Visualization is a powerful tool that can improve your classroom management. And now is the perfect time. Summer break allows you to reflect on the previous school year with fresh eyes and an unclouded look to the future. Journaling and diagraming can help. But … Read more
After you’ve taught, modeled, and practiced your classroom management plan the first week of school, there is a strategy that locks it in place for your students. It takes timing and keen observation. But it’s extremely powerful. Because it sends the message to your … Read more
After you’ve taught your classroom rules, you will be tested. Count on it. Sometimes it will be immediate and sometimes misbehavior will trickle in later in the week. No matter, you must follow through precisely as you taught and promised. Student breaks rule and … Read more
For many teachers, you get one shot. If you don’t establish effective classroom management within the first few days of school, you’ll never get there. The window opens the moment the bell rings on day one and closes less than three weeks later. Because, … Read more
Teaching your classroom management plan is critical on the first day of school. 100 percent, cannot be missed. It’s also smart to begin modeling and practicing basic routines, setting high work-habit expectations, and teaching at least one great academic lesson. All are essential elements, … Read more
Expect pushback and challenges to your authority during the first few weeks of school, especially if you teach in an exceptionally challenging environment. It’s normal, and it’s okay. You see, for now your students aren’t who they really are (or who they can become). … Read more
The SCM approach is built on simplicity. Although it takes commitment, and there is a fair amount to learn, anyone can do it. Short or tall, new hire or veteran, follow SCM like a paint-by-numbers Hokusai and you can create a thing of beauty. … Read more
It’s a common question here at SCM. Should you teach your classroom management plan immediately on the first day of school or wait and ease into it? Intuitively, it makes sense to wait. Perhaps a bonding activity or getting-to-know-you game is a better choice. … Read more