Positive Classroom Management

Nicole has been late to class everyday this week. Yesterday two of her friends came in late with her. By the time you reprimanded them, took up their homework and tried to start the class, you had lost fifteen minutes of class time and the students’ attention. How can you prevent this situation from happening again?

Does this situation sound familiar? Written by a classroom teacher and a school administrator, Positive Classroom Management offers a plethora of creative, proactive ideas to make the classroom a fun, yet controlled, learning environment. By setting a positive tone and preventing inappropriate behaviour, you can maintain an orderly classroom and enhance learning for all. Even off campus field trips and hands-on learning experiences can be manageable if handled appropriately.

Positive Classroom Management begins by suggesting that students should be taught to have ownership of the classroom, that they should learn that they are responsible for themselves and for their own self-discipline. This idea is supported by numerous suggestions for how to handle disruptive students, tips for how to keep your composure and methods to prevent difficult situations from arising. One entire chapter is devoted to ways to assist students with specific problems. You can tailor these innovative management tools to fit your school’s discipline philosophy and your personality. Suggestions that require letters to parents and guardians come with reproducible forms to send home. Also included are reproducible forms to send to other teachers, behaviour worksheets for students and motivational posters.

Covering everything from ‘Twenty-five Alternatives to Corporal Punishment’ to ‘Parties and Rewards’, this book is a tremendous aid for experienced and novice teachers alike.

[ISBN: 9781864017533, 133 Pages]

[Authors: Terri Breeden & Emalie Egan; Age Suitability: All]