Welcome back amazing future teachers. This is Sam Moran gal. Thank you for once again joining me in the course how to nail the teacher interview. Once again, I'm so excited to be able to share this course with you. Just to think that I'm helping you and others become teachers is something that really brings me a lot of joy. So I'm so happy to be able to share this lesson with you.

Today I talk about another recommendation. I know the panel will ask you about this particular topic. So let's get right into it. In this lesson, the recommendation is have a classroom management plan. There will most definitely be a question about your classroom management strategy. The members of the interview panel want to know if you're going to be able to keep the class on task say you can't teach if you can't manage the class.

There's not a one size fits all classroom management plan. You know, you'll have to tweak your plan often before you get it working for your group of students. But here are some general points that you should include when describing your classroom management plan. Ready? All right, number one, focus on creating lesson plans that keep the students engaged, very important, and engage student is not a behavior problem. As I mentioned in an earlier recommendation, creativity and lesson planning is essential if you want to keep your students engaged.

This means you have to do more than just lecture or handout worksheet or have the students answer the question out of the textbook. Boring cannot be an adjective that describes your class. So important. Boredom will want to creep into your lesson plan and if you aren't careful, it will begin to define your class. Don't let boredom happen. All right.

So make sure that you focus on creating a lesson plan that keeps the students engaged. Number two, make building positive relationships a priority and this has to be part of your classroom management plan. You need to make sure that you have built those positive relationships. When you have those positive relationships. You're not going to have issues with classroom management students will not misbehave if they have a positive connection with their teacher. Again, as I shared earlier, this is so important if you spend the first few weeks building bridges between you and your students.

You won't need to have a rules poster right note. Just be careful that you don't get too cozy with your kids. That line between the teacher and the student is easy to get blurred. And that can turn classroom management into chaos. This is a tricky one. You're their teacher, not their friend.

So important. Many new teachers become friends with their students. And when The time come to give a consequence causes problems because they've given away their authority. It's important to maintain the teacher student boundary. That's a tricky one. Number three have clear procedures in the classroom.

Students need structure, they need a routine. They want to know what to do when they come into the classroom, how to ask to use the restroom, where to turn in their homework, etc. reteach the procedures, often the first month until it becomes second nature to the students make sure that there is some kind of structure to your class and clear procedure procedures are for only one rule, respect. You don't need a poster full of rules. teach the students that it's all about respect. If they talk when they should be listening to the teacher, they're not showing respect to the teacher, nor to the other students who are trying to listen, if they use inappropriate language in class.

They're not showing respect to themselves. The parents Other students, etc. Make respect an ongoing lesson in the classroom and you won't need to spend time on creating a list of class rules. I would be impressed if I heard that from one of the candidates that I interview. Number five, have a clear consequence system. Should a student need a consequence, make sure that the process is clear and consistent.

For example, for the first offense, the student gets a warning. The second time it's a one on one conversation after class the third time it's called home or detention, etc. The most important point to remember is that you will do everything in your power to handle the situation internally. That is, you won't be sending students to the office unless all other options have been exhausted. Don't be that new teacher that sends kid to the office all the time. All right.

When you're in the interview, make sure the panel knows that you want to handle everything in the classroom and that same student to the office is only as a last resort, that'll get your star by your name will tell you that much. Number six, make parent contact a key part of your classroom management plan. If a student is not being respectful, and your warnings aren't getting through, let the interview panel know that your next step is to call the parent. Although email is convenient, you want to let the panel know that you value the personal touch of a phone call. That's good stuff right there. Make sure you mentioned that.

Number seven, respect goes both ways. You need to convince the panel that you understand that the students in your class are just kids and that is frustrating as one of them can be you will always show them respect when having to educate them regarding their behavior. You are not there to punish you are there to educate. Sometimes education requires a consequence, but it is never punitive. You will score a lot of point if you mentioned in your responses that you will never yell, or humiliate students ever. There will be times when you'll want to tell a student You're acting like a preschooler.

You'll want to raise your voice to tell the class to be quiet. But if you do you lose. If I felt that by your responses, you would be one of those yelling teacher, I would cross your name off my list because respect goes both ways. Number eight, be open to learn from other teachers. Every teacher has a different classroom management system. Some have been created through trial and error over years and worked almost perfectly.

Let the panel know that you aren't trying to reinvent the wheel and are open to learning from veteran teachers. This willingness to learn in a candidate is always refreshing. Number nine, redemption is powerful. I don't think I've ever heard a candidate mentioned redemption but I know when I do, I will put a star and a happy face next to his or her name on my list. I've learned that when students are forgiven for a mistake they've made in class, they learn more about making right choices than any consequence can teach. If yesterday Johnny disrupted the class and received the phone call home, he will behave better today.

If today, I call home and let mom know that Johnny had a great day. Johnny will behave better for the rest of the year. Does this work every time? No. But by demonstrating to the student that yesterday's mistake is forgotten or redeemed by today's behavior. You go a long way in changing his behavior in your class.

Students need to know that they can fix their mistake in your class mentioned redemption in your interview, and I know you're going to score some points. The bottom line is when sharing your classroom management strategy. It's important to let the panel see that you believe in kids all kids, you want them to see that you are not out to hammer the bad student. keep a tight ship. You want to create structure by not an environment of fear. Kids will make mistakes, and they will need to be educated so they don't make the mistakes.

Again, you are there to educate. And if the panel sees that you view student mistakes as an opportunity to educate instead of moment to assert your authority, you will impress them. All right. So a good question that you might receive regarding classroom management would be how would you describe your classroom management strategy? Good question. How would you answer?

Alright guys, that's the end of this session. I look forward to hearing from you. Until next time, we'll see you in class. Talk to you later.