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Harmony Academy - Harmony Professional Learning provides free courses for Classroom Management Strategies, how to handle misbehavior, creating rules, creating consequences, delivering consequences, and many more.
Create a free account, and you can find these courses on your dashboard under "Classroom Design and Instruction Unit"
This is a wonderful advice for ALL new teachers.
Total time: 11 min
Classroom Management
Meet Mr. Hester! He is a high school teacher. He has wonderful strategies and advice.
Total time: 7 min 33 sec
Classroom Management
This video is Mr. Hester's high school class with awesome first day classroom management! It would be a great watch for middle school, too. You can jump ahead on some things to get an idea of how he does things. Pay attention to how much time he takes teaching every expectation.
Total time: 38 min
Classroom Management
These classroom management strategies work for ALL grades.
You want to refrain from using sarcasm in the class; even if it's playful.
Total time: 19 min 15 sec
Classroom Engagement-
Ten tips in under ten minutes!
2-Instructional Strategies List.pdfClassroom Engagement-
7 Ways to Increase student engagement. This is for ALL grades. Remember, compliance in the classroom does not mean students are engaged.
Total time: 1 min 57 sec
Classroom Engagement-
How do you engage underperforming students? Watch how this school uses limited lecture and graphic organizers to help their students.
Total time: 5 min 17 sec
You can also find a list of these classroom management and student engagement videos from Edutopia at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF19180008E030FB4
There should be more positives in a classroom period than negatives. This is a great example of a middle school PBIS classroom, but think of other words to give praise instead of "good job" or "thank you" over an over. Notice how she is specific in her praise.
Total time: 9 min
Watch Yourself.pdfMany times, we get so busy teaching a lesson that it's hard to really focus on what's happening. I highly encourage you to video yourself teaching a lesson.
Then use the following "Watch Your Students" and "Watch Yourself" pages to see what areas you are glowing in and what areas you can grow in.
Watch Your Students.pdfAdvice and Strategies from local teachers
"It will not be easy! Give yourself grace and know it will get better each day. Build relationships with parents and students. You have no idea what they may be going through. Find the positive in each student and focus on this. Stay away from negative comments." -Paula Lane
"One strategy that I use a lot is praising good behavior." -Katlin Hogue
"Implement procedures well at the beginning of the year, so you don't have to revisit them as frequently throughout the year." -Meredith Sandine
"Relationships are so important. Create relationships and classroom management is easier." -Jennifer Lawrence
"Build the relationships. Show them that you care about them. Never tell a student they are bad." -Dell Donaldson
"Practice procedures. Whether it's the 1st day of the 91st day. Example: if they enter a room loud or out of control, make them line up and do it again until they get it right." -Abby Bristow
"Build rapport. Establish routines. Use ALL the visuals you can imagine. Assign jobs." -Jeanie Ralph
"Get to know your students as more than just students. Every student has a story and the more concern you show for that student, the harder they will work for you." -Scottie Harrison
"Don't be scared to ask for advice. Practice, practice, practice procedures. It seems ridiculous, but it's necessary. Assessments don't have to be lengthy to show knowledge; quality over quantity." - Lindsey Burris
"Create organizational systems for all of your data; how you will record and track student assessments and progress." -Whitney Johnson
"Create structure and routine. Follow the same schedule daily." -Cindy Whitaker
"Practicing procedures is a BIG one. Make sure they have them down! It makes your life so much easier." -Tammy Busch
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