Week 5 assignment 1

University of Phoenix Material

Classroom Management Plan

Choose from one of the following three age groups: infant/toddler (birth to age 2), preschool (ages 3-4 years), or kindergarten-Grade 3 (ages 5-8 years) and create a management plan for the early childhood setting you chose. Make sure that each of the following is included in your plan:

Motivation and the Learning Environment

· Explain the relationship between motivation and learning. Describe the strategies you would use to increase and maintain children’s motivation, foster active engagement in learning, promote positive social interaction, build a supportive learning environment, and create a connection to children’s families.

· Describe skills and attitudes you expect diverse children in your classroom to learn and demonstrate that promote positive social interactions and create a supportive learning environment.

Learning Environment Management Models

· Select a learning environment model and discuss the model in relation to young children’s development, learning, and motivation at the identified age level.

· Apply the principles of management and knowledge of individual and group motivation and behavior to develop a structure for discipline used in the classroom. Include a list of classroom rules and procedures for children’s behavior and their negative and positive consequences.

· Describe a process that will be followed when a child behaves outside the scope of the basic classroom rules and consequences.

Classroom Arrangement and Physical Layout of Classroom

· Design the arrangement and physical layout of a learning environment for your identified age level.

· Describe how this design influences a positive learning environment.

· Explain how your plan will assist in managing the learning environment’s diversity and social dynamics.

· Justify how your plan promotes and maintains appropriate behavior.

· Describe effective instructional methods that are supported by the physical layout and classroom arrangement.

Collaboration with Families and Colleagues

· Develop a list of five to seven activities that are designed to establish and maintain a positive, collaborative relationship with families. Add a short summary about how these activities can promote the intellectual, social, emotional, and physical well-being of children.

· Outline a substitute teacher plan addressing what a substitute teacher needs to know about the learning environment plan and routines to effectively teach your children.