Inclusive Classroom Management provides a comprehensive dive into understanding misbehavior and how to form a child-centered and positive classroom environment.  The question of “Why do children misbehave?” has many different answers.  Through this book, you will learn how to look deeper into an individual child’s background and behavior to find ways of making a connection to change negative patterns of interactions.

In Chapters 1-4, you will learn how teacher behavior, beliefs, biases, and expectations can have a significant impact on students’ behavior, in both positive and negative ways.  You will be asked to take a good look at your own beliefs, biases, and prejudices as you learn about how to become a socially just teacher.

Danielson’s Framework for Teaching is used in school districts across the nation as a structure for teacher classroom observations and evaluations.  The Framework has four domains:  Planning, Classroom Environment, Instruction, and Professional Responsibilities.  Chapters 5-10 focus on each subsection of the Classroom Environment domain of the Framework.  You will create a classroom management plan throughout those chapters which will become an important artifact in your professional portfolio.   Chapter 11 helps you construct your philosophy of classroom management, which will complete the classroom management plan.  When you interview for teaching positions after graduation, you will be very well prepared to describe all aspects of classroom management.

I hope you find this part of your journey thought-provoking, eye-opening, and meaningful.

Dr. Kimberly White