you to rule classroom management.
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You see, students can tell if you are prepared for their BS or if you're just out there winging it.
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Simply making it up as you go, they gonna eat you alive.
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Once they can sense you are being reactive instead of already having been proactive.
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Be ready for the challenge of your lifetime. time.
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Now, how strict or how lenient you want to be on each policy is completely up
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to you, but do keep this last pro tip in mind.
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And this pro tip says, it is easier to start off more strict and then loosen
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the grip than it is to start loosey-goosey and then try to tighten up.