Session 10: Classroom Management

British Council 2014

Classroom Management: Session 2

Learning outcomes

By the end of Session 1, Formadores will be better able to:• Reflect on learning from previous session• Micro-teach or observe one group of volunteers and make notes on a simple observation sheet.• Reflect on what they have learned from micro-teaching and make individual action plans

Reflection

a. Now think about how you can apply what you have learnt in the previous session to your every day classroom teaching. 

b. Look at the 'Action plan' table in your Workbook, page 49. Choose two things you have learnt from the previous session and try them with at least one of the groups.

Action PlanACTION PLAN FOR ‘GENERAL CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT'

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Class: Which class will I work with?Goal : What will I try?

How: What materials/aids do I need? When: When will I try it?

Evidence: How will I know I have been successful?

Planning for micro-teaching

• Work in small groups

• Plan a pair work activity for upper primary or secondary school in which their students will suggest rules for their course. This will include all aspects of classroom behavior.

• One person from each group will volunteer to demonstrate how the activity would be taught in class

• Colleagues will use a peer observation sheet for each volunteer

Peer observation for micro-teaching

OBSERVATION SHEET

Name

Phrases used

Was the teacher clear? What did the teacher do well?

Was anything unclear? Why?

What could the teacher perhaps do differently?