Transcript School Stinks!

Communication Skills for
Teaching
Classroom Management for Elementary Teachers
Chapter 8
Evertson, Emmer and Worsham
© Allyn and Bacon, 2006
No strategy works all the time!
 Possible approaches
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Ignore the problem
Refer to the principal
Call student’s parents / ask for help
Apply a consequence
Communication Skills
 Constructive assertiveness
 A clear statement of the problem
 Identifies behavior / describes its effects
 Focus is on behavior, not student
 Avoid asking questions
 Unambiguous body language
 Eye contact
 Alert posture and body orientation toward
student
 Match facial expressions with content and
tone of statements
 Insistence on appropriate behavior and
resolution of the problem
 No excuses for misbehavior
 Use broken-record technique
 Student must accept responsibility for his or
her behavior
 Don’t have to lose sense of humor or be
impolite
Communication Skills, contd.
 Empathetic responding
 Affirms the student’s viewpoint but does imply
that students can “do their thing” without
regard for others
 Listening skills
 Processing skills
 Repeat or summarize what student says
 Ask student clarifying / probing questions
 Choose right time and place
Communication Skills, contd.
 Problem solving
 Individual
 Conflict with others
 Identify problem
 Select a solution
 Obtain a commitment
 Contract