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Time
Low-level discipline problems are where instruction time goes.
Program one
Give your teachers one shared plan for behavior
Research-based strategies, taught and practiced in one day, ready for the next class period.
Why this training
Four reasons to start with classroom management
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Achievement
Discipline comes first. Without control, even the best lessons stay undelivered.
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Stress
These strategies reduce or eliminate 70 to 90% of chronic, low-level behaviors.
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Turnover
Classroom management is the number one reason educators leave the profession, and the fix can be taught.
Research
"Teachers' actions in their classrooms have twice the impact on student achievement as school policies regarding curriculum, assessment, staff collegiality, and community involvement."
Marzano, R. J. (2003). What Works in Schools. ASCD.
The five components
What the day covers
Five strategies make up a complete management system. Each is taught, modeled, and practiced.
1. Self-Control
2. Rules & Procedures
3. Responding to Challenges
4. Ecology & Arrangement
5. Relationships
Component One
Self-control strategies
The day begins with the teacher. Staying calm under pressure, reading the classroom, and holding the teaching power position let teachers prevent most disruptions instead of reacting to them.
Component Two
Teaching rules and procedures
The first day, week, and month of school matter most for classroom management. Teachers learn to teach routines the way they teach reading or math: a lesson plan, modeling, and practice until the routine is automatic.
Component Three
Responding to challenges
Timing matters when a student challenges a teacher. Using the diffuser system, contingent withdrawal of attention, and a supportive stance, teachers defuse confrontations in five seconds or less, and they stop giving repeated warnings.
Component Four
Classroom ecology and arrangement
The physical classroom affects learning and behavior. Teachers learn fifteen desk arrangements, from traditional to unorthodox, and how the room itself can support the curriculum and prevent problems.
Component Five
Student-teacher relationships
Relationships can be taught and practiced. Teachers leave with ways to make every student feel seen and to earn the trust of students who resist.
Agenda
Sample schedule
Most schools book a full day. A half-day works too, on your campus and on your calendar.
Teachers start at 8:30 AM with the classroom itself: a calm mindset, room design, the teaching power position, and fifteen desk arrangements. Rules and procedures close the morning at 12:00 PM.
Lunch runs from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. Between 1:00 and 3:30 PM, teachers learn to carry out discipline firmly but fairly, build relationships, connect with non-compliant students, regain control in five steps, and stop giving repeated warnings.
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