Your answer to those questions depends on your mastery of the classroom management skills, procedures, tools, and strategies needed to create that ideal learning environment you want for your students.
Effectively managing the classroom is key to the instructor’s ability to create a learning environment conducive to the success of the lesson.
But what is classroom management? It’s a broad term for the range of skills and techniques classroom instructors use to keep students organized, on task, on pace, and safe.
What you are teaching is obviously very important. But Dr. Greg Goins put it best when he advised teachers listening to LiveSchool’s podcast to remember “you are teaching kids, not content.” The best teachers have the best facilitation skills.
They can prime the room and the occupants for exactly what they want to happen, and they have the skills to adjust when they sense the tides have turned for the worse.
This is people management more than content delivery.
The higher your engagement level, the higher your attention span, and the happier the classroom the better your results are going to be. Or as Andrea Michelle said on our podcast: “Happier students are more likely to be able to learn”.
We aren’t only striving for compliance in the classroom. The goal should be to create the best learning environment you can for your students, so they are engaged in the lesson and thus engaged in the learning.
For some ideas on how to create engaging lessons, your students will love, check out our podcast with Terra Tarango.
Your classroom management success is heavily influenced by the relationship you establish with your students. When done effectively not only will learning increase when you are with your students, but they are also more likely to engage with content when you aren’t there as well.
If you establish high expectations and consistently create engaging lessons you won’t have to worry quite as much about what your students are up to when you take a day off.
Teachers have so much on their plates. They need support from the administration and the community to be at their best. We recently discussed supporting teachers on our podcast with Charmaine Williams.
Part of that support is providing them the freedom to set high expectations within their classroom management plan. Or by providing classroom management examples to new teachers as part of your induction program.
That being said, you may still be wondering why classroom management is important. Why is it worth the time investment required to create the plan, build the procedures, and learn the tools needed to manage classroom behavior?
To answer that I would point to the time saved. Time is saved by avoiding power struggles. Time is saved by minimizing distractions. Time is saved by stopping negative behaviors before they start.
That’s why classroom management is so important.
Classroom management takes what could be a disastrous moment that filters throughout the entire class period or worse into the remainder of your day and creates opportunities for a meaningful day of mutual respect, understanding, and learning.
What changes between one classroom to the next? Why is one set of students on task and the other not? This isn’t meant to disparage one class as much as praise another. If you are a veteran teacher, you have likely taught classes that went well and some of them inevitably did not.
You already know the difference, one was set up for success, and the other needed some additional planning to reach that sweet spot between engagement and chaos.
There are a lot of ways to get that ship righted, the tricky part is choosing between the classroom management styles and classroom management models that support your own classroom management philosophy as you craft your own unique plan.
When developing your plan it may be beneficial to consider the level of students you teach. kindergarten classroom management isn’t going to be the same as high school classroom management.
Just like classroom management for elementary teachers won’t really align all that closely with middle school classroom management.
You’ll also want to consider your mode of instruction. Are you in-person or hybrid? Or are you remote and need online classroom management solutions?
There are however some classroom management ideas and classroom management tips that work well for everyone.
How we run our classrooms is a key component of our craft and thus should be the foundation of your teacher toolbox. So let's add to that classroom management tools!
Effective classroom management strategies can solve behavior issues and improve your student's odds of success.
You should consider adding engagement strategies, and classroom interventions, assigning your students roles, and adding a thorough list of classroom management procedures to your repertoire.
For maximum engagement, you also need to take a hard look at how you're incorporating technology into the classroom.
But to truly master the classroom, you need to think ahead to visualize the kinds of sticky situations you’ll likely be in from time to time.
This kind of visualization is actually what many teacher prep programs are now using to prepare future students to ease discipline issues in the classroom.
For more on how to do that you need to check out our podcast with Dr. Todd Finley of East Carolina University.
PBIS points allow the teacher to track interactions for goal setting, and lesson planning, and the act of awarding those points provides another layer of motivation in the classroom.
By using a platform like LiveSchool teachers can easily acknowledge positive, on-task behaviors using a laptop, an interactive touchscreen, a smartboard, or even an app on a phone or tablet.
It also means they can log redirections. This can be tied to your students' point total but it also can be used just for data purposes.
Whether you deduct points with redirections or not is a school culture choice. For some insight on how to use points in your own classroom, you can check out this webinar from 6th Grade Teacher Mary Quinn Wood of Bowmar Elementary.
The actual implementation of this practice is your teacher’s choice though. Classroom management styles and philosophies can differ from room to room.
For my room, I would prefer a tablet that I could keep with me as I circled the room during independent instruction or group work. For some great examples of different ways you can use PBIS points in the classroom, you should check out the notes from our recent visit to Freedom Crossing Academy.
During whole group instruction, I would have the platform open as a tab on my big screen so I could award the whole class at once for participation
As well as to generally show my appreciation that everyone was ready when the bell rang or otherwise meeting the expectations we have set within our classroom norms.
Whatever your reasons for becoming a teacher, noble as they may be, I have a sneaky suspicion you didn’t pick your career path because you were passionate about hall passes, supply cubbies, or seating charts!
That’s why we created a resource for effective classroom management strategies for new teachers as well as a list of classroom management rules to live by so you can focus your time on creating engaging lessons for your kiddos.
But those are the things that will dominate your every day – unless you do a great job planning ahead and establishing the classroom discipline strategies necessary for your class to function as it needs to for your kids to learn at a high level.
There are disciplinary events you should be able to resolve in your own classroom and there are others that administrative intervention is necessary to move forward. Your school should have some set parameters on where to draw that line.
If you're still looking for classroom management support you should check out our ultimate list of classroom management articles to support your research and planning.
Are you looking for more classroom management tips? Check out episode 34 of our podcast.
Your answer to those questions depends on your mastery of the classroom management skills, procedures, tools, and strategies needed to create that ideal learning environment you want for your students.
Effectively managing the classroom is key to the instructor’s ability to create a learning environment conducive to the success of the lesson.
But what is classroom management? It’s a broad term for the range of skills and techniques classroom instructors use to keep students organized, on task, on pace, and safe.
What you are teaching is obviously very important. But Dr. Greg Goins put it best when he advised teachers listening to LiveSchool’s podcast to remember “you are teaching kids, not content.” The best teachers have the best facilitation skills.
They can prime the room and the occupants for exactly what they want to happen, and they have the skills to adjust when they sense the tides have turned for the worse.
This is people management more than content delivery.
The higher your engagement level, the higher your attention span, and the happier the classroom the better your results are going to be. Or as Andrea Michelle said on our podcast: “Happier students are more likely to be able to learn”.
We aren’t only striving for compliance in the classroom. The goal should be to create the best learning environment you can for your students, so they are engaged in the lesson and thus engaged in the learning.
For some ideas on how to create engaging lessons, your students will love, check out our podcast with Terra Tarango.
Your classroom management success is heavily influenced by the relationship you establish with your students. When done effectively not only will learning increase when you are with your students, but they are also more likely to engage with content when you aren’t there as well.
If you establish high expectations and consistently create engaging lessons you won’t have to worry quite as much about what your students are up to when you take a day off.
Teachers have so much on their plates. They need support from the administration and the community to be at their best. We recently discussed supporting teachers on our podcast with Charmaine Williams.
