September 7th was the start of a whole new school year. I always look at it as an opportunity to try new things, to make my life a little easier, to get my kids off to a good start. It was a success and a failure, all at the same time.
My classroom had a great setup, it was more of a discussion forum setup, and less a traditional classroom. Students were able to see one another, it had a good fluidity for movement, and the energy was great. What was lacking was in the procedure department.
Keeping my kids appraised of the rules and procedures seems to be one of the struggles that I face every year. You tell them how you want things done and they do it, for a while, but then it starts to fade. Sometimes you have to change things, other times you have to reinvent things, but everything wears out after a while. In addition, there has to be a way of reminding students that these things exist. There's the next step.
Moving on to October, I decided to make classroom management one of my Stull objectives. Stull is the bill that was passed in California for doing teacher performance reviews. You have to create 3 objectives, set parameters, requirements, and due dates. My 2nd one is to review, catalog, and reflect on my classroom management. So, in the blogs that will be to come, that is what I will be doing.
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