3 Mistakes Teachers Make When Creating a Classroom Management Plan

Having an effective classroom management plan is essential to being able to manage disruptive student behavior and being able to teach. However, there are a few mistakes that many teachers make without even realizing it. Let’s talk about the 3 mistakes teachers make when creating their classroom management plan that lead to frustration, overwhelm, and decreased teaching time. 1. Relying on a ... Read More about 3 Mistakes Teachers Make When Creating a Classroom Management Plan

How to Effectively Teach Classroom Routines and Procedures

If you want to effectively manage your classroom, you need to teach your students routines and procedures. Routines and procedures are the daily tasks that your students do in the classroom from the moment they arrive until the time that they leave. They are essential for your classroom to run smoothly and for you to be able to teach. So, how do you teach routines and procedures to ... Read More about How to Effectively Teach Classroom Routines and Procedures

How to Create Effective Classroom Rules

Classroom rules are essential to preventing and managing disruptive behavior. However, although it may seem simple to create your classroom rules, it’s actually more complex than you think. So, how do you make sure your classroom rules will actually work? These 7 tips will help you craft effective classroom rules that will help your class run with ease. 1. Be Specific Our classroom rules ... Read More about How to Create Effective Classroom Rules

Improving Your Classroom Management Strategies for Next Year

Have you ever felt like your classroom management strategies could be more effective? I’ve got good news. It’s never too late to make a change! Whether it’s a few months into the school year, after Winter break, or at the end of the year, reflecting on your classroom management strategies and making a change is the sign of a reflective teacher. So what are you waiting for? Let me teach you how to ... Read More about Improving Your Classroom Management Strategies for Next Year

5 Must-Have Classroom Management Tools for the Elementary Classroom

Classroom management is hard! You might feel like you’ve tried everything in your bag of tricks and nothing is working! Luckily, there are several classroom management tools that help make it easier to manage disruptive student behavior. Here are my top 5 classroom management tools to help you become a classroom management master. *This post contains affiliate links, meaning if you make a ... Read More about 5 Must-Have Classroom Management Tools for the Elementary Classroom