This course and the projects that we did in it, including this website, helped me get a fuller look at classroom management. I was able to see classroom management through a special education perspective and I can take that perspective into general education classrooms. I've always know how I wanted my future classroom to run and with the help of this class I now know how to make that happen. Through this class I have learned that you can be the best teacher in the world but if you don't have control of your classroom and students then you cannot accomplish anything. I think classroom management is something that we can be continually learning about. From this class I learned that it does more harm to haphazardly through together classroom management things in your classroom than to research it and do things that are evidence-based. Do not just do something because you remember it being done to you when you were in school.
During this class I able to put into practice what I was learning. For example, the reinforcement project that my group members and I worked to make a point sheet for a fictional student was great practice. Someday I could use that same point sheet or a modified version in my classroom. I was grateful for the experience because I got to think through the little things. Another experience that I had was writing FBAs and BIPs. I was thankful to be able to have practice and write these with my group members who are Emotional Impairment majors. They were able to give me tips while writing the FBAs and BIPs. This is something that I will have to continue practicing but I am thankful for the experience. Throughout the semester I was able to think about how I want to do classroom management in my classroom and what procedures and rules I want to implement. I think it was great that I got to start thinking through this things now instead of just prior to having my own classroom. By doing this it will give me time to learn more and refine what I want to do in my classrooms. Overall, I enjoyed all of the projects I had in class and I think I learned a lot from it.