I devised a plan that had several steps so, depending on the students behavior, I would be have some guidelines to follow. I would always give the students a warning and if the behavior continued, then I would have the student stay after school. The next step would be to remove the student from my classroom. If that did not work, then I would have sent the student to the office and had a meeting with the student, principal and myself. I never had to use most of the steps, but at least I had a plan if I did.
Creativity is another component of planning and teaching.
I would consider myself a fairly creative person in some respects, but creativity is probably not one of my strong points as far as lesson planning is concerned. Creativity in lesson planning is essential to being an effective teacher, because students tire quickly of doing the same things. Students learn in various ways and a good teacher will have many different kinds of lesson plans and activities so that, students will not get bored. Teachers must plan different kinds of activities that make students think in different ways, which will give more students the chance to be successful and learn. Students learn and achieve in different ways, so the more ways a teacher gives students to learn and demonstrate what they have learned, the better.