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70 to 90%
of low-level, chronic behaviors can be reduced or eliminated with these strategies.
Program one
Give your teachers one shared plan for behavior
Research-based strategies, taught and practiced in one day, ready for the next class period.
Why this training
What a management system changes
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More teaching
Less time on discipline means lessons actually get delivered. Academics and discipline rise or fall together.
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Teachers who stay
Classroom management is the top reason educators leave. Teachers who feel effective are more likely to stay.
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
The five components
Teachers see every strategy modeled, then practice it before the day ends.
1. Self-Control
2. Rules & Procedures
3. Responding to Challenges
4. Ecology & Arrangement
5. Relationships
Component One
Self-control strategies
Up to 90% of low-level problems can be stopped before they interrupt a lesson. This component teaches the calm, the teaching power position, and the diffuser system that make that possible.
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
Five seconds is the target. With the diffuser system and a supportive stance, teachers end most confrontations in that time without raising their voices.
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
When students feel valued, they engage with the teacher and the subject. Teachers practice building that trust, class period by class period.
Agenda
How the day runs
Here is a typical full day. Half-day versions are available, and dates are set around your calendar.
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM covers how to stay calm and alert, how to arrange and design the classroom (including fifteen desk arrangements), the teaching power position, and how to teach and enforce rules and procedures.
1:00 to 3:30 PM, after a one-hour lunch, covers disciplinary actions that are firm but fair, student-teacher relationships, non-compliant students, the five immediate steps to regain control, and teaching without multiple warnings or repeated requests.
One day for the whole staff
Ask for a quote and pick a date that works for your school.