BENCHMARK

Building the community for your classroom and your students will give  you the opportunity to engage your students and their families.  Communicating your procedures, routines, and expectations creates  transparency with all stakeholders.
In the previous weeks, you completed assignments to develop  knowledge and skills for effective classroom management. These  assignments will inform this benchmark assignment.
Create a “Student Engagement and Classroom Management  Plan” for a specific grade-level and content area that includes  the following:
In 250-500 words, write a personal philosophy of student engagement  and classroom management (adapted from your Topic 1 assignment) that includes:

A description of your overall classroom management philosophy    aligned to personal beliefs you hold that support it.
An    overview of how you will manage your learning environment in order    to engage students.
How you will collaborate with students,    families, and colleagues to build a safe, positive learning climate    of openness, mutual respect, support, and inquiry.
How you    will take a leadership role advocating for meeting the needs of    students, and enacting system change. 

Write a one-page letter to send to families at the beginning of the  school year introducing yourself and explaining your classroom  management plan and how you will maintain ongoing communication with  students and families to build positive school-home relationships.
In 250-500 words, describe how you will actively and equitably  engage students by establishing procedures, routines, and  expectations. Include 4-5 specific procedures, routines, or  expectations you will implement in the classroom. (These procedures or  routines may be revised from previous assignments, or they may be new.)
Write a 100-250 word description of three strategies you plan to  utilize in your future classroom that will address limiting and  mitigating the effects of disruptive and off-task behaviors in the  classroom, including rewards and consequences.
Support your findings with a minimum of three scholarly resources.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA  Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning  the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.