Teaching Rules and Procedures
My approach to teaching rules and procedures is the traditional approach, meaning modeling rules, reinforcing rules by the teacher, prompting or cuing students to remember the expectations, and structuring the school day and the classroom to promote compliance with rules. I will also, incorporate some of the newer approaches, meaning including students in establishing the rules and procedures for the classroom. Procedures and routines are the backbone of daily classroom life, because they are statements of student expectations necessary to participate successfully in classroom activities, to learn and to function effectively in the school environment.
Strategies for teaching students procedure:
1. explain: state, explain, model and demonstrate the procedure
- define the procedure in concrete terms
- demonstrate the procedure; don't just tell
- demonstrate a complex step by step rehearse: rehearse and practice the procedure under your supervision
- have students practice the procedure, step by step under your supervision
2. After each step, make sure that the students have performed the step correctly have
the students repeat the procedure until it becomes a routine. The students should be able to perform the procedure without teacher supervision reinforce: reteach, rehearse, practice, and reinforce the classroom procedure until it becomes a student habit or routine.
3. Determine whether students have learned the procedure or whether they need explanation, demonstration or practice
- reteach the correct procedure if rehearsal is unacceptable, and give corrective feedback
- praise the students when the rehearsal is acceptable
Strategies for teaching students rules:
1. As a class we will come up with an acronym for the classroom to go by.
For example:
Actions are choices
Responsible voices
Take a risk
Ideas and mistakes are both allowed
Speak up when you need help
Treat others respectively
My approach to teaching rules and procedures is the traditional approach, meaning modeling rules, reinforcing rules by the teacher, prompting or cuing students to remember the expectations, and structuring the school day and the classroom to promote compliance with rules. I will also, incorporate some of the newer approaches, meaning including students in establishing the rules and procedures for the classroom. Procedures and routines are the backbone of daily classroom life, because they are statements of student expectations necessary to participate successfully in classroom activities, to learn and to function effectively in the school environment.
Strategies for teaching students procedure:
1. explain: state, explain, model and demonstrate the procedure
- define the procedure in concrete terms
- demonstrate the procedure; don't just tell
- demonstrate a complex step by step rehearse: rehearse and practice the procedure under your supervision
- have students practice the procedure, step by step under your supervision
2. After each step, make sure that the students have performed the step correctly have
the students repeat the procedure until it becomes a routine. The students should be able to perform the procedure without teacher supervision reinforce: reteach, rehearse, practice, and reinforce the classroom procedure until it becomes a student habit or routine.
3. Determine whether students have learned the procedure or whether they need explanation, demonstration or practice
- reteach the correct procedure if rehearsal is unacceptable, and give corrective feedback
- praise the students when the rehearsal is acceptable
Strategies for teaching students rules:
1. As a class we will come up with an acronym for the classroom to go by.
For example:
Actions are choices
Responsible voices
Take a risk
Ideas and mistakes are both allowed
Speak up when you need help
Treat others respectively