Part of that support is providing them the freedom to set high expectations within their classroom management plan. Or by providing classroom management examples to new teachers as part of your induction program.
That being said, you may still be wondering why classroom management is important. Why is it worth the time investment required to create the plan, build the procedures, and learn the tools needed to manage classroom behavior?
To answer that I would point to the time saved. Time is saved by avoiding power struggles. Time is saved by minimizing distractions. Time is saved by stopping negative behaviors before they start.
That’s why classroom management is so important.
Classroom management takes what could be a disastrous moment that filters throughout the entire class period or worse into the remainder of your day and creates opportunities for a meaningful day of mutual respect, understanding, and learning.
What changes between one classroom to the next? Why is one set of students on task and the other not? This isn’t meant to disparage one class as much as praise another. If you are a veteran teacher, you have likely taught classes that went well and some of them inevitably did not.
You already know the difference, one was set up for success, and the other needed some additional planning to reach that sweet spot between engagement and chaos.
There are a lot of ways to get that ship righted, the tricky part is choosing between the classroom management styles and classroom management models that support your own classroom management philosophy as you craft your own unique plan.
When developing your plan it may be beneficial to consider the level of students you teach. kindergarten classroom management isn’t going to be the same as high school classroom management.
Just like classroom management for elementary teachers won’t really align all that closely with middle school classroom management.
You’ll also want to consider your mode of instruction. Are you in-person or hybrid? Or are you remote and need online classroom management solutions?
There are however some classroom management ideas and classroom management tips that work well for everyone.
How we run our classrooms is a key component of our craft and thus should be the foundation of your teacher toolbox. So let's add to that classroom management tools!
Effective classroom management strategies can solve behavior issues and improve your student's odds of success.
You should consider adding engagement strategies, and classroom interventions, assigning your students roles, and adding a thorough list of classroom management procedures to your repertoire.
For maximum engagement, you also need to take a hard look at how you're incorporating technology into the classroom.
But to truly master the classroom, you need to think ahead to visualize the kinds of sticky situations you’ll likely be in from time to time.
This kind of visualization is actually what many teacher prep programs are now using to prepare future students to ease discipline issues in the classroom.
For more on how to do that you need to check out our podcast with Dr. Todd Finley of East Carolina University.
PBIS points allow the teacher to track interactions for goal setting, and lesson planning, and the act of awarding those points provides another layer of motivation in the classroom.
By using a platform like LiveSchool teachers can easily acknowledge positive, on-task behaviors using a laptop, an interactive touchscreen, a smartboard, or even an app on a phone or tablet.
It also means they can log redirections. This can be tied to your students' point total but it also can be used just for data purposes.
Whether you deduct points with redirections or not is a school culture choice. For some insight on how to use points in your own classroom, you can check out this webinar from 6th Grade Teacher Mary Quinn Wood of Bowmar Elementary.
The actual implementation of this practice is your teacher’s choice though. Classroom management styles and philosophies can differ from room to room.
For my room, I would prefer a tablet that I could keep with me as I circled the room during independent instruction or group work. For some great examples of different ways you can use PBIS points in the classroom, you should check out the notes from our recent visit to Freedom Crossing Academy.
During whole group instruction, I would have the platform open as a tab on my big screen so I could award the whole class at once for participation
As well as to generally show my appreciation that everyone was ready when the bell rang or otherwise meeting the expectations we have set within our classroom norms.
Whatever your reasons for becoming a teacher, noble as they may be, I have a sneaky suspicion you didn’t pick your career path because you were passionate about hall passes, supply cubbies, or seating charts!
That’s why we created a resource for effective classroom management strategies for new teachers as well as a list of classroom management rules to live by so you can focus your time on creating engaging lessons for your kiddos.
But those are the things that will dominate your every day – unless you do a great job planning ahead and establishing the classroom discipline strategies necessary for your class to function as it needs to for your kids to learn at a high level.
There are disciplinary events you should be able to resolve in your own classroom and there are others that administrative intervention is necessary to move forward. Your school should have some set parameters on where to draw that line.
If you're still looking for classroom management support you should check out our ultimate list of classroom management articles to support your research and planning.
Are you looking for more classroom management tips? Check out episode 34 of our podcast.
The only classroom management resource that deserves to be on every teacher’s list of Chrome shortcuts.
Your answer to those questions depends on your mastery of the classroom management skills, procedures, tools, and strategies needed to create that ideal learning environment you want for your students.
Effectively managing the classroom is key to the instructor’s ability to create a learning environment conducive to the success of the lesson.
But what is classroom management? It’s a broad term for the range of skills and techniques classroom instructors use to keep students organized, on task, on pace, and safe.
What you are teaching is obviously very important. But Dr. Greg Goins put it best when he advised teachers listening to LiveSchool’s podcast to remember “you are teaching kids, not content.” The best teachers have the best facilitation skills.
They can prime the room and the occupants for exactly what they want to happen, and they have the skills to adjust when they sense the tides have turned for the worse.
This is people management more than content delivery.
The higher your engagement level, the higher your attention span, and the happier the classroom the better your results are going to be. Or as Andrea Michelle said on our podcast: “Happier students are more likely to be able to learn”.
We aren’t only striving for compliance in the classroom. The goal should be to create the best learning environment you can for your students, so they are engaged in the lesson and thus engaged in the learning.
For some ideas on how to create engaging lessons, your students will love, check out our podcast with Terra Tarango.
Your classroom management success is heavily influenced by the relationship you establish with your students. When done effectively not only will learning increase when you are with your students, but they are also more likely to engage with content when you aren’t there as well.
If you establish high expectations and consistently create engaging lessons you won’t have to worry quite as much about what your students are up to when you take a day off.
Teachers have so much on their plates. They need support from the administration and the community to be at their best. We recently discussed supporting teachers on our podcast with Charmaine Williams.
Part of that support is providing them the freedom to set high expectations within their classroom management plan. Or by providing classroom management examples to new teachers as part of your induction program.
That being said, you may still be wondering why classroom management is important. Why is it worth the time investment required to create the plan, build the procedures, and learn the tools needed to manage classroom behavior?
To answer that I would point to the time saved. Time is saved by avoiding power struggles. Time is saved by minimizing distractions. Time is saved by stopping negative behaviors before they start.
That’s why classroom management is so important.
Classroom management takes what could be a disastrous moment that filters throughout the entire class period or worse into the remainder of your day and creates opportunities for a meaningful day of mutual respect, understanding, and learning.
What changes between one classroom to the next? Why is one set of students on task and the other not? This isn’t meant to disparage one class as much as praise another. If you are a veteran teacher, you have likely taught classes that went well and some of them inevitably did not.
You already know the difference, one was set up for success, and the other needed some additional planning to reach that sweet spot between engagement and chaos.
There are a lot of ways to get that ship righted, the tricky part is choosing between the classroom management styles and classroom management models that support your own classroom management philosophy as you craft your own unique plan.
When developing your plan it may be beneficial to consider the level of students you teach. kindergarten classroom management isn’t going to be the same as high school classroom management.
Just like classroom management for elementary teachers won’t really align all that closely with middle school classroom management.
You’ll also want to consider your mode of instruction. Are you in-person or hybrid? Or are you remote and need online classroom management solutions?
