Tennessee Wesleyan College Syllabus

I.  Course Number:   Education 419 – Classroom Management

     Location                 Sherman Hall – TLC

                                    Tuesdays – 3:00-5:00

II.              Spring Semester 2008                              Office Hours: M,W,F, 9-10:00

Instructor:  Mr. John S. Gaston                                    M.W,F, 12-1:00

Office – 423-746-5275                                                     T 9:30-11:00

Home – 865-376-2343                                                         1:00-3:00

Email – jgaston@twcnet.edu                               BY APPOINTMENT

III.             Course Description:  Classroom management strategies are explored to enable students to provide an effective learning environment, prevent misbehaviors, and deal with problem situations as they occur.  Case studies are explored and dissected to prepare students for the Praxis II Exam and student teaching.

IV.              Goals & Objectives: At the end of this course students will be able to:

(1)   Demonstrate the ability to develop rapport with students by expressing empathy, advising, and assisting with problems.

(2)   Demonstrate the ability to elicit cooperation of parents in the education of their children.

(3)   Identify specific differences among students which would call for different treatments or interpretations.

(4)   Manage class and laboratory time effectively, pace instruction, and organize and manage varied learning groups simultaneously.

(5)   Recognize students with problems that require outside personnel and identify appropriate personnel for given problems.

(6)   Design approaches that improve pupils learning, self-discipline, and cooperation.

(7)   Use a variety of appropriate behavior management techniques including behavior modification with rewards and punishments.

(8)   Describe the structure, organization, and basic management system of a school and teachers.

(9)   Identify and research historical and recent information on an issue or trend in effective teaching and managements.

(10)Modify their own teaching and management strategies based of self-evaluation           

      and personal traits that influence teacher efficacy.

Text:

            Cangelosi, J.S. (2007)  Classroom management strategies: gaining and maintaining students’ cooperation (6^th edition). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

COURSE SCHEDULE

1/8 – Introduction to course Requirements, Chapter I

1/15 – Chapter 2

1/22 – Chapter 3

1/29 - Chapter 4

2/5 -   Chapter 5

2/12 – Chapter 6

2/19 – MID-TERM EXAM

2/26  - Class Activity

3/11 – Chapter 7

3/18 – Chpater8

3/25 – Chapter 9

4/1 – Chapter 10

4/8 – Chapter 11

4/15 – DICTIONARIES ARE DUE

4/22 – Chapter 12 – PAPERS DUE

4/29 – Final Exam as Scheduled

EVALUATION PROCEDURE

FOUR Professional Journal Abstracts                           100 pts.

Mid-Term Exam                                                                       200 pts.

Comparison/Contrast Paper                                                      150 pts.

Discipline Dictionary                                                                 150 pts.

Final Exam                                                                               200 pts.

Attendance/Participation                                                             50 pts.

Behavioral Management Plan                                              150 pts.

                                                                               TOTAL:  1000 pts.

GRADING SCALE

A – 930-1000 pts.

B – 850-929 pts.

C – 750-849 pts.

D – 680-749 pts.

F – Below 680 pts. 

HONOR PLEDGE

“IPLEDGE ON MY HONOR TO CONDUCT MYSELF WITH THE FOREMOST LEVEL OF INTEGRITY.”

PLAGIARISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!

Date of Revision: January 2008  Mr. John Gaston