Efficient Classroom Processes:

What You Will Learn

Building clear and consistent processes that promote your classroom expectations can help you build a predictable classroom environment to support more effective student learning. As you know, children crave an orderly environment where expectations are clear and predictable. An orderly classroom allows students to feel safe, allowing them to focus all of their attention on learning. This course will teach you specific processes to effectively manage your classroom and maintain order throughout your lesson cycle. Through detailed analysis and application of the six strategies presented throughout this course, you will master methods to decrease disruptions and improve student learning. This online training is ideal for new or aspiring teachers who would like to establish clear and consistent procedures in their classroom and for experienced teachers who would like to refine the processes in their classroom and perfect their classroom management.

You Will Learn:

• The six classroom strategies used to create a more efficient environment for student learning
• How to analyze classroom processes to identify areas for improvement
• A clear method for designing an action plan to implement the course strategies into any classroom

Course Guiding Question:

How can I improve my classroom process to build a more efficient environment for student learning?

Professional Development Credits

At the conclusion of the course, you will receive a certificate for 14 Professional Development Hours (Clock Hours, CPEs).

Model Teaching Professional Development Courses are pre-approved in many states and we provide easy approval forms to submit to your license granting authority if required.

If you are a teacher seeking license renewal and wish to verify acceptance of our Professional Development Courses, please view our PD STATE REQUIREMENTS PAGE to learn more about your state’s requirements.

Also, consider taking our UNIVERSITY-PARTNERED, ACADEMIC CREDIT COURSES to earn regionally accredited units or credits, accepted by most states for teacher re-licensing and salary advancement.

Approval Information About This Course for Teaching License Renewal & Continuing Education

Model Teaching has helped thousands of teachers across the country meet their relicensing requirements.

This course is Pre-Approved in the following states for License Renewal and Continuing education:

• Texas – CPE’s, TEA-Approved
• New York CTLE’s – NYSED-Approved
• Pennsylvania DOE – ACT 48-Approved
• Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) – Approved
• Nevada DOE
• Tennessee
• Other States As Well

If you do not see your state listed here, this course may be pre-approved in your state as well. Chat with us or leave a ticket for our recommendations.

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Please confirm your specific district or state requirements for license renewal prior to registering and feel free to reach out to us with any questions you may have about our courses.

Topics Covered and General Course Outline

Section 1 – Overview of Efficient Classroom Processes

• Learn how classroom processes promote student learning, then reflect on your own procedures, routines, and transitions to determine areas of need.

Section 2 – Strategies

• Strategy 1: Structured Daily Routines
  Learn strategies for implementing structured daily routines and a rationale behind choosing certain routines for your classroom. Then, reflect on a routine expectation you have experienced and identify areas of the strategy that might have been improved upon.
• Strategy 2: Daily Procedures
  Learn strategies for implementing daily class procedures into activities, classroom expectations, and what classroom procedures to teach your students. Then, reflect on a class procedure expectation you have experienced and identify how or why the strategy broke down.
• Strategy 3: Smooth Transitions
  Learn transitioning activities for students and how strategies supporting smooth transitions can improve your classroom. Then, reflect on a transition strategy expectation you have experienced and identify one that may have broken down upon implementation.
• Strategy 4: Pacing
  Learn how to pace your lesson and activities, including the use of timers and other strategies, then reflect on pacing strategies that have been used in the past and can be improved.
• Strategy 5: Attention Getters
  Analyze strategies to implement attention getters and quickly regain control of the classroom, then reflect on an attention getter strategy that might not have been implemented properly and analyze the cause.
• Strategy 6: Silent Signals
  Various silent signals and strategies for implementation will be pretend and then analyzed. Then, you will reflect on usage of silent signals in the past and consider methods for improvement.

Section 3 – Building Your Strategy Focus Plan

• Review the steps to developing a focus plan targeted on efficient classroom process and the strategies needed to implement it fully into the classroom. Then, reflect on the strategy you feel would need to be implemented into a future or current classroom of your own.

Helpful Resources & Templates Included With the Course

The course comes with 9 templates, tools, and graphic organizers ready to be used in your classroom!

These Include:

• Classroom Design Worksheet
• Lesson Plan Outline
• Lesson Plan Template with Sample
• Blended Learning Model Rubric
• Student Activities Worksheet
• Student Resources Worksheet
• Implementation Observation Checklist with Sample

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