Classroom Management

Teacher must create a classroom atmosphere that is comfortable for the students and helps them learn to high standard. All of the teacher's thoughts, plans, and actions help create an orderly learning environment in which all students feel safe and can be productive.  

Acquiring good classroom management skills takes time and experience. Teachers must be organized and able to make certain decisions in order to conduct effective lessons. They need to know how to arrange the classroom, how to group students for cooperative learning, and how to give clear instructions, elicit information from students, correct errors, manage students' behavior, and choose an appropriate textbook.

Arranging the classroom

In classrooms with a large number of students, the desk arrangement may not be flexible. However, many classrooms can accommodate different desk arrangements for accomplishing different tasks. When arranging the classroom environment or the desks themselves, the goals of the class must be considered. These goals include:
- promoting attention and minimizing distractions
- providing structure, access, and orderliness
- making efficient use of limited space

Factors that may influence the classroom management are as follows:
- number of student
- size and shape of classroom
- placement of non-movable items such as book cases
- available furniture
- types of lessons and activities that will take place