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When Your Classroom Management Goes Off the Rails

Cult of Pedagogy

Little by little, the kids got noisier and more distracted, the classroom started to get chaotic, you found yourself yelling more, running out of time for planned activities, and generally feeling completely run down. It can happen to the best of us classroom management deteriorating over time. Be the calm presence.

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The Professional Development Paradox: Why Good Intentions Go Astray in Schools

A Principal's Reflections

A high school science teacher might find little value in a workshop focused on early literacy strategies, just as a veteran educator might feel patronized by introductory sessions on classroom management. This disconnect leads to disengagement and a feeling that time is being wasted (Darling-Hammond et al.,

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5 Activities for Early Finishers in Social Studies Class

Thrive in Grade Five

Ummm, no, that’s just asking for classroom management nightmares. It’s a fact of life, when you assign work or projects in social studies class, you’ll have early finishers. What should you do with them? Let them hang out and talk?

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Norway, IQ tests and child care deregulation: Our favorite early ed stories this year

The Hechinger Report

Next year, Im planning stories on district pre-K investment, early childhood inclusion and elementary classroom management, among others. part of that story, my colleague Sara Hutchinson and I uncovered disturbing conditions inside child care programs in many states.

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I Once Made a Student Cry, and It Made Me a Better Teacher

ED Surge

I tried various classroom management strategies: positive narration, proximity and whole-class attention-getters. Earlier this year, one of my fourth grade students kept disrupting my instructions during class. This behavior was unusual for her. I had taught her all of last year, and she had always been attentive and engaged.

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It’s as easy as 1-2-3: The importance of contextualised behaviour routines and mentoring support for beginning teachers

Becoming a History Teacher

Behaviour expectations needs to be clearly communicated and taught – this takes time. Similarly, beginning teachers are prone to drawing on their toolkit without reference to the context in which they are working.

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How Mentorship Has Kept Me in the Classroom

ED Surge

I entered the classroom through an alternative certification program , which meant I hadn’t received the same level of preparation as teachers who came through traditional teacher training routes. I struggled with classroom management, curriculum design and the pressures of working in a high-poverty school.