Assignment:
1. Reflect on the classroom management and engagement strategies that are used in your student teaching classroom. What elements of your cooperating teacher/mentor's classroom management system do you find beneficial? What elements would you like to include in your own classroom?
2. Read the article: "The Key to Effective Classroom Management", click on the link before. What were the two main keys that you believe would have the biggest effect on classroom management? Explain.
3. It's important to have your students engaged in the lesson and activities that you are presenting to them. You have a classroom of 30 students with different personalities and academic levels. How would you get the students actively engaged in the lesson and meet their individual needs? Explain.