Five (5) Guiding Principles in Classroom Management

1. Grace Ann C. Itulid

4. “Prevention is better than the cure”
Aproactive approach to discipline prevents
unnecessary disciplinary problems from cropping
up.

5. Smooth transitions prevent unnecessary lull in
classroom activities.

6. Routine save’s you a lot of time.
Doyle say’s, “Routinization makes
classroom activities less susceptible
to breakdown the interruptions
because students know the normal
sequence of events and what is
expected of them”

7. Stike the goldenmean between extremely easy and
extremely difficult activities.

8. “Have eyes on the back of your heads”
Kounin calls With-it-ness.