A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

These consisted of sound classroom management, listing the learning objectives, and developing a lesson plan. I still can’t believe how much time and focus there was on how to manage a classroom effectively. When I think back to my training to become a teacher, there were some reasonably consistent norms.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Informal and formal means of assessment in which the students have a clear indication of their performance in relation to expected learning outcomes. Tied to this are classroom management techniques that afford all students the opportunity to learn. Students need to be actively involved in the learning process.

Pedagogy 278

Pedagogy Classroom Management Research 278

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Pain Point: Teachers are frustrated the classroom management and behavior issues that can derail a lesson. Consuming new information (e.g., Blended Learning Benefit #3: Student Control Over the Pace of Learning. The goal is to shift control over the pace to students as much as possible. Looking for additional resources?

Classroom Management 217

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

Beyond her work with students, Rhue is also committed to collaborating with their teachers, helping, for example, to impart her own knowledge of media and information literacy so they can pass it along to learners in their care. And that's really, I think, what most teachers struggle with, because if you can't manage, you can't teach.

Library 101

Library Charter School Education Lesson Plan 101

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Reason #1: Give Students Control Over Their Pacing Students acquire and process information at varying rates, which naturally leads to a need for different amounts of time to complete academic tasks effectively. You select specific items for your appetizer, main dish, and dessert, but there are a lot of things on the menu that you do not eat.

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Artifacts Classroom Management Research Cultures 191

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 4, 2021

Imagine asking yourself every class hour: How regularly do students come to school anticipating that they will be discovering valuable information, practicing useful skills, and engaging in interesting activities and challenging conversations? The goal of classroom management. Image credit: Clock , Richard Wezensky.

Classroom Management 139

Classroom Management Teaching 139

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Will they retain the information? The emphasis frequently falls on disseminating information and instructing students. For example, some students will acquire information more effectively by reading a text or article, while others will prefer to listen to an audio track or podcast. I started my career doing this very thing.

Education 167

Education Tradition Classroom Management Learning Science 167

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The attacks on 9/11 affected millions of people, and informed much of the public policy in action today but for these children, that event is history. Beyond simply identifying primary sources, they must also learn to engage with them thoughtfully, synthesize information with their prior knowledge, and draw evidence-based conclusions.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 9, 2024

Surveys like this have the potential to give us much more nuanced information about what’s going on in our schools than other kinds of surveys. So a semantic pulse survey combines the word-driven content of a semantic survey with the speed and frequency of a pulse survey.

Pedagogy 257

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Students also use their down time to record video self-reflections and upload them into an online classroom management platform. Szychlinski uses the platform to bring together grades, student demographic information, testing data and anecdotes he collects about each kid. It also hosts all the video he and his students record.

Education 137

Education Classroom Management Tradition Humanities 137

Thrive in Grade Five

AUGUST 19, 2023

That’s a classroom management nightmare. ? After introducing a new historical individual or event, your students probably have a lot of information floating around in their heads. If you find yourself with a few extra minutes of class, you definitely don’t want students to have a free-for-all! The more, the better!

Social Studies 130

Social Studies Primary Sources Classroom Management Government 130

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Instead, we were taught how to structure a lesson and given tips on classroom management. Eventually, I concluded that I never learned, and we never talked about, how the brain processes information because scientists didn’t know much about it. I took “methods” classes that gave me strategies for discussions and activities.

Middle School 145

Middle School Psychology Classroom Management Learning Science 145

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 24, 2021

It also requires a mindset shift away from the teacher as the classroom manager and deliverer of content. Then use the data that you collect about student thinking to inform your instructional decisions moving forward. You design the instructional experience. You design the instructional experience.

Leadership 121

Leadership Classroom Management Elementary School Tradition 121

Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

I say, Well, could you go to your principal and just get more information, so you have more of an understanding of why she made that decision? And they’re afraid. So often I hear teachers say things like, Well, that just happened, and what am I going to do now? Could you share some additional insights or perspectives?

Humanities 227

Humanities Pedagogy Professional Development Library 227

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2022

Experts argue over whether the best classroom-management approach is a consistent, strict discipline or a more forgiving response where students discuss their grievances with an adult’s guidance, a process called restorative justice. The final step is to go forth and get more information.”.

Classroom Management 106

Classroom Management Charter School Middle School Psychology 106

A Psychology Teacher Writes

JUNE 22, 2024

Not every problem a teacher faces is about classroom management (although these probably account for a lot more than we might realise). Not every problem a teacher faces is content-agnostic. Not every problem a teacher faces can be fixed by a simple sequence of behavioural steps. Does this need rehearsal with feedback?

Professional Development 167

Professional Development Teaching Classroom Management 167

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The first theme was that of classroom management. Effective classroom management requires more than knowledge of tested techniques. Since student teachers submit model lessons for feedback well before they are to teach them, their plans may not be sync with the classroom’s pace.

Tradition 111

Tradition Classroom Management Professional Development Education Policy 111

Cult of Pedagogy

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Joining me to talk about this on the podcast is Alex Shevrin Venet, author of the book Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education ( Amazon | Bookshop.org ). The first time was in April of this year, when we did an overview of trauma-informed teaching. This is Alex’s third time on the podcast.

Pedagogy 130

Pedagogy Library Cultures Classroom Management 130

Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It was in Alex Venet’s book, Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education ( Amazon | Bookshop.org ), where she names it as the most important guiding philosophy in her work. Alex Shevrin Venet What is unconditional positive regard, and why is it such an important part of trauma-informed teaching?

