Rule to apply for an effective classroom management

In my opinion,the deciding factor on whether a teacher is going to be in control of her/his class,is the rules they will apply when they are teaching.An effective classroom is an enviroment where classroom lessons run smoothly,disciplined is maintained and where students feel can participate in classroom activities.Once a teacher has gotten a balance of these criteria,they will find their classrooms to be very efficient thus improving the students performances overall.As a future teacher myself,I've set a couple of my own rules that has helped me with handling my class


Rule Number 1:
                       NO ELECTRONICS,based on studies conducted around the world,its a fact that the biggest distraction in a classroom and outside the classroom is hand phones and social media,As a teacher,we can't control what our students do outside the classroom but when they step into our classroom,they become our responsibility and we have to ensure that we don't lose sight of their progress in class.Now,realistically speaking,it's no easy task to monitor each student whether they are on their devices and give them a warning when you have a class of 40 people,but we can minimise the usage of electronics in class,which leads me to my second rule


Rule Number 2:
                       MAKE IT INTERESTING,this rule serves more to the teachers than to the students,think back when we were in school ourselves,did we pay attention when the the lesson was dull ?,probably not,though some subjects/topics you were given to teach is a little dry but as teachers we have to find a way to spark that interest in our classroom,whether its taking some advices from other teachers or coming up with our own way to get them engaged,it doesn't really matter as long as you get them focusing on you.


Rule Number 3:
                      EVERYONE IS AN EQUAL,as easy as this may sound,we as teachers sometimes practice favouritism sub-consciously or may come off that way,a couple of ways to avoid this is to always give every student the same opportunity,avoid being bias when it comes to giving a class activity,don't put the weak students with the weak ones but mix them up instead so they can learn and improve.Secondly as teachers,we have to check our tone of voice,use of words and facial expressions.We don't want the students or student to think that we dislike them in any way,every student has their own way to express themselves,so we have to try to understand them individually though they may push our patience at times,I know I have done that to a couple of my teachers but I knew their limit and they knew I was just messing with them.


In conclusion,these are the rules that would make an effective classroom,it may not seem like much but it covers all aspects of a classroom which I stated above,hope you found this useful.