Getting Classroom Management Right Quiz

What is the primary goal of classroom management?

• To ensure that the teacher maintains complete control over the classroom at all times.

• To create a safe and conducive learning environment for all students.

• To enforce strict discipline and punishment for misbehavior.

• To minimize the amount of time spent on teaching and increase testing.

Which of the following is an effective sentence structure to redirect a students away from doing the "wrong thing" during class and toward doing the "right thing"?

• Stop doing _____.

• You're supposed to be ______. Put ______ away and stop ______.

• You'll have a chance to ________ during _________.

• You're the only one in the whole class not _______.

Which of the following is NOT an example of problem solving and logical consequences (when self-correction isn't enough)?

• Giving students at least two choice to meet a goal.

• Giving students a feedback and suggestion form to write out their issue and come up with a solution.

• Consequences that make sense for (are equal and opposite to) the minor in-class incident.

• Giving students' parents a call to remedy classroom behavior.

What are sunshine calls?

• Early morning calls home to make sure students get to school on time.

• Calls teachers should make once at the beginning of each semester to welcome students.

• Calls to parents to highlight something their child has done well or something you appreciate about their scholar.

• Calls to fellow teachers to talk about how well a student is doing.

Teachers should implement a variety of guided discipline supports and interventions, in and out of class time, every ____.

• year

• month

• week

• hour

Which of the following is NOT an example of making classroom practices transparent?

• Posting norms, agreements, and guidelines on the wall.

• Referring to the behavioral expectations of the classroom and turning students' attention towards them when needed.

• Providing a list on the board of appropriate silent activities for students to work on when they're done with an assignment from a larger list behind the teacher's desk.

• Holding a verbal agreement with a few students regarding accountable consequences.

Which is an example of a Tier 2 Consequence?

• Offering a choice or opportunity to solve a problem.

• Student-teacher, or student-parent-teacher conference with a resulting behavior plan.

• In-school or out-of-school suspension

• Redirecting behavior during class with visual or verbal prompts.

It is important to discuss the difference between punishment and __________ consequences.

• punitive

• affordable

• accountable

• justifiable