Component One
Self-control strategies
Teachers practice the diffuser system and the teaching power position. Both are about prevention, which can head off up to 90% of low-level problems before instruction stops.
Program one
Classroom management training for your whole staff, in one day
The training is a full day on your campus, and teachers leave with a complete system they can use right away.
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
Why do some classrooms run smoothly by October? The teacher taught the procedures, modeled them, and had students practice them, starting on day one.
Component Three
Responding to challenges
Timing matters when a student challenges a teacher. Using the diffuser system, contingent withdrawal of attention, and a supportive stance, teachers defuse confrontations in five seconds or less, and they stop giving repeated warnings.
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
Room design matters, and relationships matter more. Teachers practice making each student feel individually seen, including the most challenging ones.
Agenda
The agenda
This is the full-day version. The training can also run as a half-day, on site, on dates you choose.
The morning is about prevention. Between 8:30 AM and 12:00 PM, teachers practice a calm mindset and the teaching power position, arrange the room with fifteen desk layouts, and set up rules and procedures.
The afternoon is about response. After lunch (12:00 to 1:00 PM), the block from 1:00 to 3:30 PM covers firm and fair discipline, relationships, non-compliant students, five steps to regain control, and dropping repeated warnings.
Bring classroom management training to your campus
Request a free quote with your dates and staff size.