Classroom+Management

Teachers use the CHAMPs format to teach rules, procedures, and expected behaviors. The objective of CHAMPs is to teach students these tasks similarly to the way content information is taught. As a result the teachers expectations are clearly taught, retaught, and reviewed until they are mastered by all students.
 * CHAMPs Format**

Blank CHAMPs Template: CHAMPs Introduction:

Procedure: Work together with the class a whole to complete charts outlining the procedures for each activity conducted in the classroom. The teacher should guide the students' responses to reflect his/her rules or procedures. Examples of activities includes warm-up/closure, teacher-directed instruction, group work, working with computers, etc. Essentially, every different procedure/activity that takes place in your class should be discussed and developed into a chart. Created charts should be posted in the classroom. Students should keep copies of the charts in their notebooks.

Completed CHAMPs Chart:


 * BATHROOM PASSES**

For several years I had the problem of so many students wanting to leave class for the bathroom day after day. I decided I needed to do something and decided to start giving each student two bathroom passes per six weeks. Each student is given the two passes the first week of each six weeks and is responsible for keeping up with them because they have to give me the pass in order to leave the classroom. If the students save the passes and do not leave class, they can turn in the passes at the end of each six weeks to replace a homework grade. This will really help cut down on the number of students who interrupt class in order to leave for the bathroom.