There are however some classroom management ideas and classroom management tips that work well for everyone.
How we run our classrooms is a key component of our craft and thus should be the foundation of your teacher toolbox. So let's add to that classroom management tools!
Effective classroom management strategies can solve behavior issues and improve your student's odds of success.
You should consider adding engagement strategies, and classroom interventions, assigning your students roles, and adding a thorough list of classroom management procedures to your repertoire.
For maximum engagement, you also need to take a hard look at how you're incorporating technology into the classroom.
But to truly master the classroom, you need to think ahead to visualize the kinds of sticky situations you’ll likely be in from time to time.
This kind of visualization is actually what many teacher prep programs are now using to prepare future students to ease discipline issues in the classroom.
For more on how to do that you need to check out our podcast with Dr. Todd Finley of East Carolina University.
PBIS points allow the teacher to track interactions for goal setting, and lesson planning, and the act of awarding those points provides another layer of motivation in the classroom.
By using a platform like LiveSchool teachers can easily acknowledge positive, on-task behaviors using a laptop, an interactive touchscreen, a smartboard, or even an app on a phone or tablet.
It also means they can log redirections. This can be tied to your students' point total but it also can be used just for data purposes.
Whether you deduct points with redirections or not is a school culture choice. For some insight on how to use points in your own classroom, you can check out this webinar from 6th Grade Teacher Mary Quinn Wood of Bowmar Elementary.
The actual implementation of this practice is your teacher’s choice though. Classroom management styles and philosophies can differ from room to room.
For my room, I would prefer a tablet that I could keep with me as I circled the room during independent instruction or group work. For some great examples of different ways you can use PBIS points in the classroom, you should check out the notes from our recent visit to Freedom Crossing Academy.
During whole group instruction, I would have the platform open as a tab on my big screen so I could award the whole class at once for participation
As well as to generally show my appreciation that everyone was ready when the bell rang or otherwise meeting the expectations we have set within our classroom norms.
Whatever your reasons for becoming a teacher, noble as they may be, I have a sneaky suspicion you didn’t pick your career path because you were passionate about hall passes, supply cubbies, or seating charts!
That’s why we created a resource for effective classroom management strategies for new teachers as well as a list of classroom management rules to live by so you can focus your time on creating engaging lessons for your kiddos.
But those are the things that will dominate your every day – unless you do a great job planning ahead and establishing the classroom discipline strategies necessary for your class to function as it needs to for your kids to learn at a high level.
There are disciplinary events you should be able to resolve in your own classroom and there are others that administrative intervention is necessary to move forward. Your school should have some set parameters on where to draw that line.
If you're still looking for classroom management support you should check out our ultimate list of classroom management articles to support your research and planning.
Are you looking for more classroom management tips? Check out episode 34 of our podcast.
Your answer to those questions depends on your mastery of the classroom management skills, procedures, tools, and strategies needed to create that ideal learning environment you want for your students.
Effectively managing the classroom is key to the instructor’s ability to create a learning environment conducive to the success of the lesson.
But what is classroom management? It’s a broad term for the range of skills and techniques classroom instructors use to keep students organized, on task, on pace, and safe.
What you are teaching is obviously very important. But Dr. Greg Goins put it best when he advised teachers listening to LiveSchool’s podcast to remember “you are teaching kids, not content.” The best teachers have the best facilitation skills.
They can prime the room and the occupants for exactly what they want to happen, and they have the skills to adjust when they sense the tides have turned for the worse.
This is people management more than content delivery.
The higher your engagement level, the higher your attention span, and the happier the classroom the better your results are going to be. Or as Andrea Michelle said on our podcast: “Happier students are more likely to be able to learn”.
We aren’t only striving for compliance in the classroom. The goal should be to create the best learning environment you can for your students, so they are engaged in the lesson and thus engaged in the learning.
For some ideas on how to create engaging lessons, your students will love, check out our podcast with Terra Tarango.
Your classroom management success is heavily influenced by the relationship you establish with your students. When done effectively not only will learning increase when you are with your students, but they are also more likely to engage with content when you aren’t there as well.
If you establish high expectations and consistently create engaging lessons you won’t have to worry quite as much about what your students are up to when you take a day off.
Teachers have so much on their plates. They need support from the administration and the community to be at their best. We recently discussed supporting teachers on our podcast with Charmaine Williams.
Part of that support is providing them the freedom to set high expectations within their classroom management plan. Or by providing classroom management examples to new teachers as part of your induction program.
That being said, you may still be wondering why classroom management is important. Why is it worth the time investment required to create the plan, build the procedures, and learn the tools needed to manage classroom behavior?
To answer that I would point to the time saved. Time is saved by avoiding power struggles. Time is saved by minimizing distractions. Time is saved by stopping negative behaviors before they start.
That’s why classroom management is so important.
Classroom management takes what could be a disastrous moment that filters throughout the entire class period or worse into the remainder of your day and creates opportunities for a meaningful day of mutual respect, understanding, and learning.
What changes between one classroom to the next? Why is one set of students on task and the other not? This isn’t meant to disparage one class as much as praise another. If you are a veteran teacher, you have likely taught classes that went well and some of them inevitably did not.
You already know the difference, one was set up for success, and the other needed some additional planning to reach that sweet spot between engagement and chaos.
There are a lot of ways to get that ship righted, the tricky part is choosing between the classroom management styles and classroom management models that support your own classroom management philosophy as you craft your own unique plan.
When developing your plan it may be beneficial to consider the level of students you teach. kindergarten classroom management isn’t going to be the same as high school classroom management.
Just like classroom management for elementary teachers won’t really align all that closely with middle school classroom management.
You’ll also want to consider your mode of instruction. Are you in-person or hybrid? Or are you remote and need online classroom management solutions?
There are however some classroom management ideas and classroom management tips that work well for everyone.
How we run our classrooms is a key component of our craft and thus should be the foundation of your teacher toolbox. So let's add to that classroom management tools!
Effective classroom management strategies can solve behavior issues and improve your student's odds of success.
You should consider adding engagement strategies, and classroom interventions, assigning your students roles, and adding a thorough list of classroom management procedures to your repertoire.
For maximum engagement, you also need to take a hard look at how you're incorporating technology into the classroom.
But to truly master the classroom, you need to think ahead to visualize the kinds of sticky situations you’ll likely be in from time to time.
This kind of visualization is actually what many teacher prep programs are now using to prepare future students to ease discipline issues in the classroom.
For more on how to do that you need to check out our podcast with Dr. Todd Finley of East Carolina University.
PBIS points allow the teacher to track interactions for goal setting, and lesson planning, and the act of awarding those points provides another layer of motivation in the classroom.
By using a platform like LiveSchool teachers can easily acknowledge positive, on-task behaviors using a laptop, an interactive touchscreen, a smartboard, or even an app on a phone or tablet.
It also means they can log redirections. This can be tied to your students' point total but it also can be used just for data purposes.
Whether you deduct points with redirections or not is a school culture choice. For some insight on how to use points in your own classroom, you can check out this webinar from 6th Grade Teacher Mary Quinn Wood of Bowmar Elementary.
The actual implementation of this practice is your teacher’s choice though. Classroom management styles and philosophies can differ from room to room.
