EDU-450 Personal Classroom Management Plan Benchmark Assessment and Rubric Targeted Essential Learning The teacher manages the learning environment to actively and equitably engage learners by organizing, allocating, and coordinating the resources of time, space, and learners’ attention. (InTASC 3) Assessment Tool Selected Portfolio: Personal Classroom Management Plan Specific Performance/Task(s) The student will exhibit effective classroom management skills through the creation of a personal comprehensive classroom management plan. Relevancy of Task to Teacher Candidate An effective classroom management plan is an indispensable tool in a teacher’s arsenal, contributing to his or her success as a teacher and, in turn, helping to promote students’ ability to learn in the classroom. Assessment: Portfolio created in Microsoft Word that focuses on the group of students in your program of study. Consider all you have learned throughout this course and the interaction you have had with classmates and include the following: Cover page Table of Contents Section title pages 1. “My Philosophy of Classroom Management” – Write a 2-3-paragraph description of the culture you will promote in your classroom. Include broad expectations of the teacher and the students. 2. “Classroom Procedures” –Include five from the “Procedures” assignment. 3. “Rules, Consequences, and Reward System” – Include a rationale for your system. 4. “Communication with Parents/Guardians” – Identify at least three ways you will communicate with parents and include a rationale for each. 5. “Student Engagement Strategies” – Summarize three ways to keep your students engaged. Include drawings of classroom arrangements and how you would implement the drawings in your future classroom. 6. “Professionalism” – Summarize ten ways of being professional with students, parents, co-workers, and administrators. Also, include your areas of strength, an area for improvement, and why professionalism is important. While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. In addition, submit the assignment in TaskStream. Directions for submitting to TaskStream can be found on the College of Education’s page in the Student Success Center. Scoring Rubric Criteria % Value 1: Unsatisfactory 2: Less Than Satisfactory 3: Satisfactory 4: Good 5: Excellent % Scaling 0% 65% 75% 85% 100% Content – 90% Philosophy of Classroom Management 15% Philosophy is not given. Philosophy provides an unclear personal viewpoint of classroom management. Philosophy provides basic personal viewp ...

1. EDU-450 Personal Classroom Management Plan Benchmark
Assessment and Rubric
Targeted Essential Learning
The teacher manages the learning environment to actively and
equitably engage learners by organizing, allocating, and
coordinating the resources of time, space, and learners’
attention. (InTASC 3)
Assessment Tool Selected
Portfolio: Personal Classroom Management Plan
Specific Performance/Task(s)
The student will exhibit effective classroom management skills
through the creation of a personal comprehensive classroom
management plan.
Relevancy of Task to Teacher Candidate
An effective classroom management plan is an indispensable
tool in a teacher’s arsenal, contributing to his or her success as
a teacher and, in turn, helping to promote students’ ability to
learn in the classroom.
Assessment:
Portfolio created in Microsoft Word that focuses on the group
of students in your program of study. Consider all you have
learned throughout this course and the interaction you have had
with classmates and include the following:
Cover page
Table of Contents
Section title pages
1. “My Philosophy of Classroom Management” – Write a 2-3-
paragraph description of the culture you will promote in your
classroom. Include broad expectations of the teacher and the
students.
2. “Classroom Procedures” –Include five from the “Procedures”
assignment.
3. “Rules, Consequences, and Reward System” – Include a

2. rationale for your system.
4. “Communication with Parents/Guardians” – Identify at least
three ways you will communicate with parents and include a
rationale for each.
5. “Student Engagement Strategies” – Summarize three ways to
keep your students engaged. Include drawings of classroom
arrangements and how you would implement the drawings in
your future classroom.
6. “Professionalism” – Summarize ten ways of being
professional with students, parents, co-workers, and
administrators. Also, include your areas of strength, an area for
improvement, and why professionalism is important.
While APA format is not required for the body of this
assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text
citations and references should be presented using APA
documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style
Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
In addition, submit the assignment in TaskStream. Directions
for submitting to TaskStream can be found on the College of
Education’s page in the Student Success Center.
Scoring Rubric
Criteria
% Value
1: Unsatisfactory
2: Less Than Satisfactory
3: Satisfactory
4: Good
5: Excellent
% Scaling
0%

3. 65%
75%
85%
100%
Content – 90%
Philosophy of Classroom Management
15%
Philosophy is not given.
Philosophy provides an unclear personal viewpoint of classroom
management.
Philosophy provides basic personal viewpoint of classroom
management.
Philosophy provides well-supported personal viewpoint of
classroom management.
Philosophy provides well-supported and insightful personal
viewpoint of classroom management.
Procedures
15%
Procedures are not given.
Procedures are incomplete, unclear, not age appropriate, or do
not cover a variety of concerns in the classroom.
Procedures are complete, clear, and age appropriate but do not
cover a variety of concerns in the classroom.
Procedures are complete, clear, and age appropriate and cover a
variety of concerns in classroom environment.
Procedures are thoroughly described with all the required
elements and age appropriate. Procedures thoroughly cover a
variety of concerns in classroom environment.
Rules, Consequences, and Rewards System
15%
System is not given.
System is incomplete, unclear, or not age appropriate and does
not give a clear implementation.

