“Everything a teacher does has implications for classroom management, including creating the setting, decorating the room, arranging the chairs, speaking to children and handling their responses, putting routines in place (and then executing, modifying, and reinstituting them), developing rules, and communicating those rules to the students. These are all aspects of classroom management” (Jeffryes, C., 2013).
The classroom environment should demonstrate three main things, which are--
Consistency – The classroom expectations and regulations should be communicated early on in the school year and consistently enforced and followed throughout the entirety of the year.
Safety – The classroom must be a place that students can develop a sense of “safe-learning”. Students should feel that they can ask questions and make mistakes without fearing failure and judgment while in their classrooms.
Belonging – Students should feel a sense of belonging while in their classrooms regardless of diversity-related barriers (such as disabilities or cultural differences).