Hello Amazing Teachers! On behalf of the entire SCM team, I want to say “Thank you!” Your willingness to share our website with your friends and colleagues keeps us going strong. I’m eternally grateful. 2025 marks our 16th year, and we have no intention … Read more
In the eyes of students, the following are lies: You have class rules, but don’t always follow them. You preach kindness, but don’t practice it yourself. You have deadlines, but accept late work. You promise interesting lessons, but don’t deliver. You teach routines, but … Read more
In Malcom Gladwell’s 2003 book Blink, he describes how experts can know what they know but not know why they know it. They experience a flash of recognition or vision of truth—a blink moment—based on years of past experience and know it to be … Read more
How to plan for a substitute teacher in a way that ensures good behavior is a question I’ve gotten a lot over the years. I’ve answered it dozens of times during coaching sessions and PD trainings. However, I’ve been reluctant to make it into … Read more
One reason many teachers struggle with misbehavior, disrespect, and the like is because they’re not strong leaders. In other words, they lack . . . Presence Confidence Boldness Courage They tend to have an external locus of control and difficulty grasping that they alone … Read more
Stress is not only bad for your health, but it makes you a worse teacher. It causes you to . . . Lose your cool. Raise your voice. Be unlikable. Worst of all, however, is that stress brings tension and excitability into your classroom, … Read more
Your personal 2023-24 Smart Classroom Management report card is here! To review, the SCM report card is a rating system that revels the extent to which you followed SCM during the past school year. It evaluates your strength and weaknesses so you can use … Read more
For students who are motivated and determined to do well, group work is an exercise in frustration and unfairness. They do all or most of the work. Yet the grade is shared. And although they would love to say, “No, I’m not doing it … Read more