In this course you will explore the Behaviour Management Cycle, a three-step process that teachers can use to increase the learning time in their lessons. This tool helps teachers to influence student behavior and achieve desired results.
Thank you for embarking on this journey. For an effective learning experience, please switch off any notifications, use a notebook to write down your learning and questions as you take the course. Discipline in the classroom is essential to create an environment conducive for learning. In this course, we will re-imagine an engaged yet disciplined class by learning about a simple tool called the Behavior Management Cycle.
Standards
This course meets the following standards
Teaching As Leadership
I-5 Create a welcoming environment through rational persuasion, role models, and constant reinforcement and marketing to instill values (e.g., respect, tolerance, kindness, collaboration) so that students feel comfortable and supported enough to take the risks of striving for the big goals.
E-4 Communicates high expectations for behavior by teaching, practicing and reinforcing rules and consequences so that students are focused on working hard.
CENTA
CC.1.1a Understanding of common classroom management techniques for involvement, positive disciplining, addressing diversity etc. in different types of classroom settings.
CC.1.1b Ability to organise the classroom and its facilities to ensure physical safety, comfort and emotional security of the students.
Positive classroom culture is beneficial to both teachers and students as it creates a classroom where everyone feels included and acknowledged. The teaching environment is as important as what is being taught because students will thrive in a space where they feel comfortable in. In this course, you will explore classroom culture and management systems you can set up in the classroom to ensure you are maximizing learning. You will also learn strategies to turn your classroom into a happy space.
As a result of this course, teachers will explore classroom management systems they can set up in their classroom to ensure they are maximizing learning and practice time in their classroom. It will help to ensure that teachers begin teaching content with structures already in place all the while building investment in students
Course Overview:
Through this course, educators will be able to dissect classroom culture into classroom management and classroom investment. They will deep dive into classroom management and learn about the role of classroom culture in providing excellent education. As teachers, you will be able to learn policy guidelines on classroom culture, various grade-wise classroom strategies for both in person and online classrooms that you can use from the very next day and create an excellent classroom culture plan for your class.
Thank you for embarking on this journey. For an effective learning experience, please switch off any notifications, use a notebook to write down your learning and questions as you take the course.
Joy and enthusiasm are absolutely essential for learning to happen - as a matter of fact and research. Take this course and go on a journey with Totto-chan to explore what joy in a classroom can really look like and what you can do to intentionally build joy into your own classroom!
KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE - THE CHILD SAFETY MODULE
Firki, in partnership with HAQ: Centre for Child Rights and Arpan, is proud to launch the Child Safety Module.
The module includes 4 courses that will cover the following aspects:
Child Sexual Abuse; What we need to know.
Prevention of Children against Sexual Offenses (POCSO - The law process)
Handling disclosure: What to do if a child discloses sexual abuse against them.
Stakeholder awareness: How an educator can educate stakeholders about CSA and POCSO
Each of the modules is designed with the motive to create awareness around CSA and POCSO for our educators so as to be better prepared in preventing such cases in the classroom and creating an environment of support for children to open up.
Values form the foundation for how a child will lead his/her life, and what kind of person they will grow up to be. This course helps you ensure your students have a strong value base through their education.
Thank you for embarking on this journey. For an effective learning experience, please switch off any notifications, use a notebook to write down your learning and questions as you take the course. This course initiates conversations about the need for giving students opportunity to practice values and the impact that values have in a person’s life. Through examples of innovative teacher practices we will explore how students can be given opportunities to demonstrate values and how they help them in achieving class goals. As a result of this course, teachers will reflect on their current beliefs and practice, and incorporate a simple method to teach values to students.
Standards
This course meets the following standards:
Teaching As Leadership
I-5 Create a welcoming environment through rational persuasion, role models, and constant reinforcement and marketing to instill values (e.g., respect, tolerance, kindness, collaboration) so that students feel comfortable and supported enough to take the risks of striving for the big goals
This course aims to make learners aware of what amounts to sexual harassment and the legal provisions in the Indian Constitution that provide protections against sexual harassment, in the context of a school ecosystem. The course also outlines steps to prevent sexual harassment and create a healthy and safe work environment in the school.
Thank you for your interest in this course. Sexual harassment in schools is unfortunately a sad reality of the educational and societal landscape of this country. This course aims to make learners aware of what amounts to sexual harassment and the legal provisions in the Indian Constitution that provide protections against sexual harassment, in the context of a school ecosystem. The course also outlines steps to prevent sexual harassment and create a healthy and safe work environment in the school.
As a result of this course, teachers will explore classroom management systems they can set up in their classroom to ensure they are maximizing learning and practice time in their classroom. It will help to ensure that teachers begin teaching content with structures already in place all the while building investment in students
Course Overview:
Through this course, teachers will be able to dissect classroom culture into classroom management and classroom investment. They will deep dive into classroom management and learn about the role of classroom culture in providing excellent education. As teachers, you will be able to learn various classroom strategies that you can use from the very next day in your classroom and create an excellent classroom culture in your class.
Thank you for embarking on this journey. For an effective learning experience, please switch off any notifications, use a notebook to write down your learning and questions as you take the course.
Standards:
This course meets the following standards:
1. Teaching as Leadership(TAL):
- E-5 Implement and practice time- saving procedures (for transitions, dissemination and collection of supplies or homework, etc.) to maximize time spent on learning:
- Explains procedures clearly when needed, sometimes avoiding in-depth directions because more than half the students know and follow established procedures
- "Effectively reinforces procedures when they break down"
- Most procedures run adequately with teacher's facilitation and/or intervention
- E-4 Communicates high expectations for behavior by teaching, practicing and reinforcing rules and consequences so that students are focused on working hard:
- Communicates expectations clearly and assertively as necessary, sometimes avoiding in depth discussions of expectations because they are reasonably established
- Effectively uses the same techniques to respond justly and similarly to comparable misbehaviors while maintaining students’ dignity
- P-5 Establish age-appropriate long- and short- term behavioral management plans (rules and consequences) so that, if students comply, the amount and value of instructional time is maximized :
- Crafts rules that address a core set of needs in the classroom
- Crafts rules that are technically clear and positively stated
- Crafts consequences that are reasonable and logical
- Designs initial plan that clearly introduces rules and consequences to students
- P-6 Design classroom procedures (for transitions, collecting and handing out papers, taking roll, etc.) that provide structure to students and maximize the amount and value of instructional time:
- Plans procedures that address a core set of inefficiencies in the classroom
- Designs procedures that enable the class to run more smoothly
- Designs initial plan that clearly introduces procedures to students
2. CENTA:
CC.1.1a: Understanding of common classroom management techniques for involvement, positive disciplining, addressing diversity etc. in different types of classroom settings.
CC.1.1b: Ability to organise the classroom and its facilities to ensure physical safety, comfort and emotional security of the students.
CC.4.2a: Ability to effectively utilize resources for a conducive learning environment