Pedagogy 130

Pedagogy Teaching Library Classroom Management 130

Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

Blended learning aims to lean on technology to do what it does well–information transfer–and free teachers to do what they do well–support individual and small groups of students as they progress toward firm standards-aligned goals. They can also allow students to work with a research partner or in small groups.

Classroom Management 91

Classroom Management History Research High School 91

ED Surge

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In a deal struck between the New York City Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers, a new position — paraprofessional classroom manager (PCM) — was created as a temporary solution to allow paraprofessionals (paras) like me to sub for classroom teachers.

Classroom Management 113

Classroom Management Professional Development Lesson Plan Teaching 113

Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Kathleen has been a dedicated leader in the professional community, holding various offices for professional organizations and teaching as an adjunct lecturer for Hunter Colleges MA program Latin Education where she has taught courses on Latin instruction, classroom management, and meeting the needs diverse learners.

K-12 98

K-12 Teaching Classroom Management Leadership 98

Digital Promise

MARCH 9, 2015

Still, very little knowledge gathered from the research literature informs classroom practice – an immense challenge that numerous organizations are working to overcome. A few examples: Behavior research can be used to enhance classroom management tools. What research?

Educational Technology 88

Educational Technology Classroom Management Research Humanities 88

ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

Key happenings in 2022: Class became a maybe- unicorn selling a classroom management tool within a video conferencing platform—a category of company that literally did not exist in 2019. This infrastructure will allow new companies to emerge that capture and analyze learner activity data at a more granular level than ever before.

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EdTech Tutoring Classroom Management Government 124

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Pensavalle explained that a recent survey sent out by the state’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing to master teachers, asking how their teacher preparation programs are doing, brought back “significant suggestions” for things the programs could do better, including teaching classroom management. “We

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Classroom Management Lesson Plan Pedagogy Elementary School 110

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Yet, many of the teachers I work with repeat the same information and directions multiple times in a lesson. Few things are more frustrating than repeating yourself over and over. Sometimes this is the result of students who are distracted or not paying attention. Sometimes a student walks into class late and needs to know what to do.

Humanities 159

Humanities Classroom Management 159

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Analyze a situation and the information available before making a judgment or decision. Classroom management, promoting positive behaviors and reducing unproductive behaviors. Responsible decision-making includes the ability to: Be open-minded. Exhibit curiosity about situations and people.

Classroom Management 148

Classroom Management Critical Thinking Research Education 148

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2023

Related: Canceled classes, sweltering classrooms: How extreme heat impairs learning Contrary to the work protection signage in the Abbott Elementary faculty lounge, Occupational Safety and Health Administration protections aren’t available to teachers and other select public sector employees in Pennsylvania.

Pedagogy 126

Pedagogy Library Classroom Management Elementary School 126

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 10, 2024

It includes lesson plans, activities, templates, and classroom management solutions that allow you to monitor student work and give feedback as they go. Along with that, we’ve made sure that every single listing has up-to-date information, videos, and links to their sites so you can find what you need and get back to teaching.

Lesson Plan 130

Lesson Plan Pedagogy Classroom Management Teaching 130

Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2024

This shift alleviates the pressure on teachers to be the sole source of information at the front of the classroom, allowing for a more dynamic, engaging, and equitable learning experience for everyone. I mean, who wants to give up power over the curriculum, pacing, and classroom management? Click the image to watch!

Education 112

Education K-12 Classroom Management Teaching 112

ED Surge

MAY 16, 2024

She’s also director of the Center for Teaching Excellence there, which provides faculty with support for instruction, edtech, course design, classroom management and grading. Some schools do, but a lot of schools generally leave absence management up to individual instructors. You're more likely to not do well.

Economics 131

Economics K-12 EdTech Classroom Management 131

Edthena

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Teacher self-efficacy is grounded in instructional confidence This Edutopia article provides the research-based importance of teacher confidence: “Teachers’ high self-efficacy [are associated] with better classroom management, closer relationships with students, and high-quality lessons.” Why is this key to improving school culture ?

Cultures 105

Cultures Psychology Professional Development Classroom Management 105

Digital Promise

JANUARY 2, 2019

Or, the challenge might be strategic — she has all of the information, but isn’t sure how to proceed, or has set unrealistic goals. “If If the challenge is educational, help him practice the skill he needs — be it classroom management, evaluating data, or asking for support.

Civics 79

Civics Leadership Classroom Management Education 79

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Sometimes the tweak is a shift in semantics, other times it might be a slight change in how information is presented, and in some cases, it focuses on how teachers react when students lean on them to “help” instead of doing the heavy lifting themselves.

Pedagogy 130

Pedagogy Library Lesson Plan Classroom Management 130

Digital Promise

JULY 20, 2020

Moreover, our Year 2 DLP research findings show a strong positive correlation between teacher perception of coaching as voluntary and teacher improvement in areas like content-based instructional strategies, assessment, differentiation, and classroom management.

Classroom Management 84

Classroom Management Research Teaching Education 84

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Dallas’ uncertified hires — who must have a college degree — participate in ongoing district-specific training on classroom management and effective teaching practices. Texas officials didn’t provide information on where these teachers are concentrated and what subject areas they’re teaching.

K-12 114

K-12 Middle School Elementary School Tradition 114

ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These playful learning experiences will make that information stick, help them use that skill in a way they maybe didn't before, remember it and use it again." These playful learning experiences will make that information stick. - Nash captures this idea well: "What experiences are we giving students that they're going to remember?

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Lesson Plan Classroom Management Professional Development Social Studies 98