Classroom Management Teacher Interview

For my classroom management option, I interviewed my mom, Jodi Bordenaro, about her views on classroom management and some other interesting questions I got from a list complied from other people taking this course. Click HERE for a link to the video.

In this interview, a few of Mrs. Bordenaro's answers directly reflect the things I read about in Woolfolk. For example, what she says about her school-wide policy for giving students Mustang Money as a token reward (pg. 264). Also, she spoke about things from earlier in the book like incorporating student's culture into the classroom and her lesson planning (pg. 230).

One of my favorite parts of her interview was when she talked about the importance of going through scenarios in your head about how you would manage all sorts of classroom management issues because you want to spend as much time possible teaching and not dealing with those on the spot. I also loved how instead of punishing her one student for being distracted or a behavior he is showing, that she sends him with a special job in order to refocus him and avoid the behavior completely. I love her proactive approach to classroom management. I think this is a good example of cueing the student away from the behavior by proceeding it with something to distract away from the behavior (pg. 255).

Overall, I really enjoyed doing this interview with my mom and I think she had some great things to say and advice about classroom management. I have observed her teach and I see her putting a lot of these strategies into place. It was a wonderful experience to hear her thoughts on this subject. I felt it really went along well with what I have been learning in this class.