Management

Managerial Routines

The managerial processes that take place in the class can be broken down into the following sub categories: (a) Introduction, (b) Groupings, (c) Equipment Management, and (d) Rules.

a) Introduction: (What are the first activities that take place before the lesson and how do they work?) Examples include:

Students can be asked to line up in preparation to walk through the school halls to a destination (ie: gymnasium, playing fields, etc.).
Students can be asked to sit in specific alignments upon arrival of the destination (ie: circle, semi-circle, straight line, etc.).
Following similar activities when concluding the class.

b) Groupings: (For both a managerial and organizational point of view students should be grouped. These groups can then:

Be placed easily into specific areas of the playing surface.
Be combined or divided easily to form games of different size or skill.
Be given specific tasks to decrease down time (inactive time).
Be broken easily to give each participant a specific task.
Be changed often to keep students from always playing with the same people.
Be used efficiently when there are less balls then students.

c) Equipment Management: To increase management efficiency, materials should be:

Placed where it will not cause injury.
Laid out in easy to find piles or groups (ie: balls with balls and pinnies with pinnies.)
Be returned to similar position/formation as it was taken.
Accounted for and prepared so that numbers are similar to the number of students.

d) Rules: (To keep the class running efficiently and smoothly some rules must be set in place.) They can include:

Hold the balls while the teacher is talking.
No one talks when the teacher talks.
Moving from a central point (during instruction) in the gym to peripheral areas (and vice versa) quickly.
Students without gym strip should be asked to sit out during class.
Students who are late for class should be asked to complete some sort of task. (ie. take the attendance list to the office, etc.)