Planning for Effective Classroom Management By: Nurlelah

Long time ago I thought that classroom management was about sitting arrangement. However, it is not simple as I thought. Classroom management is very important in teaching because the class will run well when we manage the class well too. Classroom management is a part of teaching to achieve our objective. When we do not care about classroom management, the class will be uncontrolled and also difficult to handle. Hence, we really need to manage our class for achieving the objectives of class.

            Based on my experiences in SDN 01 Selong when I did school experiences, I feel easy manage the class in elementary school because I taught children around 7-12 years old. They were funny and fun in the class. They were easy to do my activity and follow my instruction. They did well and they showed me the best thing that they did. However, it will be different when I teach in senior high school. I have bad experiences when I taught in SMAN 82 Jakarta. Most of students did not want to study and they did not hear my explanation. Some of them just care to their gadget and even there was a student slept in the class. Hence, classroom management is not same in every level. We have to take seriously. Start from sitting arrangement, rules of class, time, reward and also punishment in the class. The best thing for managing the class is the teachers have to tell the classroom management in early meeting. Teachers and students make an agreement about what is allowed or not in the class. We also can stick the rules that we make together on the wall. So, teachers and students can see everyday the rules and also remind each other about the rules of class.