Classroom Management Resources
Conveying Respect, Fairness, and High Expectations -- This section of the Inclusive Teaching Website from the University of Washington discusses ways to establish mutual respect and fairness while encouraging students to reach high expectations. The site provides ideas for before and during teaching and in responding to problems.
Consequences that Teach -- In this article from the Website for CHADD, which works to improve the lives of people with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Mario Lamorte shares ideas on how to help any child improve behavior.
Accountability Checklist -- Have you covered all of your classroom management bases? This checklist can be used to plan for your school year to be sure that no classroom situations have been overlooked.
Integrating Technology -- There are four tips on how to manage centers in your classroom, and three tips on how you can discover ways to integrate technology into your curriculum.
The One-Computer Classroom -- Janine Lim gives useful ideas for using computers in the classroom. Check out the bottom of the page for management tips.
Organizing a Computer Center -- Tips on how to manage your computer center. Includes lesson ideas.
Building a Classroom Community -- This comprehensive document for primary teachers explains the value of a classroom community, how to build that community with children, and how to promote social problem-solving skills.
Classroom Management Sites -- This resource is a large collection of classroom management resources available online.
Managing Your Classroom -- From the National Education Association, this site features classroom management ideas and suggestions from teachers in the areas of attendance, behavior control, prevention, staying ahead, and inclusion.
Using Centers in the Middle School Classroom -- This MiddleWeb online conversation contains numerous tips and examples for using centers effectively with middle school students.
Setting Up Your Classroom -- This resource provides ideas for using centers in order to develop student ownership of their classroom. The ideas are easily applicable to elementary classrooms and adaptable to secondary classrooms as well.Tips: Displaying Student Work -- Teachers submit tips on unique ways to display student work in the classroom.
Classroom Library Resources -- This page contains several resources to help beginning teachers build and organize their classroom libraries.
MiddleWeb Students and School Life Resources Page -- This web page features resources in areas like developmental responsiveness, advisories, service learning, transitions to middle and high school, after-school programs, cultural and racial sensitivity, discipline, suspension, student leadership, and more.
MiddleWeb New Teacher Resources Page -- You can find a number of resources in the categories help for new teachers, discipline and classroom management, the first days of middle school (for all teachers), and books for new and restless teachers at this link.
Keys to Student Discipline -- You can boil all the advice on classroom management down to these 21 keys. New teachers could work with their mentors to answer the following questions or could reflect on their classroom discipline independently with the keys and questions:
- What does each "key" mean to you?
- How have you integrated each "key" into your own classroom?
- What does it look like in your classroom, in your behavior, and in your interactions with students?
- Which "key areas" are places where you would like to grow?
- How will you implement any "keys" that are missing into your classroom?
Using a Discipline System to Promote Learning -- This is a link to a great, but long, article outlining Marvin Marshall's "Raise Responsibility" discipline and learning system. On returning to the classroom after 24 years, Mr. Marshall struggled to maintain discipline. In part 1 of this article, he describes how his frustration led him to develop a system that would promote responsible behavior by internally motivating students. In part 2, Kerry Weisner describes the positive changes in her students' behavior and learning after she implemented Mr. Marshall's program in her classroom. If Marshall's management system appeals to you, then be sure to check the link to his web site below!
Your Search for Bulletin Board Ideas Is Over! -- Education World shares the best bulletin board sites from Kimberly Steele and Kathy Schrock, two educators who created a useful bulletin board resource on the Net. Links to ten bulletin board resources for educators across the grades are included!Discipline without Stress, Punishments, or Rewards -- This site provides information about Dr. Marvin Marshall's Raise Responsibility System--a discipline and learning system that employs concepts of Stephen Covey, William Glasser, W. Edwards Deming, and Abraham Maslow.
