What a teacher needs depends on the teacher. Emerging learning trends, data management resources, literacy strategies, digital tools, exemplar curriculum models, increased or decreased autonomy, classroom management tips–this is a list that could get long fast. But sometimes it can be those less visible characteristics that can determine […]
Patterned after family meetings in her own home, teacher Donna Styles established a format for class meetings that enabled her students to share their thoughts and solve classroom issues on their own. In Styles’s model, students take turns acting as a discussion leader, while the teacher promotes a […]
Improving school attendance can be difficult. A child cannot learn if they are not in school. So how can we use classroom management to get students to show up? Teachers as well as schools often have very little control in this area, because the responsibility usually falls on […]
There are many ways to use a smartphone in the classroom, but it continues to be a touchy subject. Privacy, equity, bandwidth, lesson design, classroom management, theft, bullying, and scores of other legitimate concerns continue to cloud education’s thinking about how to meaningfully integrate technology in the learning process. To be […]
It’s true that happier students get better grades. Studies have found that happiness is positively associated with a student’s GPA. So if you are finding that your students are unhappy, then you need to change your classroom management to address the situation as quickly as you can. The quality of school is […]
A key element of democracy is that individuals are given human rights and these human rights are respected by all and protected by the government. It makes sense then that on the first day of class teachers should introduce themselves by saying, “Good morning students, I am <state […]
