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.
Program one
What would ten more hours on task each week do for achievement?
One day of practical, research-based strategies that teachers start using in their next class period.
Why this training
Discipline and academics are the same problem
When low-level behavior fills the day, instruction time disappears and the best lesson plans go undelivered. A campus that wants higher achievement has to give teachers a working system for discipline first.
This training does that. Its strategies reduce or eliminate 70 to 90% of low-level, chronic behaviors, which lowers stress for teachers. Classroom management is the number one reason educators leave the profession, so it is also a retention plan.
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 Two
Teaching rules and procedures
Teachers set up the first week of school for the whole year. Expectations get a lesson plan, modeling, and repeated practice, and office referrals go down.
Component Three
Responding to challenges
Teachers learn to ask once, defuse a challenge in five seconds or less, and follow through, with no second or third warning.
Component Four
Classroom ecology and arrangement
Can moving desks reduce discipline problems? Often, yes. Teachers see fifteen arrangements and learn to position themselves so the room works for them.
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
Sample schedule
Most schools book a full day. A half-day works too, on your campus and on your calendar.
The morning is about prevention. Between 8:30 AM and 12:00 PM, teachers practice a calm mindset and the teaching power position, arrange the room with fifteen desk layouts, and set up rules and procedures.
The afternoon is about response. After lunch (12:00 to 1:00 PM), the block from 1:00 to 3:30 PM covers firm and fair discipline, relationships, non-compliant students, five steps to regain control, and dropping repeated warnings.
Bring classroom management training to your campus
Request a free quote with your dates and staff size.