Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Who’s The Boss around Here? Managing Your Classroom

Managing Your Classroom

In This Chapter

▶ Managing your students

▶ Getting your classroom organised

▶ Setting rules of behaviour

▶ Maintaining control in your class

▶ Taking care of problems

W

hen you’re in the classroom, you do more than just teach. You’re the

manager and your students look to you for professional handling of

their course and the people on it.

In this chapter, I explain how you can deal with problems relating to students

and your teaching environment. I also offer suggestions and advice for run-

ning your classes and handling difficulties too.

Running Your Classes Effectively

As the teacher, it’s your responsibility to maintain order during the course.

First, you need to be aware of the time and location of the classes. It may be

up to the school to decide this but you should think ahead about your avail-

ability to complete the job and be on time. The premises should be suitable

for teaching but you may need to make some adjustments. Find out who the

students are and how to record their attendance and progress. You need

a course syllabus and individual lessons plans but while the lesson is in

progress you have to manage your students too. Everyone in the classroom,

including you, should behave appropriately, which means being friendly,

maintaining a sense of fun but being disciplined at the same time. If students

are out of line you need a strategy for dealing with this too.