A program that really helped me with consistency and behavior management was LiveSchool. Try it out! It's free for teachers and great for middle...
Awesome Books! Teach Like a Champion Love and Logic Teach like your Hair is on Fire A Teachers Guide to a Successful Point System
Create a Point System! Create a points system in your classroom! Create a Behavior Rubric Choose the behavior you want to see or change...
Creating a Language Around Positive Behavior Choices It is hard to keep calm when students react even when you are being calm and fair. Giving...
A really great system for parents is to communicate regularly with them. There are apps out there to help you communicate behavior with Parents...
Reward System Hi! I had the same problems in my first year of teaching middle school. It is frustrating and overwhelming, but there is light at...
I felt the same way my first year of teaching. Its a sharp learning curve but something I wish someone had told me earlier is that once you get...
I always had my students line up outside the door. this gave me a chance to say hello to each one individually and build relationships. You can...
the first year is always super hard! But my first piece of advice is to get classroom culture and management down first and then start teaching...
building relationships is a great way to motivate students. Have you heard of the culturally responsive classroom? its an excellent approach to...
at the end of every class period I give an exit ticket, in the last five minute my students switch their ticket with their elbow partner. We grade...
Respecting your students and your students respecting you is so important! Creating a behavior rubric that incentivizing respectful behavior is...
I chunk the last minutes of class into a 10 minute increment. The first 4 minutes are devoted to the exit ticket. The expectation is that students...
Have you thought of incentivizing homework completion through class competitions or individual student points that they can earn to use on...
The best advice I ever got in my first year was, Fake It Till You Make It! Confidence is key in your first year. Make sure you teach...
I use a point system in my class. In the beginning of the year I create characteristics like Grit, Respect and Curiosity that I want my students...
LiveSchool manages PBIS systems A really great tool that a lot of PBIS schools use is LiveSchool. It is a free app to track the points you give...