For my room, I would prefer a tablet that I could keep with me as I circled the room during independent instruction or group work. For some great examples of different ways you can use PBIS points in the classroom, you should check out the notes from our recent visit to Freedom Crossing Academy.
During whole group instruction, I would have the platform open as a tab on my big screen so I could award the whole class at once for participation
As well as to generally show my appreciation that everyone was ready when the bell rang or otherwise meeting the expectations we have set within our classroom norms.
Whatever your reasons for becoming a teacher, noble as they may be, I have a sneaky suspicion you didn’t pick your career path because you were passionate about hall passes, supply cubbies, or seating charts!
That’s why we created a resource for effective classroom management strategies for new teachers as well as a list of classroom management rules to live by so you can focus your time on creating engaging lessons for your kiddos.
But those are the things that will dominate your every day – unless you do a great job planning ahead and establishing the classroom discipline strategies necessary for your class to function as it needs to for your kids to learn at a high level.
There are disciplinary events you should be able to resolve in your own classroom and there are others that administrative intervention is necessary to move forward. Your school should have some set parameters on where to draw that line.
If you're still looking for classroom management support you should check out our ultimate list of classroom management articles to support your research and planning.
Are you looking for more classroom management tips? Check out episode 34 of our podcast.
The only classroom management resource that deserves to be on every teacher’s list of Chrome shortcuts.
Your answer to those questions depends on your mastery of the classroom management skills, procedures, tools, and strategies needed to create that ideal learning environment you want for your students.
Effectively managing the classroom is key to the instructor’s ability to create a learning environment conducive to the success of the lesson.
But what is classroom management? It’s a broad term for the range of skills and techniques classroom instructors use to keep students organized, on task, on pace, and safe.
What you are teaching is obviously very important. But Dr. Greg Goins put it best when he advised teachers listening to LiveSchool’s podcast to remember “you are teaching kids, not content.” The best teachers have the best facilitation skills.
They can prime the room and the occupants for exactly what they want to happen, and they have the skills to adjust when they sense the tides have turned for the worse.
This is people management more than content delivery.
The higher your engagement level, the higher your attention span, and the happier the classroom the better your results are going to be. Or as Andrea Michelle said on our podcast: “Happier students are more likely to be able to learn”.
We aren’t only striving for compliance in the classroom. The goal should be to create the best learning environment you can for your students, so they are engaged in the lesson and thus engaged in the learning.
For some ideas on how to create engaging lessons, your students will love, check out our podcast with Terra Tarango.
Your classroom management success is heavily influenced by the relationship you establish with your students. When done effectively not only will learning increase when you are with your students, but they are also more likely to engage with content when you aren’t there as well.
If you establish high expectations and consistently create engaging lessons you won’t have to worry quite as much about what your students are up to when you take a day off.
Teachers have so much on their plates. They need support from the administration and the community to be at their best. We recently discussed supporting teachers on our podcast with Charmaine Williams.
Part of that support is providing them the freedom to set high expectations within their classroom management plan. Or by providing classroom management examples to new teachers as part of your induction program.
That being said, you may still be wondering why classroom management is important. Why is it worth the time investment required to create the plan, build the procedures, and learn the tools needed to manage classroom behavior?
To answer that I would point to the time saved. Time is saved by avoiding power struggles. Time is saved by minimizing distractions. Time is saved by stopping negative behaviors before they start.
That’s why classroom management is so important.
Classroom management takes what could be a disastrous moment that filters throughout the entire class period or worse into the remainder of your day and creates opportunities for a meaningful day of mutual respect, understanding, and learning.
What changes between one classroom to the next? Why is one set of students on task and the other not? This isn’t meant to disparage one class as much as praise another. If you are a veteran teacher, you have likely taught classes that went well and some of them inevitably did not.
You already know the difference, one was set up for success, and the other needed some additional planning to reach that sweet spot between engagement and chaos.
There are a lot of ways to get that ship righted, the tricky part is choosing between the classroom management styles and classroom management models that support your own classroom management philosophy as you craft your own unique plan.
When developing your plan it may be beneficial to consider the level of students you teach. kindergarten classroom management isn’t going to be the same as high school classroom management.
Just like classroom management for elementary teachers won’t really align all that closely with middle school classroom management.
You’ll also want to consider your mode of instruction. Are you in-person or hybrid? Or are you remote and need online classroom management solutions?
There are however some classroom management ideas and classroom management tips that work well for everyone.
How we run our classrooms is a key component of our craft and thus should be the foundation of your teacher toolbox. So let's add to that classroom management tools!
Effective classroom management strategies can solve behavior issues and improve your student's odds of success.
You should consider adding engagement strategies, and classroom interventions, assigning your students roles, and adding a thorough list of classroom management procedures to your repertoire.
For maximum engagement, you also need to take a hard look at how you're incorporating technology into the classroom.
But to truly master the classroom, you need to think ahead to visualize the kinds of sticky situations you’ll likely be in from time to time.
This kind of visualization is actually what many teacher prep programs are now using to prepare future students to ease discipline issues in the classroom.
For more on how to do that you need to check out our podcast with Dr. Todd Finley of East Carolina University.
PBIS points allow the teacher to track interactions for goal setting, and lesson planning, and the act of awarding those points provides another layer of motivation in the classroom.
By using a platform like LiveSchool teachers can easily acknowledge positive, on-task behaviors using a laptop, an interactive touchscreen, a smartboard, or even an app on a phone or tablet.
It also means they can log redirections. This can be tied to your students' point total but it also can be used just for data purposes.
Whether you deduct points with redirections or not is a school culture choice. For some insight on how to use points in your own classroom, you can check out this webinar from 6th Grade Teacher Mary Quinn Wood of Bowmar Elementary.
The actual implementation of this practice is your teacher’s choice though. Classroom management styles and philosophies can differ from room to room.
For my room, I would prefer a tablet that I could keep with me as I circled the room during independent instruction or group work. For some great examples of different ways you can use PBIS points in the classroom, you should check out the notes from our recent visit to Freedom Crossing Academy.
During whole group instruction, I would have the platform open as a tab on my big screen so I could award the whole class at once for participation
As well as to generally show my appreciation that everyone was ready when the bell rang or otherwise meeting the expectations we have set within our classroom norms.
Whatever your reasons for becoming a teacher, noble as they may be, I have a sneaky suspicion you didn’t pick your career path because you were passionate about hall passes, supply cubbies, or seating charts!
That’s why we created a resource for effective classroom management strategies for new teachers as well as a list of classroom management rules to live by so you can focus your time on creating engaging lessons for your kiddos.
But those are the things that will dominate your every day – unless you do a great job planning ahead and establishing the classroom discipline strategies necessary for your class to function as it needs to for your kids to learn at a high level.
There are disciplinary events you should be able to resolve in your own classroom and there are others that administrative intervention is necessary to move forward. Your school should have some set parameters on where to draw that line.
If you're still looking for classroom management support you should check out our ultimate list of classroom management articles to support your research and planning.
Are you looking for more classroom management tips? Check out episode 34 of our podcast.
Your answer to those questions depends on your mastery of the classroom management skills, procedures, tools, and strategies needed to create that ideal learning environment you want for your students.
Effectively managing the classroom is key to the instructor’s ability to create a learning environment conducive to the success of the lesson.
