Establishing Communities

Classroom Community Culture for Learning addresses real scenarios of classroom management including issues related to authority, power, control, and leadership. The focus is on what the teacher does to the classroom environment in order to effect the desired behavior in the students. 

Build Trust, Banish Fear discusses that we should replace fear with trust. Students learn that broken trust is un-repairable. It’s our job as teachers to answer all of our student’s questions, repeat, and review information. We should passionately want them to understand, and never get disappointed when they don't.This article presents classroom techniques he shares in his new book, “Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56”. 

Understanding Students' Basic Needs describes eight basic human needs of students. Acknowledgment, recognition, attention, competence, purpose, belonging, nurturing, and stimulation/change are essential to meet students needs. Includes a checklist for analyzing student needs and addressing the level of successfully meeting their needs. 


Students should understand what it means to act as a community in a classroom.

Creating a bubble map as a class can be an interactive way to get students thinking about community.

References:
1. Gallagher, S., & Goodman, G. (2007). Classroom community culture for learning: (Chapter eight). New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing. (ISBN: 9781433101113)
2. Esquith, R. (2007). Build trust, banish fearInstructor,116(6), 47.
3. Dickey, Celeste. Horner, Rob. Sugai, George. 12 Steps to Effective Classroom Management https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-kdcxG0DQc9NVNUc1g2NV93ZzQ/edit
4. Understanding Student's Basic Needs. (2002). Sprick. Module 3, Presentation 5. Enhancing Student Support-Part I. 
Pictures:
1. Ryshke, Bob. (2013). Center for Teacher News and Information. Education Blog. http://rryshke.edublogs.org/tag/classroom-community/
2. Matsumoto. (2012). http://www.midpac.edu/elementary/KM/2012/09/

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