Your students love video games. They love action movies and bawdy comedies. They love snowball fights, skateboards, birthday parties, and action sports. They love laughter and thrills, challenge and daring-do. They want to leap off thirty-foot cliffs into murky water below. They want to … Read more
If you’re like most teachers, two or three difficult students take up most of your time. On the days when they’re absent, or pulled from your class, everything goes smoothly. Teaching is more fun. You’re more relaxed. And you can cruise through your lessons … Read more
Do you follow your classroom management plan yet still struggle with behavior? Do your students seem unfazed by your accountability measures? Do they return from time-out with a shrug, no more inclined to follow your rules than before? Then chances are you’re interfering with … Read more
If you’re like most teachers, you stray from your classroom management plan. Oh, your intentions are good. You really do want to follow it to the letter. But ultimately you don’t. Situations keep getting in the way. Like, for example, when one of your … Read more
One of the happy truths about classroom management is that you can always press the restart button. You can always call a do-over. Any time you like. So as soon as you notice your students becoming less motivated and more prone to misbehavior, that’s … Read more
Without spot-on classroom management, dealing with unruly students can be maddening. It’s easy to lose your cool. And when you do, when you yell, scold, and wag your finger, you’re often rewarded with immediate improvement. A thorough dressing-down can stop misbehavior in its tracks. … Read more
Clip charts, prize boxes, incentive systems, seating arrangements, stickers, pep-talks, noise makers, red cards, table points, trinkets, tokens, awards, erasers, free time, computer time, first in line, contracts, privileges, and… enough!!! It can make you want to scream. For many, classroom management has become … Read more
If you can eliminate this one mistake when responding to misbehavior, you will lower your stress level, save time, and have a more influential relationship with your students. What is it? The mistake most teachers make is asking students why they misbehaved. Example: Mr. … Read more