WORKSHOP GOALS
                   
    Our goal for this workshop is to investigate strategies for 
     planning, organizing, and structuring our classrooms to 
           maximize student success. 
   We will examine effective classroom management strategies 
        through an overview of Harry Wong’s 
          THE First Days of School, 
        and work towards implementation in order to create an 
           environment conducive to 
         student learning and achievement.
              Ben Franklin 
     (and an ancient Chinese proverb) said   
         “Tell me and I will forget, 
       teach me and I will remember, 
       involve me and I will learn.”
        28 FACTORS GOVERNING 
            STUDENT LEARNING
    Listed in rank order:
    Listed in rank order:
    1.  Classroom Management
    1.   Classroom Management
    2.  Instructional/Learning process
    2.   Instructional/Learning process
    3.  Parental and home support
    3.   Parental and home support
    28.    Classroom demographics
    28.    Classroom demographics          Study conducted by three 
                                         researchers over a 50 year span. 
                                          What Helps Students Learn? 
                                           Educational Leadership 
                                         (December 1994/January 1994)
                                        THE First Days of School, 
                                        p. 80
                         CLASSROOM 
                      MANAGEMENT
        •  Classroom management refers to all of the things a 
           teacher does to organize students, space, time, and 
           materials so student learning can take place
        •  Management skills are crucial and fundamental
        •  A well-managed classroom has a set of procedures and 
           routines that structure the classroom
             Effective teachers MANAGE their classrooms
          Ineffective teachers DISCIPLINE their classrooms
                                           
                                                              THE First Days of 
                                                              School, p. 82
       EFFECTIVE TEACHERS ARE READY
           They have the room ready!
          positive work environment that is work-
                          oriented
           They have the work ready!
          desks, books, papers, assignments, and 
                          materials
         They have themselves ready!
           warm, positive attitude, and positive 
                        expectations
                                            THE First Days of School, 
                                            pg. 89