Classroom Management

Classroom Management

As students become more accustomed to the Language Assistant sometimes behavioral problems can arise. For example, students are talking with each other more than listening to the lesson.

In the weekly meeting the teachers were discussing the students behavior in class and how they felt the students were not being respectful to the Language Assistant and not getting all the benefits they could from a native speaker because they were not listening or participating as much.

Lucky for me the teachers I work with are passionate about the success of their students in learning English and running a good classroom. Each teacher spoke with their class about their behavior and that they needed to listen and participate when I would give a lesson.

I noticed immediately the behavior change with the students, and I also felt that because the teachers worked with me to have better classroom management, lessons were easier to present knowing the teachers provided a standard of classroom behavior expectations.   

Stacey McKendry
Language Assistant at IES Fleming

January 2015