School leaders can follow these guidelines to support teachers in dealing with challenging behaviors and ensure that meetings ...

When teachers encounter disruptive or noncompliant students in the classroom, they typically respond by focusing on the negative behavior. When teachers encounter disruptive or noncompliant students ...

The 2021-2022 school year began full of promise. Students, families, and educators were ready to get back to pre-pandemic learning routines. Almost no one was prepared for how the landscape had ...

Managing student behavior is probably one of the biggest challenges for teachers - and one of the main reasons why so many end up quitting the classroom. All too often, the temptation is to focus on ...

Classroom management issues are often the biggest impediment to learning for the novice teacher and even seasoned veterans. Any teacher can be suddenly derailed by outrageous behavior, and without a ...

Training teachers to focus their attention on positive conduct and to avoid jumping to correct minor disruption improves child behavior, concentration and mental health. Training teachers to focus ...

There are many different ways of dealing with a “bad” student who acts out in class. While some may suggest out-of-school suspension, others argue that such severe punishment sets misbehaving students ...

Millions of classrooms throughout the U.S. and internationally have begun adopting computerized apps (e.g., ClassDojo) to provide students with rewards and punishments as a part of classroom ...

Classroom management is paramount to effective teaching. It sets the stage for a productive learning environment where students can thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. The psychology ...

I spend time each month providing consultation to preschools to help them understand the root cause of the challenging behaviors in their classrooms and establish developmentally appropriate, ...