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CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

__Definition__: Classroom management refers to a group of strategies and procedures used by teachers to: keep a classroom organized, lessons running smoothly, students engaged in lessons, prevent disruptive behavior, and build a classroom community.

====__Overview:__ Classroom management includes different areas within the educational environment. For example, it includes communication with parents, students engagement, transitions, behavior management plans, safety procedures, peer mediation, building an effective classroom community, promoting cooperative learning, respect for diversity and optimizing time for learning. In order to create an affirmative community of support, it is essential that students personal and psychological needs are considered. ====

RESOURCES
Wikis Teacher Resources for Core Classroom Behavior is a wiki that aims to support teachers in creating a positive and supportive classroom environment. [|Basic Principles of Classroom Management] is a ​wiki that touches on the basics of classroom management, including discipline vs.management, common reasons behind misbehavior, and what a teacher can do to remedy those problems.

Websites [|The Teacher's Guide: Classroom Management Strategies and Resources]is a website that offers hints,videos, and links to resources on classroom and behavioral management. [|Pearson Common Core Standards and Classroom Management] This web page offers information about how the common core standards relates to classroom management.

Blogs [|Smart Classroom Management]is a blog on classroom management by Michael Linsin, the author of Dream Class. [] is a blog on classroom management that offers advice to new teachers in order to help the teachers to be prepare to manage their classrooms effectively without wasting learning time. [] is a blog that provide information about how teachers can use different "Energizers" activities to provide movements to students throughout the lessons and reduce the amount of time they are sitting. It is about learning through movements and actions. [] is a blog about classroom management. It has a variety of topics related with how to manage your classroom effectively. Veteran teachers join to hep new teachers to be successful in their careers by providing advice and tips on how to organize the classroom, behavior management, and different procedures.

Articles [|Culturally Responsive Classroom Management] This article discusses the problems that can arise when cultures clash in the classroom, creating problems in classroom management, and how to resolve these issues. [|Classroom Behavior Management: A Dozen Common Mistakes and What to Do Instead] This article discuss the most common mistakes teachers do while working wit behavior and classroom management. The author discuss suggestions to avoid these mistakes. [|Safety Without Suspensions] This article discuss the importance of have good safety procedures in the schools without using suspensions as the mayor consequence for students who break safety rules or misbehave. [|Communicating with Parents Startegies for teachers] This article discuss different strategies teachers can use to build a positive communication with parents, engage them in their children's education, and become active members of the school.

Books [|An Interpersonal Approach to Classroom Management] This book focuses on developing positive student-teacher relationships, increasing student engagement, and self-regulation in the classroom. [|Classroom management A guide to Urban School Teachers] This book is a guide to help teachers to understand the urban schools and provide information about hoe to work effectively with the problems that urban students and schools have today. [|Best Classroom Management Practices for Reaching All Learners] In this book the author Randi Stone provide advice to teachers about how to manage their classrooms, behavior, procedures, and how to establish positive relationships with parents and students. This book is based on real life experiences. [|Teaching and the art of successful classroom management:] This book is "an instructional guide for secondary school interns, student teachers and teachers to-be. A vehicle for evaluation and change for experienced teachers. This clearly written and user-friendly guidebook can be your "launch pad" to mastery in the classroom. The book shows you how to plan the daily lesson, institute classroom rules, use a variety of lesson types, establish and maintain the class record book, develop positive questioning techniques, establish preventive discipline procedures, design meaningful tests, teach across the curriculum and more. This book will inspire confidence in the user!"

Videos

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Powerpoints

This powerpoint has information about classroom management. It offers a good idea of the areas covered by this topic. media type="custom" key="22603946" width="374" height="224" This powerpoint presentation contains more information of classroom managements and essential parts of this area.

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Workshops

A compilation of short **videos** where educators share how to keep it all together in class. [|www.edutopia.org/**classroom**-**management**-teacher-tips-**video**]


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[|PREVENTING DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR] This is a workshop that is offered online. It is about classroom management, behavior, procedures and different kinds of strategies to help teachers improve their classroom management practices. [|Fundamentals in Teaching]This workshop is designed to address classroom management issues and concerns. It is offered through North Carolina State University. Some of the topics include: creating a welcoming environment, establishing guidelines and expectations, maintaining professionalism, and handling disruptive students. media type="youtube" key="1hQLVrhDH14?version=3" height="315" width="560" This video is a workshop offered to a group of teachers. It is about classroom management and how to work with students with difficult behaviors.

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This is a video of 10 proven steps for classroom management. 

I found this blog today from Teachers at Risk. I feel it gives a great personal opinion of classroom management. []