But what is classroom management? It’s a broad term for the range of skills and techniques classroom instructors use to keep students organized, on task, on pace, and safe.
What you are teaching is obviously very important. But Dr. Greg Goins put it best when he advised teachers listening to LiveSchool’s podcast to remember “you are teaching kids, not content.” The best teachers have the best facilitation skills.
They can prime the room and the occupants for exactly what they want to happen, and they have the skills to adjust when they sense the tides have turned for the worse.
This is people management more than content delivery.
The higher your engagement level, the higher your attention span, and the happier the classroom the better your results are going to be. Or as Andrea Michelle said on our podcast: “Happier students are more likely to be able to learn”.
We aren’t only striving for compliance in the classroom. The goal should be to create the best learning environment you can for your students, so they are engaged in the lesson and thus engaged in the learning.
For some ideas on how to create engaging lessons, your students will love, check out our podcast with Terra Tarango.
Your classroom management success is heavily influenced by the relationship you establish with your students. When done effectively not only will learning increase when you are with your students, but they are also more likely to engage with content when you aren’t there as well.
If you establish high expectations and consistently create engaging lessons you won’t have to worry quite as much about what your students are up to when you take a day off.
Teachers have so much on their plates. They need support from the administration and the community to be at their best. We recently discussed supporting teachers on our podcast with Charmaine Williams.
Part of that support is providing them the freedom to set high expectations within their classroom management plan. Or by providing classroom management examples to new teachers as part of your induction program.
That being said, you may still be wondering why classroom management is important. Why is it worth the time investment required to create the plan, build the procedures, and learn the tools needed to manage classroom behavior?
To answer that I would point to the time saved. Time is saved by avoiding power struggles. Time is saved by minimizing distractions. Time is saved by stopping negative behaviors before they start.
That’s why classroom management is so important.
Classroom management takes what could be a disastrous moment that filters throughout the entire class period or worse into the remainder of your day and creates opportunities for a meaningful day of mutual respect, understanding, and learning.
What changes between one classroom to the next? Why is one set of students on task and the other not? This isn’t meant to disparage one class as much as praise another. If you are a veteran teacher, you have likely taught classes that went well and some of them inevitably did not.
You already know the difference, one was set up for success, and the other needed some additional planning to reach that sweet spot between engagement and chaos.
There are a lot of ways to get that ship righted, the tricky part is choosing between the classroom management styles and classroom management models that support your own classroom management philosophy as you craft your own unique plan.
When developing your plan it may be beneficial to consider the level of students you teach. kindergarten classroom management isn’t going to be the same as high school classroom management.
Just like classroom management for elementary teachers won’t really align all that closely with middle school classroom management.
You’ll also want to consider your mode of instruction. Are you in-person or hybrid? Or are you remote and need online classroom management solutions?
There are however some classroom management ideas and classroom management tips that work well for everyone.
How we run our classrooms is a key component of our craft and thus should be the foundation of your teacher toolbox. So let's add to that classroom management tools!
Effective classroom management strategies can solve behavior issues and improve your student's odds of success.
You should consider adding engagement strategies, and classroom interventions, assigning your students roles, and adding a thorough list of classroom management procedures to your repertoire.
For maximum engagement, you also need to take a hard look at how you're incorporating technology into the classroom.
But to truly master the classroom, you need to think ahead to visualize the kinds of sticky situations you’ll likely be in from time to time.
This kind of visualization is actually what many teacher prep programs are now using to prepare future students to ease discipline issues in the classroom.
For more on how to do that you need to check out our podcast with Dr. Todd Finley of East Carolina University.
PBIS points allow the teacher to track interactions for goal setting, and lesson planning, and the act of awarding those points provides another layer of motivation in the classroom.
By using a platform like LiveSchool teachers can easily acknowledge positive, on-task behaviors using a laptop, an interactive touchscreen, a smartboard, or even an app on a phone or tablet.
It also means they can log redirections. This can be tied to your students' point total but it also can be used just for data purposes.
Whether you deduct points with redirections or not is a school culture choice. For some insight on how to use points in your own classroom, you can check out this webinar from 6th Grade Teacher Mary Quinn Wood of Bowmar Elementary.
The actual implementation of this practice is your teacher’s choice though. Classroom management styles and philosophies can differ from room to room.
For my room, I would prefer a tablet that I could keep with me as I circled the room during independent instruction or group work. For some great examples of different ways you can use PBIS points in the classroom, you should check out the notes from our recent visit to Freedom Crossing Academy.
During whole group instruction, I would have the platform open as a tab on my big screen so I could award the whole class at once for participation
As well as to generally show my appreciation that everyone was ready when the bell rang or otherwise meeting the expectations we have set within our classroom norms.
Whatever your reasons for becoming a teacher, noble as they may be, I have a sneaky suspicion you didn’t pick your career path because you were passionate about hall passes, supply cubbies, or seating charts!
That’s why we created a resource for effective classroom management strategies for new teachers as well as a list of classroom management rules to live by so you can focus your time on creating engaging lessons for your kiddos.
But those are the things that will dominate your every day – unless you do a great job planning ahead and establishing the classroom discipline strategies necessary for your class to function as it needs to for your kids to learn at a high level.
There are disciplinary events you should be able to resolve in your own classroom and there are others that administrative intervention is necessary to move forward. Your school should have some set parameters on where to draw that line.
If you're still looking for classroom management support you should check out our ultimate list of classroom management articles to support your research and planning.
Are you looking for more classroom management tips? Check out episode 34 of our podcast.
The only classroom management resource that deserves to be on every teacher’s list of Chrome shortcuts.
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Your answer to those questions depends on your mastery of the classroom management skills, procedures, tools, and strategies needed to create that ideal learning environment you want for your students.
Effectively managing the classroom is key to the instructor’s ability to create a learning environment conducive to the success of the lesson.
But what is classroom management? It’s a broad term for the range of skills and techniques classroom instructors use to keep students organized, on task, on pace, and safe.
What you are teaching is obviously very important. But Dr. Greg Goins put it best when he advised teachers listening to LiveSchool’s podcast to remember “you are teaching kids, not content.” The best teachers have the best facilitation skills.
They can prime the room and the occupants for exactly what they want to happen, and they have the skills to adjust when they sense the tides have turned for the worse.
This is people management more than content delivery.
The higher your engagement level, the higher your attention span, and the happier the classroom the better your results are going to be. Or as Andrea Michelle said on our podcast: “Happier students are more likely to be able to learn”.
We aren’t only striving for compliance in the classroom. The goal should be to create the best learning environment you can for your students, so they are engaged in the lesson and thus engaged in the learning.
For some ideas on how to create engaging lessons, your students will love, check out our podcast with Terra Tarango.
Your classroom management success is heavily influenced by the relationship you establish with your students. When done effectively not only will learning increase when you are with your students, but they are also more likely to engage with content when you aren’t there as well.
If you establish high expectations and consistently create engaging lessons you won’t have to worry quite as much about what your students are up to when you take a day off.
Teachers have so much on their plates. They need support from the administration and the community to be at their best. We recently discussed supporting teachers on our podcast with Charmaine Williams.
Part of that support is providing them the freedom to set high expectations within their classroom management plan. Or by providing classroom management examples to new teachers as part of your induction program.
