Component One
Self-control strategies
The day begins with the teacher. Staying calm under pressure, reading the classroom, and holding the teaching power position let teachers prevent most disruptions instead of reacting to them.
Program one
Classroom management, taught on your campus
Your staff spends one day learning a complete management system, then uses it starting with the next class period.
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
Five strategies in one day
Each one is taught, modeled, and practiced, and teachers leave with a playbook they can use.
1. Self-Control
2. Rules & Procedures
3. Responding to Challenges
4. Ecology & Arrangement
5. Relationships
Component Two
Teaching rules and procedures
The first day, week, and month of school matter most for classroom management. Teachers learn to teach routines the way they teach reading or math: a lesson plan, modeling, and practice until the routine is automatic.
Component Three
Responding to challenges
This is the part teachers ask about most: what to do in the moment. The diffuser system, a supportive stance, and five immediate steps for an out-of-control student give them a plan.
Component Four
Classroom ecology and arrangement
The physical classroom affects learning and behavior. Teachers learn fifteen desk arrangements, from traditional to unorthodox, and how the room itself can support the curriculum and prevent problems.
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
A typical training day
In person on your campus, as a full day or a half-day, whenever your calendar allows.
In the first block, from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, your trainer covers mindset, classroom design, the teaching power position, fifteen desk arrangements, and rules and procedures.
The second block starts at 1:00 PM, after lunch, and ends at 3:30 PM. Its topics are firm and fair discipline, relationships, non-compliant students, the five steps to regain control, and ending repeated warnings and requests.
Give every teacher the same system
Start with a quote for your school or district.