{"id":3411,"date":"2011-09-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/?p=3411"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:28:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:28:28","slug":"benefits-of-developing-clear-classroom-rules-and-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/benefits-of-developing-clear-classroom-rules-and-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Developing Clear Classroom Rules and Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/professionallearningboard.com\/blog\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"check_out_the_new_blog\" title=\"Check Out the New Blog\" alt=\"Check Out the New Blog\"  src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/images\/check_out_the_new_blog.jpg\"><\/a> <span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/0922classroom-rules-and-expectations.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3412\" style=\"border: 4px solid black; margin: 5px 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/0922classroom-rules-and-expectations.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a>There are a whole host of benefits to intentionally promoting clear and shared classroom rules and expectations. A survey of the research demonstrates some of the obvious benefits, such as:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Students know what to expect and they understand the learning tasks better <span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">(Wentzel, 2006)<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Things in the class run more smoothly with less confusion <span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">(Grusec &amp; Goodnow, 1994)<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Students have a clearer sense of what it takes to perform <span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">(Hines, Cruickshank &amp; Kennedy, 1985)<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some other benefits of having clear classroom rules and expectations that are less obvious, are:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Expectations that are clear and shared are essential to help foster the cause-and-effect relationship between actions and consequences. Without clarity and a shared understanding, consequences feel arbitrary. The result is that they will have less benefit and be experienced as more punitive and result in more resentment and less behavior change.\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The absence of clear expectations will create practical problems and an environment of uneasiness in the class that will lead to confusion, frustration and hostility when expectations clash.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An intentional approach to promoting expectations helps them become more concrete and meaningful. When expectations exist as words (or privately held assumptions), they remain abstractions. They must be \u201coperationalized\u201d to be effective.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Expectations help the class interpret events and actions as examples or non-examples of &#8220;things that are making us better&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Are the rules in your classroom defined clearly?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>From Professional Learning Board\u2019s online continuing education course for teachers: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/transformative-classroom-management-strategies-to-engage-positive-behavior\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transformative Classroom Management &#8211; Strategies to Engage Positive Behavior<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  There are a whole host of benefits to intentionally promoting clear and shared classroom rules and expectations. A survey of the research demonstrates some of the obvious benefits, such as:<\/p>\n<p>Students know what to expect and they understand the learning tasks better (Wentzel, 2006).<br \/>\nThings in the class run more smoothly with less confusion (Grusec [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,38],"tags":[311,55,316,317,315,300],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3411"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24823,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3411\/revisions\/24823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}