That being said, you may still be wondering why classroom management is important. Why is it worth the time investment required to create the plan, build the procedures, and learn the tools needed to manage classroom behavior?
To answer that I would point to the time saved. Time is saved by avoiding power struggles. Time is saved by minimizing distractions. Time is saved by stopping negative behaviors before they start.
That’s why classroom management is so important.
Classroom management takes what could be a disastrous moment that filters throughout the entire class period or worse into the remainder of your day and creates opportunities for a meaningful day of mutual respect, understanding, and learning.
What changes between one classroom to the next? Why is one set of students on task and the other not? This isn’t meant to disparage one class as much as praise another. If you are a veteran teacher, you have likely taught classes that went well and some of them inevitably did not.
You already know the difference, one was set up for success, and the other needed some additional planning to reach that sweet spot between engagement and chaos.
There are a lot of ways to get that ship righted, the tricky part is choosing between the classroom management styles and classroom management models that support your own classroom management philosophy as you craft your own unique plan.
When developing your plan it may be beneficial to consider the level of students you teach. kindergarten classroom management isn’t going to be the same as high school classroom management.
Just like classroom management for elementary teachers won’t really align all that closely with middle school classroom management.
You’ll also want to consider your mode of instruction. Are you in-person or hybrid? Or are you remote and need online classroom management solutions?
There are however some classroom management ideas and classroom management tips that work well for everyone.
How we run our classrooms is a key component of our craft and thus should be the foundation of your teacher toolbox. So let's add to that classroom management tools!
Effective classroom management strategies can solve behavior issues and improve your student's odds of success.
You should consider adding engagement strategies, and classroom interventions, assigning your students roles, and adding a thorough list of classroom management procedures to your repertoire.
For maximum engagement, you also need to take a hard look at how you're incorporating technology into the classroom.
But to truly master the classroom, you need to think ahead to visualize the kinds of sticky situations you’ll likely be in from time to time.
This kind of visualization is actually what many teacher prep programs are now using to prepare future students to ease discipline issues in the classroom.
For more on how to do that you need to check out our podcast with Dr. Todd Finley of East Carolina University.
PBIS points allow the teacher to track interactions for goal setting, and lesson planning, and the act of awarding those points provides another layer of motivation in the classroom.
By using a platform like LiveSchool teachers can easily acknowledge positive, on-task behaviors using a laptop, an interactive touchscreen, a smartboard, or even an app on a phone or tablet.
It also means they can log redirections. This can be tied to your students' point total but it also can be used just for data purposes.
Whether you deduct points with redirections or not is a school culture choice. For some insight on how to use points in your own classroom, you can check out this webinar from 6th Grade Teacher Mary Quinn Wood of Bowmar Elementary.
The actual implementation of this practice is your teacher’s choice though. Classroom management styles and philosophies can differ from room to room.
For my room, I would prefer a tablet that I could keep with me as I circled the room during independent instruction or group work. For some great examples of different ways you can use PBIS points in the classroom, you should check out the notes from our recent visit to Freedom Crossing Academy.
During whole group instruction, I would have the platform open as a tab on my big screen so I could award the whole class at once for participation
As well as to generally show my appreciation that everyone was ready when the bell rang or otherwise meeting the expectations we have set within our classroom norms.
Whatever your reasons for becoming a teacher, noble as they may be, I have a sneaky suspicion you didn’t pick your career path because you were passionate about hall passes, supply cubbies, or seating charts!
That’s why we created a resource for effective classroom management strategies for new teachers as well as a list of classroom management rules to live by so you can focus your time on creating engaging lessons for your kiddos.
But those are the things that will dominate your every day – unless you do a great job planning ahead and establishing the classroom discipline strategies necessary for your class to function as it needs to for your kids to learn at a high level.
There are disciplinary events you should be able to resolve in your own classroom and there are others that administrative intervention is necessary to move forward. Your school should have some set parameters on where to draw that line.
If you're still looking for classroom management support you should check out our ultimate list of classroom management articles to support your research and planning.
Are you looking for more classroom management tips? Check out episode 34 of our podcast.
Your answer to those questions depends on your mastery of the classroom management skills, procedures, tools, and strategies needed to create that ideal learning environment you want for your students.
Effectively managing the classroom is key to the instructor’s ability to create a learning environment conducive to the success of the lesson.
But what is classroom management? It’s a broad term for the range of skills and techniques classroom instructors use to keep students organized, on task, on pace, and safe.
What you are teaching is obviously very important. But Dr. Greg Goins put it best when he advised teachers listening to LiveSchool’s podcast to remember “you are teaching kids, not content.” The best teachers have the best facilitation skills.
They can prime the room and the occupants for exactly what they want to happen, and they have the skills to adjust when they sense the tides have turned for the worse.
This is people management more than content delivery.
The higher your engagement level, the higher your attention span, and the happier the classroom the better your results are going to be. Or as Andrea Michelle said on our podcast: “Happier students are more likely to be able to learn”.
We aren’t only striving for compliance in the classroom. The goal should be to create the best learning environment you can for your students, so they are engaged in the lesson and thus engaged in the learning.
For some ideas on how to create engaging lessons, your students will love, check out our podcast with Terra Tarango.
Your classroom management success is heavily influenced by the relationship you establish with your students. When done effectively not only will learning increase when you are with your students, but they are also more likely to engage with content when you aren’t there as well.
If you establish high expectations and consistently create engaging lessons you won’t have to worry quite as much about what your students are up to when you take a day off.
Teachers have so much on their plates. They need support from the administration and the community to be at their best. We recently discussed supporting teachers on our podcast with Charmaine Williams.
Part of that support is providing them the freedom to set high expectations within their classroom management plan. Or by providing classroom management examples to new teachers as part of your induction program.
That being said, you may still be wondering why classroom management is important. Why is it worth the time investment required to create the plan, build the procedures, and learn the tools needed to manage classroom behavior?
To answer that I would point to the time saved. Time is saved by avoiding power struggles. Time is saved by minimizing distractions. Time is saved by stopping negative behaviors before they start.
That’s why classroom management is so important.
Classroom management takes what could be a disastrous moment that filters throughout the entire class period or worse into the remainder of your day and creates opportunities for a meaningful day of mutual respect, understanding, and learning.
What changes between one classroom to the next? Why is one set of students on task and the other not? This isn’t meant to disparage one class as much as praise another. If you are a veteran teacher, you have likely taught classes that went well and some of them inevitably did not.
You already know the difference, one was set up for success, and the other needed some additional planning to reach that sweet spot between engagement and chaos.
There are a lot of ways to get that ship righted, the tricky part is choosing between the classroom management styles and classroom management models that support your own classroom management philosophy as you craft your own unique plan.
When developing your plan it may be beneficial to consider the level of students you teach. kindergarten classroom management isn’t going to be the same as high school classroom management.
Just like classroom management for elementary teachers won’t really align all that closely with middle school classroom management.
You’ll also want to consider your mode of instruction. Are you in-person or hybrid? Or are you remote and need online classroom management solutions?
There are however some classroom management ideas and classroom management tips that work well for everyone.
How we run our classrooms is a key component of our craft and thus should be the foundation of your teacher toolbox. So let's add to that classroom management tools!
