Behavior Management and Student Discipline
You can't teach effectively if your students are not under control. Here's what you need to know in order to run a disciplined classroom full of respectful and productive students. Includes tips for school discipline and behavior management of students and the classroom as a whole.
5 Tips to Help the Disorganized Student
Tips and ideas for teachers that want to help organize their disorganized students in the classroom.
Behavior Management Tips
Discover a collection of behavior management tips and ideas that will help motivate good behavior from your elementary school students.
Get Student Attention - How Do You Get Your Students' Attention?
How do you get your students' attention? Share your ideas and learn from other teachers.
Free and Effective Classroom Rewards
Don't spend your hard-earned money buying little material rewards for your students. See how you can spend nothing and get a whole lot of great behavior in return!
Quick Tip for Handling Tattling in the Classroom
A quick tip for handling tattling in the elementary classroom.
How Teachers Should Report Suspected Abuse of Children
Teachers are state-mandated reporters. Here's how to handle reporting suspected child abuse based on signs you observe in your students.
Students Tattling - How Do You Handle Students Tattling?
Students Tattling - How Do You Handle Students Tattling?
Tips for Helping Teachers Ease Students' First Day of School Jitters
Tips for helping anxious young students deal with their first day of school jitters and clinginess to parents.
Sample Behavior Contract for Student Discipline
Use this sample behavior contract to help your most challenging students come back into line with your discipline plan.
How to Hold Regular Class Meetings
By holding regular class meetings, you can help maintain a safe and friendly environment for your elementary school students. Class meetings can also be called Community Circle and they really help with student discipline.
Classroom Discipline And Rules
Every teacher must enter the classroom armed with comprehensive and well-though-out rules in order to have an orderly and effective school year. Here's everything you need to know to strategically design the classroom rules that will work for you all year long.
Sample Classroom Rules
Are you having trouble thinking of a comprehensive set of behavior rules for your elementary school classroom? Here's what works for me.
Behavior Contracts for Challenging Students
Read about a structured way to straighten out behavior problems with particular students. Build a cohesive team between parents, teacher, and student and set off on a path to improvement and success!
Quiet Students Without Saying a Word
Quiet students mean a productive and happy classroom atmosphere. Try these simple nonverbal methods for maintaining class control.
Classroom Rewards That Are No-Cost But Highly Effective
Don't spend your hard-earned money buying little material rewards for your students. See how you can spend nothing and get a whole lot of great behavior in return!
Using "The Essential 55" by Ron Clark in Your Classroom
A discussion of how to use Ron Clark's book The Essential 55 in the elementary classroom.
Classroom Bill of Rights to Display in Your Classroom
If you're looking for a quick and easy way to sum up a productive and respectful tone in your classroom, the following Classroom "Bill of Rights" will be useful.