Strategies for classroom management

It is important to develop and sustain positive relationships with your students and teach that you effectively handle difficult times and you will deal with the attitudes and behaviours at calm times so that dignity for both the teacher and student are maintained. Welcoming your students and acknowledging your students as they enter your classroom with a smile will help to develop positive relationships. This is because students love to feel a sense of belonging. School is a place where students should feel a sense of security, respected and loved (Mendler, Curwin, and Mendler, 2008).

• Notice and build on students’ strengths
• Tell personal stories
• Call students by name
• Teach empathy
• Listen, listen and listen some more
• Have fun
• Teach with energy and enthusiasm
• Strong lesson planning
• Group work
• Create a class book
• Use games in lessons
• Value what is learned more than the grade
• Give choices
• Focus on the positives, esspecialy when it’s hard to find them
(Mendler, Curwin, and Mendler, 2008)

Reference List

Mendler, B. Curwin, R. and Mendler, A. (2008) Strategies for Successful Classroom Management Helping Students Succeed Without Losing Your Dignity or Sanity. California, Corwin Press.