Effective classroom management strategies can solve behavior issues and improve your student's odds of success.
You should consider adding engagement strategies, and classroom interventions, assigning your students roles, and adding a thorough list of classroom management procedures to your repertoire.
For maximum engagement, you also need to take a hard look at how you're incorporating technology into the classroom.
But to truly master the classroom, you need to think ahead to visualize the kinds of sticky situations you’ll likely be in from time to time.
This kind of visualization is actually what many teacher prep programs are now using to prepare future students to ease discipline issues in the classroom.
For more on how to do that you need to check out our podcast with Dr. Todd Finley of East Carolina University.
PBIS points allow the teacher to track interactions for goal setting, and lesson planning, and the act of awarding those points provides another layer of motivation in the classroom.
By using a platform like LiveSchool teachers can easily acknowledge positive, on-task behaviors using a laptop, an interactive touchscreen, a smartboard, or even an app on a phone or tablet.
It also means they can log redirections. This can be tied to your students' point total but it also can be used just for data purposes.
Whether you deduct points with redirections or not is a school culture choice. For some insight on how to use points in your own classroom, you can check out this webinar from 6th Grade Teacher Mary Quinn Wood of Bowmar Elementary.
The actual implementation of this practice is your teacher’s choice though. Classroom management styles and philosophies can differ from room to room.
For my room, I would prefer a tablet that I could keep with me as I circled the room during independent instruction or group work. For some great examples of different ways you can use PBIS points in the classroom, you should check out the notes from our recent visit to Freedom Crossing Academy.
During whole group instruction, I would have the platform open as a tab on my big screen so I could award the whole class at once for participation
As well as to generally show my appreciation that everyone was ready when the bell rang or otherwise meeting the expectations we have set within our classroom norms.
Whatever your reasons for becoming a teacher, noble as they may be, I have a sneaky suspicion you didn’t pick your career path because you were passionate about hall passes, supply cubbies, or seating charts!
That’s why we created a resource for effective classroom management strategies for new teachers as well as a list of classroom management rules to live by so you can focus your time on creating engaging lessons for your kiddos.
But those are the things that will dominate your every day – unless you do a great job planning ahead and establishing the classroom discipline strategies necessary for your class to function as it needs to for your kids to learn at a high level.
There are disciplinary events you should be able to resolve in your own classroom and there are others that administrative intervention is necessary to move forward. Your school should have some set parameters on where to draw that line.
If you're still looking for classroom management support you should check out our ultimate list of classroom management articles to support your research and planning.
Are you looking for more classroom management tips? Check out episode 34 of our podcast.
The only classroom management resource that deserves to be on every teacher’s list of Chrome shortcuts.
Is your classroom a place where learning happens? Or is it a place where chaos reigns supreme? Are your students engaged and anxious to tear into the content or are they apathetic and disinterested?
Your answer to those questions depends on your mastery of the classroom management skills, procedures, tools, and strategies needed to create that ideal learning environment you want for your students.
Effectively managing the classroom is key to the instructor’s ability to create a learning environment conducive to the success of the lesson.
But what is classroom management? It’s a broad term for the range of skills and techniques classroom instructors use to keep students organized, on task, on pace, and safe.
What you are teaching is obviously very important. But Dr. Greg Goins put it best when he advised teachers listening to LiveSchool’s podcast to remember “you are teaching kids, not content.” The best teachers have the best facilitation skills.
They can prime the room and the occupants for exactly what they want to happen, and they have the skills to adjust when they sense the tides have turned for the worse.
This is people management more than content delivery.
The higher your engagement level, the higher your attention span, and the happier the classroom the better your results are going to be. Or as Andrea Michelle said on our podcast: “Happier students are more likely to be able to learn”.
We aren’t only striving for compliance in the classroom. The goal should be to create the best learning environment you can for your students, so they are engaged in the lesson and thus engaged in the learning.
For some ideas on how to create engaging lessons, your students will love, check out our podcast with Terra Tarango.
Your classroom management success is heavily influenced by the relationship you establish with your students. When done effectively not only will learning increase when you are with your students, but they are also more likely to engage with content when you aren’t there as well.
If you establish high expectations and consistently create engaging lessons you won’t have to worry quite as much about what your students are up to when you take a day off.
Teachers have so much on their plates. They need support from the administration and the community to be at their best. We recently discussed supporting teachers on our podcast with Charmaine Williams.
Part of that support is providing them the freedom to set high expectations within their classroom management plan. Or by providing classroom management examples to new teachers as part of your induction program.
That being said, you may still be wondering why classroom management is important. Why is it worth the time investment required to create the plan, build the procedures, and learn the tools needed to manage classroom behavior?
To answer that I would point to the time saved. Time is saved by avoiding power struggles. Time is saved by minimizing distractions. Time is saved by stopping negative behaviors before they start.
That’s why classroom management is so important.
Classroom management takes what could be a disastrous moment that filters throughout the entire class period or worse into the remainder of your day and creates opportunities for a meaningful day of mutual respect, understanding, and learning.
What changes between one classroom to the next? Why is one set of students on task and the other not? This isn’t meant to disparage one class as much as praise another. If you are a veteran teacher, you have likely taught classes that went well and some of them inevitably did not.
You already know the difference, one was set up for success, and the other needed some additional planning to reach that sweet spot between engagement and chaos.
There are a lot of ways to get that ship righted, the tricky part is choosing between the classroom management styles and classroom management models that support your own classroom management philosophy as you craft your own unique plan.
When developing your plan it may be beneficial to consider the level of students you teach. kindergarten classroom management isn’t going to be the same as high school classroom management.
Just like classroom management for elementary teachers won’t really align all that closely with middle school classroom management.
You’ll also want to consider your mode of instruction. Are you in-person or hybrid? Or are you remote and need online classroom management solutions?
There are however some classroom management ideas and classroom management tips that work well for everyone.
How we run our classrooms is a key component of our craft and thus should be the foundation of your teacher toolbox. So let's add to that classroom management tools!
Effective classroom management strategies can solve behavior issues and improve your student's odds of success.
You should consider adding engagement strategies, and classroom interventions, assigning your students roles, and adding a thorough list of classroom management procedures to your repertoire.
For maximum engagement, you also need to take a hard look at how you're incorporating technology into the classroom.
But to truly master the classroom, you need to think ahead to visualize the kinds of sticky situations you’ll likely be in from time to time.
This kind of visualization is actually what many teacher prep programs are now using to prepare future students to ease discipline issues in the classroom.
For more on how to do that you need to check out our podcast with Dr. Todd Finley of East Carolina University.
PBIS points allow the teacher to track interactions for goal setting, and lesson planning, and the act of awarding those points provides another layer of motivation in the classroom.
By using a platform like LiveSchool teachers can easily acknowledge positive, on-task behaviors using a laptop, an interactive touchscreen, a smartboard, or even an app on a phone or tablet.
It also means they can log redirections. This can be tied to your students' point total but it also can be used just for data purposes.
Whether you deduct points with redirections or not is a school culture choice. For some insight on how to use points in your own classroom, you can check out this webinar from 6th Grade Teacher Mary Quinn Wood of Bowmar Elementary.
The actual implementation of this practice is your teacher’s choice though. Classroom management styles and philosophies can differ from room to room.
