Identifying the Science Processes / Classroom Procedures

EDU-450 Personal Classroom Management Plan Benchmark Assessment and Rubric Targeted Essential Learning

The teacher manages the learning environment to actively and equitably engage learners by organizing, allocating, and coordinating the resources of time, space, and learners’ attention. (InTASC 3)

Assessment Tool Selected

Portfolio: Personal Classroom Management Plan

Specific Performance/Task(s)

The student will exhibit effective classroom management skills through the creation of a personal comprehensive classroom management plan.

Relevancy of Task to Teacher Candidate

An effective classroom management plan is an indispensable tool in a teacher’s arsenal, contributing to his or her success as a teacher and, in turn, helping to promote students’ ability to learn in the classroom.

Assessment: Portfolio created in Microsoft Word that focuses on the group of students in your program of study. Consider all you have learned throughout this course and the interaction you have had with classmates and include the following:

Cover page

Table of Contents

Section title pages

“My Philosophy of Classroom Management” – Write a 2-3-paragraph description of the culture you will promote in your classroom. Include broad expectations of the teacher and the students.
“Classroom Procedures” –Include five from the “Procedures” assignment.
“Rules, Consequences, and Reward System” – Include a rationale for your system.
“Communication with Parents/Guardians” – Identify at least three ways you will communicate with parents and include a rationale for each.
“Student Engagement Strategies” – Summarize three ways to keep your students engaged. Include drawings of classroom arrangements and how you would implement the drawings in your future classroom.
“Professionalism” – Summarize ten ways of being professional with students, parents, co-workers, and administrators. Also, include your areas of strength, an area for improvement, and why professionalism is important.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

In addition, submit the assignment in TaskStream. Directions for submitting to TaskStream can be found on the College of Education’s page in the Student Success Center.

Scoring Rubric

Criteria	% Value	1: Unsatisfactory	2: Less Than Satisfactory	3: Satisfactory		4: Good	5: Excellent
% Scaling		0%	65%	75%		85%	100%
Content – 90%
Philosophy of Classroom Management	15%	Philosophy is not given.	Philosophy provides an unclear personal viewpoint of classroom management.	Philosophy provides basic personal viewpoint of classroom management.	Philosophy provides well-supported personal viewpoint of classroom management.		Philosophy provides well-supported and insightful personal viewpoint of classroom management.
Procedures	15%	Procedures are not given.	Procedures are incomplete, unclear, not age appropriate, or do not cover a variety of concerns in the classroom.	Procedures are complete, clear, and age appropriate but do not cover a variety of concerns in the classroom.	Procedures are complete, clear, and age appropriate and cover a variety of concerns in classroom environment.		Procedures are thoroughly described with all the required elements and age appropriate. Procedures thoroughly cover a variety of concerns in classroom environment.
Rules, Consequences, and Rewards System	15%	System is not given.	System is incomplete, unclear, or not age appropriate and does not give a clear implementation.	System is complete and age appropriate. Rationale provides a basic justification for system elements but its implementation is simplistic.	System is complete, clear, and age appropriate. Rationale provides a basic justification for system elements and clearly describes its implementation.		System is complete, well designed, and age appropriate. Rationale provides a thorough justification for system elements and clearly describes its implementation. System addresses the needs of diverse learners.
Communication with Parents/Guardians	15%	Communication is not given.	Communication is incomplete, unclear, or does not adequately consider the parents/guardians.	Communication is complete and adequately considers the parents/guardians.	Communication is complete, detailed and thoroughly considers the parents/guardians. Rationale gives a basic explanation of why each method is useful in teaching environments.		Communication methods are complete, detailed and insightful in the considerations of the parents/guardians. Rationale explains in detail why each method is useful in teaching environments.
Student Engagement Strategies	15%	Student engagement strategies are not given.	Student engagement strategies are incomplete, unclear, or do not include classroom arrangements.	Student engagement strategies are complete with only basic information, classroom arrangements, and description of implementation. Strategies are age appropriate.	Student engagement strategies are complete with detailed information, classroom arrangements, and description of implementation. Strategies are age appropriate.		Engagement strategies are complete with insightful information and classroom arrangements. Description of implementation is thorough and is realistic. Strategies are age appropriate.
Professionalism	15%	Professionalism is not given.	Professionalism is incomplete, unclear, does not include areas of strength or area for improvement, or importance.	Professionalism is complete and clear with areas of strength and area for improvement as well as importance.	Professionalism is complete and detailed with areas of strength and area for improvement as well as importance.		Professionalism is clearly outlined in relation to students, parents, co-workers, and administrators. Reflection is complete, detailed, and insightful with areas of strength, areas for improvement, and a clear description as to why professionalism is important.
Organization & Format – 10%
Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar)	2.5%	Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning.	Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader.	Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but are not overly distracting to the reader.		Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present.	Writer is clearly in control of standard, written American English.
Language Use and Audience Awareness (includes sentence construction, word choice, etc.)	2.5%	Inappropriate word choice and/or sentence construction, lack of variety in language use. Writer appears to be unaware of audience.	Some distracting and/or inconsistencies in language choice (register), sentence structure, and/or word choice are present. The writer exhibits some lack of control in using figures of speech appropriately.	Sentence structure is correct and occasionally varies. Language is appropriate to the targeted audience for the most part.		The writer is clearly aware of audience; uses a variety of sentence structures and appropriate vocabulary for the target audience; uses figures of speech to communicate clearly.	The writer uses a variety of sentence constructions, figures of speech, and word choice in unique and creative ways that are appropriate to purpose, discipline, and scope.
Research Citations (in-text citations for paraphrasing and direct quotes, and reference page listing and formatting, as appropriate to assignment and style)	2.5%	No reference page is included. No citations are used.	Reference page is present. Citations are inconsistently used.	Reference page is included and lists sources used in the paper. Sources are appropriately documented, although some errors may be present		Reference page is present and fully inclusive of all cited sources. Documentation is appropriate and citation style is usually correct.	In-text citations and a reference page are complete and correct. The documentation of cited sources is free of error.
Portfolio format (use of appropriate style for the major and assignment)	2.5%	Portfolio format is not used appropriately, or documentation format is rarely followed correctly.	Portfolio format is used, but some elements are missing or mistaken. A lack of control with formatting is apparent.	Portfolio format is used. Formatting is correct, although some minor errors may be present.		Portfolio format is fully used. There are virtually no errors in formatting style.	All portfolio format elements are correct.