1. Classroom Management Professor Andrea Nielsen, M.ED.
2012 Brigham Young University
Excerpts taken from “Disrupting the Disrupter” by Dr. Gib Binnington and “Conscious Classroom Management” by Rick Smith.

2. Hold Your Ground Be firm without being mean.
It will affect every area of your teaching.
When addressing issues:
Lower your voice
Lower your tone
Squarely face the students

3. Practice Get into partners of two. One will be the student.
The other will be the teacher.
Student: You will try to leave the classroom.
Teacher: Communicate with the student that they can’t leave.

4. Part 2 Practice Teacher: You are now limited to responses.
I understand, and the answer is No.
What did you Experience?
What went well?
What wasn’t successful?

5. Don’t Over-explain You don’t need to explain.
Sometime you might need to explain, but don’t go overboard.
Students are born to argue.
To avoid this, explain later.
Explaining now will only keep students off task.
Give them options:
Talk to me after school
At lunch tomorrow
My lawyer is available for discussion between 3:15-4:00.
Be silent
Make an gesture to what the student should be doing.
Basically get the issue off the center of the stage.

6. Doing what’s best, not what’s the easiest
If you truly care, they will feel it no matter how they act.
Be direct and to the point.
You must be committed to what the student might need, even if you experience feelings of dislike or not appreciated.
Direct it to them, with regards to head, heart, and gut
Head= we think
Heart = we feel
Gut = we know

7. Caring The students will know if we truly care about them.
They will appreciate it no matter the classroom management/teaching style.
It doesn’t mean that they’ll be good.
You do what is best for the student.
Always assume the best.

8. So what can we do? 1. Relate it to them 2. Ask them about them
3. Take an interest in them
4. Let them get to know you
Make sure that you maintain the Teacher to Student relationship.
Don’t ask too much
Don’t give them your cell phone number, personal , or become Facebook friends.

9. Involve the Students Allow them to express opinions
Create the classroom rules
Honor their cultures
Allow them to evaluate themselves

10. Balancing
We must balance personal connections with willingness to hold our ground.
Structure success
Be realistic
Anticipate the worst
Give appropriate independence

11. You’re the Boss You provide the opportunities, they choose to do it.
Allow the consequences to speak for themselves.
Success = Strong Positive Connections