4. System is complete and age appropriate. Rationale provides a
basic justification for system elements but its implementation is
simplistic.
System is complete, clear, and age appropriate. Rationale
provides a basic justification for system elements and clearly
describes its implementation.
System is complete, well designed, and age appropriate.
Rationale provides a thorough justification for system elements
and clearly describes its implementation. System addresses the
needs of diverse learners.
Communication with Parents/Guardians
15%
Communication is not given.
Communication is incomplete, unclear, or does not adequately
consider the parents/guardians.
Communication is complete and adequately considers the
parents/guardians.
Communication is complete, detailed and thoroughly considers
the parents/guardians. Rationale gives a basic explanation of
why each method is useful in teaching environments.
Communication methods are complete, detailed and insightful in
the considerations of the parents/guardians. Rationale explains
in detail why each method is useful in teaching environments.
Student Engagement Strategies
15%
Student engagement strategies are not given.
Student engagement strategies are incomplete, unclear, or do
not include classroom arrangements.
Student engagement strategies are complete with only basic
information, classroom arrangements, and description of
implementation. Strategies are age appropriate.
Student engagement strategies are complete with detailed
information, classroom arrangements, and description of

5. implementation. Strategies are age appropriate.
Engagement strategies are complete with insightful information
and classroom arrangements. Description of implementation is
thorough and is realistic. Strategies are age appropriate.
Professionalism
15%
Professionalism is not given.
Professionalism is incomplete, unclear, does not include areas
of strength or area for improvement, or importance.
Professionalism is complete and clear with areas of strength and
area for improvement as well as importance.
Professionalism is complete and detailed with areas of strength
and area for improvement as well as importance.
Professionalism is clearly outlined in relation to students,
parents, co-workers, and administrators. Reflection is complete,
detailed, and insightful with areas of strength, areas for
improvement, and a clear description as to why professionalism
is important.
Organization & Format – 10%
Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar)
2.5%
Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede
communication of meaning.
Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader.
Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but are not overly
distracting to the reader.
Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may
be present.
Writer is clearly in control of standard, written American
English.
Language Use and Audience Awareness (includes sentence
construction, word choice, etc.)

6. 2.5%
Inappropriate word choice and/or sentence construction, lack of
variety in language use. Writer appears to be unaware of
audience.
Some distracting and/or inconsistencies in language choice
(register), sentence structure, and/or word choice are present.
The writer exhibits some lack of control in using figures of
speech appropriately.
Sentence structure is correct and occasionally varies. Language
is appropriate to the targeted audience for the most part.
The writer is clearly aware of audience; uses a variety of
sentence structures and appropriate vocabulary for the target
audience; uses figures of speech to communicate clearly.
The writer uses a variety of sentence constructions, figures of
speech, and word choice in unique and creative ways that are
appropriate to purpose, discipline, and scope.
Research Citations (in-text citations for paraphrasing and direct
quotes, and reference page listing and formatting, as appropriate
to assignment and style)
2.5%
No reference page is included. No citations are used.
Reference page is present. Citations are inconsistently used.
Reference page is included and lists sources used in the paper.
Sources are appropriately documented, although some errors
may be present
Reference page is present and fully inclusive of all cited
sources. Documentation is appropriate and citation style is
usually correct.
In-text citations and a reference page are complete and correct.
The documentation of cited sources is free of error.
Portfolio format (use of appropriate style for the major and
assignment)
2.5%
Portfolio format is not used appropriately, or documentation
format is rarely followed correctly.

7. Portfolio format is used, but some elements are missing or
mistaken. A lack of control with formatting is apparent.
Portfolio format is used. Formatting is correct, although some
minor errors may be present.
Portfolio format is fully used. There are virtually no errors in
formatting style.
All portfolio format elements are correct.
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EDU450: Classroom Management
Name:
Week 3: Rules, Consequences, and Rewards System
Video
Tutorial:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnMequxbawE
PART ONE: Rules and Consequences
RULES:
List five rules for your classroom. These can be small items or
encompass a group of items. Keep the list to no more than five.
Combine if you need to do so. Delete this red text when done.
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CONSEQUENCES:
List the consequences for breaking your rules. You can have a
consequence for each individual rule, or you can choose to have
the same set of consequences that apply to all of the rules.
Explain in detail below exactly how you plan to do this.
Research other teachers’ plans based on your age group. Delete

8. this red text when done.
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EXTREME CLAUSE:
PART TWO: Reward System
Research FOUR different reward systems. Identify the website
link for the reward system, provide a description for the system,
and then list the pros and cons for each system.
Next develop your own reward system by borrowing ideas from
the four you researched, or develop your unique system. Explain
in detail exactly how this reward system will be implemented,
and also describe how this reward system will support your
rules and consequences. A strong classroom management plan
must have positive and negative consequences for actions of the
students. Delete this red text when done.
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PART THREE: Reflection
Provide a 250-500 word reflection for your choice of rules,
consequences. Describe your rationale for each based on your
age group and subject (for secondary). Delete this red text when
done.