For my room, I would prefer a tablet that I could keep with me as I circled the room during independent instruction or group work. For some great examples of different ways you can use PBIS points in the classroom, you should check out the notes from our recent visit to Freedom Crossing Academy.
During whole group instruction, I would have the platform open as a tab on my big screen so I could award the whole class at once for participation
As well as to generally show my appreciation that everyone was ready when the bell rang or otherwise meeting the expectations we have set within our classroom norms.
Whatever your reasons for becoming a teacher, noble as they may be, I have a sneaky suspicion you didn’t pick your career path because you were passionate about hall passes, supply cubbies, or seating charts!
That’s why we created a resource for effective classroom management strategies for new teachers as well as a list of classroom management rules to live by so you can focus your time on creating engaging lessons for your kiddos.
But those are the things that will dominate your every day – unless you do a great job planning ahead and establishing the classroom discipline strategies necessary for your class to function as it needs to for your kids to learn at a high level.
There are disciplinary events you should be able to resolve in your own classroom and there are others that administrative intervention is necessary to move forward. Your school should have some set parameters on where to draw that line.
If you're still looking for classroom management support you should check out our ultimate list of classroom management articles to support your research and planning.
Are you looking for more classroom management tips? Check out episode 34 of our podcast.
The only classroom management resource that deserves to be on every teacher’s list of Chrome shortcuts.
Is your classroom a place where learning happens? Or is it a place where chaos reigns supreme? Are your students engaged and anxious to tear into the content or are they apathetic and disinterested?
Your answer to those questions depends on your mastery of the classroom management skills, procedures, tools, and strategies needed to create that ideal learning environment you want for your students.
Effectively managing the classroom is key to the instructor’s ability to create a learning environment conducive to the success of the lesson.
But what is classroom management? It’s a broad term for the range of skills and techniques classroom instructors use to keep students organized, on task, on pace, and safe.
What you are teaching is obviously very important. But Dr. Greg Goins put it best when he advised teachers listening to LiveSchool’s podcast to remember “you are teaching kids, not content.” The best teachers have the best facilitation skills.
They can prime the room and the occupants for exactly what they want to happen, and they have the skills to adjust when they sense the tides have turned for the worse.
This is people management more than content delivery.
The higher your engagement level, the higher your attention span, and the happier the classroom the better your results are going to be. Or as Andrea Michelle said on our podcast: “Happier students are more likely to be able to learn”.
We aren’t only striving for compliance in the classroom. The goal should be to create the best learning environment you can for your students, so they are engaged in the lesson and thus engaged in the learning.
For some ideas on how to create engaging lessons, your students will love, check out our podcast with Terra Tarango.
Your classroom management success is heavily influenced by the relationship you establish with your students. When done effectively not only will learning increase when you are with your students, but they are also more likely to engage with content when you aren’t there as well.
If you establish high expectations and consistently create engaging lessons you won’t have to worry quite as much about what your students are up to when you take a day off.
Teachers have so much on their plates. They need support from the administration and the community to be at their best. We recently discussed supporting teachers on our podcast with Charmaine Williams.
Part of that support is providing them the freedom to set high expectations within their classroom management plan. Or by providing classroom management examples to new teachers as part of your induction program.
That being said, you may still be wondering why classroom management is important. Why is it worth the time investment required to create the plan, build the procedures, and learn the tools needed to manage classroom behavior?
To answer that I would point to the time saved. Time is saved by avoiding power struggles. Time is saved by minimizing distractions. Time is saved by stopping negative behaviors before they start.
That’s why classroom management is so important.
Classroom management takes what could be a disastrous moment that filters throughout the entire class period or worse into the remainder of your day and creates opportunities for a meaningful day of mutual respect, understanding, and learning.
What changes between one classroom to the next? Why is one set of students on task and the other not? This isn’t meant to disparage one class as much as praise another. If you are a veteran teacher, you have likely taught classes that went well and some of them inevitably did not.
You already know the difference, one was set up for success, and the other needed some additional planning to reach that sweet spot between engagement and chaos.
There are a lot of ways to get that ship righted, the tricky part is choosing between the classroom management styles and classroom management models that support your own classroom management philosophy as you craft your own unique plan.
When developing your plan it may be beneficial to consider the level of students you teach. kindergarten classroom management isn’t going to be the same as high school classroom management.
Just like classroom management for elementary teachers won’t really align all that closely with middle school classroom management.
You’ll also want to consider your mode of instruction. Are you in-person or hybrid? Or are you remote and need online classroom management solutions?
There are however some classroom management ideas and classroom management tips that work well for everyone.
How we run our classrooms is a key component of our craft and thus should be the foundation of your teacher toolbox. So let's add to that classroom management tools!
Effective classroom management strategies can solve behavior issues and improve your student's odds of success.
You should consider adding engagement strategies, and classroom interventions, assigning your students roles, and adding a thorough list of classroom management procedures to your repertoire.
For maximum engagement, you also need to take a hard look at how you're incorporating technology into the classroom.
But to truly master the classroom, you need to think ahead to visualize the kinds of sticky situations you’ll likely be in from time to time.
This kind of visualization is actually what many teacher prep programs are now using to prepare future students to ease discipline issues in the classroom.
For more on how to do that you need to check out our podcast with Dr. Todd Finley of East Carolina University.
PBIS points allow the teacher to track interactions for goal setting, and lesson planning, and the act of awarding those points provides another layer of motivation in the classroom.
By using a platform like LiveSchool teachers can easily acknowledge positive, on-task behaviors using a laptop, an interactive touchscreen, a smartboard, or even an app on a phone or tablet.
It also means they can log redirections. This can be tied to your students' point total but it also can be used just for data purposes.
Whether you deduct points with redirections or not is a school culture choice. For some insight on how to use points in your own classroom, you can check out this webinar from 6th Grade Teacher Mary Quinn Wood of Bowmar Elementary.
The actual implementation of this practice is your teacher’s choice though. Classroom management styles and philosophies can differ from room to room.
For my room, I would prefer a tablet that I could keep with me as I circled the room during independent instruction or group work. For some great examples of different ways you can use PBIS points in the classroom, you should check out the notes from our recent visit to Freedom Crossing Academy.
During whole group instruction, I would have the platform open as a tab on my big screen so I could award the whole class at once for participation
As well as to generally show my appreciation that everyone was ready when the bell rang or otherwise meeting the expectations we have set within our classroom norms.
Whatever your reasons for becoming a teacher, noble as they may be, I have a sneaky suspicion you didn’t pick your career path because you were passionate about hall passes, supply cubbies, or seating charts!
That’s why we created a resource for effective classroom management strategies for new teachers as well as a list of classroom management rules to live by so you can focus your time on creating engaging lessons for your kiddos.
But those are the things that will dominate your every day – unless you do a great job planning ahead and establishing the classroom discipline strategies necessary for your class to function as it needs to for your kids to learn at a high level.
There are disciplinary events you should be able to resolve in your own classroom and there are others that administrative intervention is necessary to move forward. Your school should have some set parameters on where to draw that line.
If you're still looking for classroom management support you should check out our ultimate list of classroom management articles to support your research and planning.
Are you looking for more classroom management tips? Check out episode 34 of our podcast.
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