Classroom Management

"***Classroom management refers to the wide variety of skills and techniques that teachers use to keep students organized, orderly, focused, attentive, on task, and academically productive during a class.***

When classroom-management strategies are executed effectively, teachers minimize the behaviors that impede learning for both individual students and groups of students, while maximizing the behaviors that facilitate or enhance learning. 

Generally speaking, effective teachers tend to display strong classroom-management skills, while the hallmark of the inexperienced or less effective teacher is a disorderly classroom filled with students who are not working or paying attention.

The classroom is a vehicle for getting students from where they are when they enter the schoolhouse door to where they need to be an academic year later. Ideally, we all would like to see at least one year of progress for one year of seat time.

In talking about classroom management and student achievement, it may help to think of the teacher as the driver of the car who needs to respond to the passengers' needs in order to ensure that they reach their destination.

In driver education there is a substantial focus on the mechanics of driving and the rules of the road, but not very much attention is given to keeping the automobile functioning. People learn about preventative maintenance as a secondary set of skills through guidance, observation, reading, and trial and error.

The first flat tire or dead battery becomes a significant learning experience. Great driving skills don't matter when the car won't move. Similarly, great instructional skills won't matter if students in the classroom are disengaged or out of control.

Both novice and experienced teachers consider classroom management to be a high priority and an area of concern (Sokal, Smith, & Mowat, 2003). Teachers learn “tricks of the trade” from such sources as watching other teachers, reading about the topic, and reflecting on what is occurring in their classrooms.

While mastering effective classroom management techniques takes work, effective teachers make classroom management look easy. When an effective teacher is in the driver's seat, one knows that a preventative, proactive, positive approach is in place to ensure that learning is on course.

App features:

Classroom Management.

New Teachers.

School Climate.

Student Engagement.

Teaching Strategies.

Tips for Teachers.

Protecting Students' Privacy on Social Media.

Tips for Great Group Work in the Classroom.

Power Up Your Parent Communication.

Dealing With Digital Distraction in the Classroom.

Help Your Kids Stop Multitasking During Homework.

How to Set Up Your Digital Classroom for Success.

Create a Feedback Loop for Students' Work.

Make It Easy for Students and Parents.

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