Classroom Management Interview
Hi Everyone,
I wanted to talk to everyone about my interview with Mrs. Amy Freitag. Mrs. Freitag is a 3rd-grade teacher at Lester Elementary School in Downers Grove, IL. I first met Mrs. Freitag last year at Lester Elementary School when I started my job there as a teacher's aide. This year I had the opportunity to work in her class and see first hand how she runs her classroom management with her students. I decided that I wanted to get to learn more on her thoughts about classroom management and get any advice that she had on the topic. Mrs. Freitag is a teacher that I highly respect and admire. Below I have a link to the video for you to check out and hear what Mrs. Freitag has to say about the topic.
Classroom Management Interview with Mrs. Amy Freitag
My Reflection
After conducting the interview, I came away with many thoughts and ideas on how classroom management can be run in a classroom. Mrs. Freitag has been teaching elementary school for many years and has had her ups and downs with figuring out which classroom management strategies work for her and which one's don't always seem to do the trick. I asked Mrs. Freitag if there are any strategies that she has found to work the best for her in her classrooms year after year. Mrs. Freitag stated that Class Dojo has been one of her success stories in her journey to finding the right classroom management style for her. If you are not familiar with Class Dojo, Class Dojo is an app/online-based program that many teachers use in their classrooms today as a form of classroom management. Teachers are able to assign different categories and point values on the program. Students then can be rewarded points or have points taken away based on what they did or did not do. She goes on to state that at the beginning of her teaching journey she tried other styles such as colored cards, token systems, and play money systems. She stated that Class Dojo was the one that most students seemed to respond the most too and it was easy for her to stay on top of it since it is an app that she can access on her phone, tablet, and computer. All of these classroom management strategies are forms of negative reinforcements. Woolfolk explains that negative reinforcements are ones that strengthen a behavior by the removal of the stimulus (pg. 268). Though Mrs. Freitag does not directly talk about negative and positive reinforcement. One can gauge by the examples of the strategies that she has attempted to use as those of examples of negative reinforcement.
Woolfolk states that "all students should feel emotionally and physically safe in the classroom...also should experience respect and caring" (pg. 512). This is exactly what Mrs. Freitage wants all her students to feel every day when they walk into her classroom. In the interview, I asked Mrs. Freitag about how she gets students to respect her. The one thing that she said is that she wants to be honest with all of her students. She wants them to get to know all about her in order to build that relationship and trust with her students. She wants to create that positive learning environment for her students in order to build that respect and trust. Another big part of Mrs. Freitag's classroom management are routines. Routines are a major part of any student's and teacher's day. Mrs. Freitag makes sure that students know exactly what to expect when they walk into her classroom and it also helps her to keep on track in order to stay true to what needs to get done for the day.
I wanted to talk to everyone about my interview with Mrs. Amy Freitag. Mrs. Freitag is a 3rd-grade teacher at Lester Elementary School in Downers Grove, IL. I first met Mrs. Freitag last year at Lester Elementary School when I started my job there as a teacher's aide. This year I had the opportunity to work in her class and see first hand how she runs her classroom management with her students. I decided that I wanted to get to learn more on her thoughts about classroom management and get any advice that she had on the topic. Mrs. Freitag is a teacher that I highly respect and admire. Below I have a link to the video for you to check out and hear what Mrs. Freitag has to say about the topic.
Classroom Management Interview with Mrs. Amy Freitag
My Reflection
After conducting the interview, I came away with many thoughts and ideas on how classroom management can be run in a classroom. Mrs. Freitag has been teaching elementary school for many years and has had her ups and downs with figuring out which classroom management strategies work for her and which one's don't always seem to do the trick. I asked Mrs. Freitag if there are any strategies that she has found to work the best for her in her classrooms year after year. Mrs. Freitag stated that Class Dojo has been one of her success stories in her journey to finding the right classroom management style for her. If you are not familiar with Class Dojo, Class Dojo is an app/online-based program that many teachers use in their classrooms today as a form of classroom management. Teachers are able to assign different categories and point values on the program. Students then can be rewarded points or have points taken away based on what they did or did not do. She goes on to state that at the beginning of her teaching journey she tried other styles such as colored cards, token systems, and play money systems. She stated that Class Dojo was the one that most students seemed to respond the most too and it was easy for her to stay on top of it since it is an app that she can access on her phone, tablet, and computer. All of these classroom management strategies are forms of negative reinforcements. Woolfolk explains that negative reinforcements are ones that strengthen a behavior by the removal of the stimulus (pg. 268). Though Mrs. Freitag does not directly talk about negative and positive reinforcement. One can gauge by the examples of the strategies that she has attempted to use as those of examples of negative reinforcement.
Woolfolk states that "all students should feel emotionally and physically safe in the classroom...also should experience respect and caring" (pg. 512). This is exactly what Mrs. Freitage wants all her students to feel every day when they walk into her classroom. In the interview, I asked Mrs. Freitag about how she gets students to respect her. The one thing that she said is that she wants to be honest with all of her students. She wants them to get to know all about her in order to build that relationship and trust with her students. She wants to create that positive learning environment for her students in order to build that respect and trust. Another big part of Mrs. Freitag's classroom management are routines. Routines are a major part of any student's and teacher's day. Mrs. Freitag makes sure that students know exactly what to expect when they walk into her classroom and it also helps her to keep on track in order to stay true to what needs to get done for the day.
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