I have a love/hate relationship with field trips. Fear over losing a child to fights with my desire for them to learn from hands on experiences and have fun. Here’s my compulsive, but very simple, tip for keeping all kids accounted for, especially if they are younger students like kindergarten, and if groups need to…
“You students are so noisy. Can’t you ever be quiet? And Jake. Can’t you ever do the right thing? Go back to your seat and do your work. Sue. Stop looking at Mary’s paper and quit cheating” Shocked at what I heard I glanced around the classroom to see the student’s reactions. Most seemed unfazed,…
My shy, timid, and very literal grandson worked up courage to ask his teacher to repeat the directions when he didn’t remember what to do. Her response was, “Were you listening when I gave the directions?” He later told his mom, “I wanted to be truthful, so I said no.” The teacher accepted the no…
This is something I wrote several years ago that captures the heart of positive classroom management. In Part 3 we will look at some of basic principles to remember about using positive management with behaviors. The Praise We Crave Doesn’t she know this isn’t the best time for a mini conference? My eyes looked and…
For those of you out there that are teachers – whether in a formal school classroom or at church or at ballet class – managing a classroom is the number one challenge you must conquer to be able to teach. How do we do it? Think about your own life and world. Chances are you…
Yes. You. In reality we are all teachers. We just specialize in different subjects and different sized groups. I can see you don’t believe me. I can just hear you. “Not me. I don’t know how to teach.” Show me your passions and I’ll show you where you teach. Show me your passions and I’ll…