ED 523 — Classroom Management Theories and Practices & LAB
Provide education majors an understanding of the principles of effective classroom management and an opportunity to use a range of strategies to promote positive relationships, cooperation, and purposeful learning in the classroom; grow in their knowledge on how to create learning environments that contribute to the self-esteem of all persons and to positive personal relations, establish a positive climate in the classroom and participate in maintaining a positive climate in the school as a whole. Participants will professionally grow in their development of skills necessary to lead with confidence, compassion, creativeness and commitment and team planning and teaching with multi-age grouping for K-6 diverse learners. Elementary and Early Childhood Education majors team-plan and team-teach content and skill objectives during a special two day clinical lab experience in a nearby elementary school for K-6 diverse learners.