Component One
Self-control strategies
Everything else in the training builds on self-control. Teachers learn to read the room, stay calm, and catch disruptions early, preventing up to 90% of low-level problems.
Program one
A complete classroom management system in one training day
Teachers learn and practice each strategy during the day, so the system is ready for their very next class.
Why this training
Why schools book this training
Academics and discipline cannot be separated. Low-level behavior takes instruction time all day, and even the strongest content teacher cannot deliver a lesson in a room that is out of control.
The strategies in this training reduce or eliminate 70 to 90% of low-level, chronic behaviors. Teachers get time back and feel more effective, and that matters for retention: classroom management is the number one reason educators leave.
Research
"Teachers' actions in their classrooms have twice the impact on student achievement as school policies regarding curriculum, assessment, staff collegiality, and community involvement."
Marzano, R. J. (2003). What Works in Schools. ASCD.
The five components
How the system fits together
The five components below are taught in order, modeled by your trainer, and practiced by every teacher.
1. Self-Control
2. Rules & Procedures
3. Responding to Challenges
4. Ecology & Arrangement
5. Relationships
Component Two
Teaching rules and procedures
Clear procedures, taught on purpose, reduce office referrals. Teachers learn to plan and practice routines the same way they plan academic lessons.
Component Three
Responding to challenges
Teachers learn five immediate steps for an out-of-control student and how to carry out discipline firmly but fairly. Multiple warnings and repeated requests go away.
Component Four
Classroom ecology and arrangement
Room design is part of classroom management. With the right arrangement, the room supports instruction and many discipline issues never come up.
Component Five
Student-teacher relationships
Students engage with a teacher who sees them, knows them, and values them. Teachers learn to build trust with the most challenging students and turn non-compliant students into contributors.
Agenda
What the day looks like
Full-day or half-day, delivered in person at your school and scheduled around your calendar.
Teachers start at 8:30 AM with the classroom itself: a calm mindset, room design, the teaching power position, and fifteen desk arrangements. Rules and procedures close the morning at 12:00 PM.
Lunch runs from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. Between 1:00 and 3:30 PM, teachers learn to carry out discipline firmly but fairly, build relationships, connect with non-compliant students, regain control in five steps, and stop giving repeated warnings.
One day for the whole staff
Ask for a quote and pick a date that works for your school.