September+4th,+2009+CMB

INTRODUCTIONS RATIONALE FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES RESOURCES/MATERIALS DISCUSSION DELEGATION OF DUTIES FOLLOWING MEETING ASSIGNMENT
 * AGENDA**

** Team Meeting Log ** Absent: Mark Oklin, Annie DeMarco Our goal is to explore best practices regarding classroom management and behavior support. By communicating by the WIKI and through meetings the group will explore different teaching strategies. By working as a group we want to enhance our student’s academic, behavioral, and social achievement through networking. __ Articles: __ Are Effective Academic Instructional Practices Used to Teach Students with Behavior Disorders? Instructional Classroom Management: A Proactive Model for Managing Student Behavior Assuming __ Books __ : A Brain Based Approach to Closing the Achievement GAP What do you do with a Child like this? The group discussed what we would like to achieve professionally by meeting as a group. We discussed what has been effective in our classrooms and what has not been effective. We discussed what we believe classroom management looks like and what our “ideal” classroom would look like. The group decided that we will look at different articles and books to come up with strategies for effective behavioral management. Through our research and classroom experiences we will reflect on managing behavior. The team discussed what we face in the classroom on a daily basis. Some of the behaviors that we came up with were language, cultural differences, disrespect of adults, and short term students. We reflected upon how we can overcome these behaviors and use each other as a support system. We also discussed the positive qualities of our students and what we can do to help them academically and socially. We discussed focusing on the positive qualities and came to a group agreement that building a rapport with our students is the best classroom management tool. On September 18th the group will each pick an article or chapter of a book related to classroom management and summarize the main concepts to the rest of the group. Also the group will explore other articles or books to begin discussing for the following meeting.
 * Team: __Classroom Management and Behavior Support__ **
 * __ Group B __**
 * Date: __September 4, 2009__ **
 * Members Present: ** Shar Sturm, Lois Masengale, Bob Fowler, Ed Thomas, Jill Kottner, Mark Valozzi
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