Creating & Maintaining a Positive Classroom Environment
Discuss effective classroom routines and procedures with your mentor.
Pick a relevant portion of "Conscious Classroom Management" to read and apply to your classroom.
Find a relevant online article to read or video to watch and discuss with your mentor.
Choose an article or video from the CSTP resource page to read and discuss with your mentor.
Observe a class at your school site.
Trouble Shoot student behavior with your mentor.
Work with your mentor, admin or school psych to create a behavior plan for a student.
Plan lessons to support students with social emotional learning.
Do a book study with your mentor or a colleague.
Videos
Classroom Management Tricks of the Trade Educators share how to keep it all together in class in six short video tips.
The Teacher Toolkit A variety of tools for Classroom Management. Each includes how to use, when to use, variations, and demonstration videos for elementary and secondary.
Teacher Tool Kit: Engaging Techniques for Effective Teaching For every tool you'll find: An explanation of how and when to use it, and a template students can use to implement the tool.
Teaching Channel New Teacher Survival Guide: Classroom Management
SLANT: Get Ready to Learn Video (:40) from Teaching Channel about preparing students to actively participate in class.
Websites
The Cornerstone for Teachers Blog about Classroom Management This blog has useful articles with tips on everything from organization to behavior management, all within the framework of practical suggestions that work in real classrooms.
Are You Broadcasting on Too Many Channels? Article about not asking the students to read one thing and listen to another at the same time.
The 5-Second Solution for a Talkative Class-Cult of Pedagogy