Another important decision to
make before the school year begins is what signal will be used to get and hold
students’ attention. This signal will help me to transition students from
activities, volume levels, and to gain students’ attention to make an
announcement. However it is important to keep in mind that this signal should
be able to be given from any location and has both auditory and visual
components. The attention signal I will use is the clapping, students will
listen to how many claps (i.e. clap once if you can hear my voice) and repeat the
number show they are ready.
Implementation of the attention
signal requires time and patience, yet a crucial part of this management
technique. I plan to implement this technique by using interactive modeling to
teach my students. First I would demonstrate the behavior with another teacher.
I would then have a discussion immediately following the modeling and ask
students to point out what they saw and what they heard. Then I would ask several
student volunteers to demonstrate the behavior and we will constructively
discuss what they did well and what could be improved in a similar manner to
before. We will then practice multiple times as a class until we all
understand. Additionally, positive praise and corrective feedback will be used
as need. Interactive modeling can also be used if students need more practice further
into the school year.
Below is a youtube video that shows what implementation of
this attention signal might look like. My suggested implementation plan would
be more comprehensive than this video.
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