THE R’S OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT(from Agnestics… 2010)

1. RELATIONSHIPS > interactions, contact, socialization, community, group2. RIGHTS > personal & academic, individual & communal privileges3. RESPONSIBILITY > duty, task, obligation, accountability, trust, leadership4. RESPECT > esteem, reverence, high regard, authority, obedience5. REFINEMENT > finesse, maturity, class, culture, style, ethics, morals6. RECIPROCITY > mutuality, give-and-take, symbiosis, interdependence7. RESPONSE > self-investment, feedback, reply, performance, action8. RESERVE > formality, coolness, propriety, exemplar, model, hero9. RESILIENCE > flexibility, adaptability, adjustability, elasticity, optimism10. RESOLUTION > decision, determination, agreement, willpower, strength11. REALIGNMENT > evaluation, rearrangement, agreement, conformity12. REALITY > truth, actuality, fact, certainty, faith, belief, confidence13. RESTRAINT > discipline, control, management, order, harmony14. REWARD > reinforcement, incentive, results, outcomes, opportunities15. ROUTINE > habitual, customary, usual practice, procedures, steps16. RITUALS > celebrations, proceedings, tradition, innovations, closure17. REGIMEN > schedule, agenda, program, plan, curriculum, paradigm18. RESOURCES > instructional means, tools, supplies, devices, aids, materials19. RULES > policies, observances, regulations, policy, strategy, guide20. RUBRICS > norms, standards, criteria, reference, principle, reason21. RESTRICTIONS > limits, borders, boundaries, perimeter, bounds, check22. REMINDERS > recall, trigger, effect, stimulate, motivation, push, force23. REPRIMAND > correct, admonition, caution, advice, counsel, warning24. REPARATION > compensate, amend, atonement, remedial, intervention25. REPETITION > redo, replicate, duplicate, habitual, mastery, expertise26. RESTRUCTURING > reform, reorganize, reshuffle, reorganization, evolution27. REQUIREMENTS > condition, requisite, necessity, essentials, provisions28. REGULARITY > order, system, organization, expectations, uniformity29. REENGINEERING > revision, change, improvement, modification, review30. RESISTANCE > challenge, confrontation, struggle, argument, opposition

Prepared bySister M. Agnes Lentejas, O.S.F.

Teacher Education DepartmentCollege of Education

University of San Carlos