Course Number: ED330
Course Title: Classroom Management

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

General

1. The student will be able to organize an elementary classroom and create a favorable climate for cooperation.
2. The student will be able to motivate engagement in learning, give clear directions for learning activities, and design and conduct
    engaging learning activities to prevent behavior problems from occurring.
3. The student will be able to communicate effectively with students and their parents.
4. The student will be able to develop approaches to solving discipline problems in the classroom.

Specific

1. The student will be able to organize an elementary classroom and create a favorable climate for cooperation.
    1a. Establish and teach classroom standards of conduct (rules) and design systems of consequences for following the rules and for
         failing to follow the rules
    1b. Establish and teach classroom routines
    1c. Develop a plan of activities to begin a new school year
    1d. Group elementary students for instruction and develop plan to work with small groups of students within a regular Micronesian
         classroom
    1e. Develop a classroom layout/arrangement
    1f. Develop a class schedule

2. The student will be able to motivate engagement in learning, give clear directions for learning activities, and design and conduct
    engaging learning activities to prevent behavior problems from occurring and promote learning.
    2a. Design intrinsically motivating learning activities
    2b. Give clear directions for assignments
    2c. Define components of enthusiasm in lesson presentation
    2d. Develop strategies for implementing cooperative learning groups in the classroom
    2e. Provide "knowledge of results" in a minimum of five (5) ways
    2f. Develop a plan for maintaining positive student engagement in learning activities

3. The student will be able to communicate effectively with students and their parents.
    3a. Provide an empathetic response to statements made by elementary students who are frustrated by school or a particular
         activity
    3b. Develop a plan for communicating with parents
    3c. Develop strategies for handling angry parents

4. The student will be able to develop approaches to solving discipline problems in the classroom.
    4a. Describe "least intrusive" strategies to handle minor isolated off-task behaviors
    4b. Describe traditional methods of disciplining children in Micronesia
    4c. Determine his/her position on the use of corporal punishment in the elementary classroom
    4d. Develop plans for handling off-task behavior patterns, both disruptive and non-disruptive, in the elementary classroom
    4e. Develop strategies for preventing violence in the elementary schools including conflict resolution and management, peer
         mediation, techniques for reducing gang-related activities, and the establishment of gentle, caring school communities