Episode 6
Episode 6
Episode 6
Routines are the backbone of daily classroom life. They facilitate teaching and learning.
Routines don’t just make the life of the teacher easier. They save valuable classroom time.
Efficient routines make it easier for students to learn and achieve more.
Establishing routines ahead of time enables you to make your daily activities run smoothly;
ensures effective time management; helps you maintain order in the classroom; makes you
more focused in teaching because you spend less time in giving directions/instructions; and
enables you to explain to the learners what are expected of them.
Classroom routines set the foundation for a meaningful school year with teachers and students
whether in the physical classroom or remotely. To teach classroom routines remotely, it is best
to record videos and to post these in the learning management system so students may watch
them over and over again for better retention and for families to view them so they can assist
their children when needed.
Students can take an active role in establishing classroom routines. They can brainstorm on
ideas which they will most likely do and follow. Routines are important especially when done in
remote learning so that there will be less distractions both for synchronous and asynchronous
participation.
Participate and Assist
To ensure that I can carry out/perform my tasks efficiently and effectively in participating and
assisting my cooperating teacher in establishing routines and procedures, in the classroom or in
remote learning, I must be guided by the following questions:
Having these guide questions in mind, consult your Resource Teacher on the possible
assistance or participation that you can do to help him/her in doing the classroom routines.
Discuss with your RT routines and procedures that you can employ before, during and after
classes to ensure order and discipline in your classes.
List down the problems which you have encountered while implementing these
routines/procedures:
After doing your classroom routines and formulating procedures, state what you noticed by
answering the following questions:
● How did you feel after employing your classroom routines and establishing your
procedures in the classroom/remote learning?
After employing classroom routines, I feel like the classroom improved, things became
organized that have led to a lot of positive classroom success.
● How did your students respond to your classroom routines and procedures?
It’s good that everyone in the class is cooperating with the employed classroom
routines. At first, they felt uncomfortable to some changes but eventually the learners
will get used to it.
● What was the feedback of your Resource Teacher on your classroom routines and
procedures?
She was happy to see the learners cooperate with the employed classroom routines.
She is expecting a better teaching-learning environment.
Analyze
What insights have you gained while doing this learning episode?
I have learned the essence of Classroom routines/procedures in creating a positive learning
environment. How it could make the teacher’s task quite easier and of course how she’d
provide a better learning for her learners.
Observe
Reflect
Plan
Act
Based on my answers in nos. 1-3, the possible title of my action research on this episode would
be Establishing Classroom Routines to Bring Classroom Positivity