Classroom Management Plan Paper

In the development of the classroom management plan, the overarching goal was to identify and target a behavior the person creating the plan exhibited. I choose to discuss interrupting others as my target behavior. I choose this behavior due to it being a common classroom disruption, as well as having an influence on social interactions.

While developing this plan, I focused on the antecedent and the function of the behavior. I identified the antecedent as others speaking, and the function as positive reinforcement in the form of attention. A classroom example of this would be if the teacher is discussing different types of felines, and a student blurts out, “Hey, I have two cats named Freckle and Gilbert.” The antecedent was the discussion

Therefore, a classroom management plan must allow for diversities in expression for a structured learning environment. In the classroom, or out of the classroom, interrupting either can cause tension or the absence of social relationships, and missed classroom content.

I developed this plan because; “people do not know instinctively how to interact effectively with others” (Johnson & Johnson 1990). After developing the plan, I have come to understand that changing a previously reinforced personal behavior is difficult. With the correct interventions, the behavior can change and still allow someone to obtain the same function.

The intervention strategy I implemented was to hold one word related to the topic in my head whist tapping my thumb and pointer finger together at hip level. My rationale behind this strategy was to remind myself what I wanted to say and to not interrupt, while still engaging in a conversation. Also, included in this plan are strategies others could use when they are interacting with someone who interrupts. Strategies include, asking the person to wait until you finish speaking, thanking them when they do not interrupt, and creating a dialogue so everyone conversing has an opportunity to speak. Though in the classroom setting, the teacher could use planned ignorance, proximal

the thumb and pointer finger tapping. I also choose this alternative behavior because it is acceptable in most, if not all, circumstances, it is highly unlikely that this new and alternative behavior will develop into a challenging behavior. Overall, during the experience of developing a personal behavioral management plan, I found it difficult to plan for myself, it made me realize if I struggle on issuing something upon myself, I know it will be difficult to issue something upon someone