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Time
Low-level discipline problems are where instruction time goes.
Program one
Classroom management, taught on your campus
Your staff spends one day learning a complete management system, then uses it starting with the next class period.
Why this training
Four reasons to start with classroom management
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Achievement
Discipline comes first. Without control, even the best lessons stay undelivered.
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Stress
These strategies reduce or eliminate 70 to 90% of chronic, low-level behaviors.
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Turnover
Classroom management is the number one reason educators leave the profession, and the fix can be taught.
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 playbook
Five strategies, each taught, modeled, and practiced during the training.
1. Self-Control
2. Rules & Procedures
3. Responding to Challenges
4. Ecology & Arrangement
5. Relationships
Component One
Self-control strategies
The day begins with the teacher. Staying calm under pressure, reading the classroom, and holding the teaching power position let teachers prevent most disruptions instead of reacting to them.
Component Two
Teaching rules and procedures
Clear procedures, taught on purpose, reduce office referrals. Teachers learn to plan and practice routines the same way they plan academic lessons.
Component Three
Responding to challenges
This is the part teachers ask about most: what to do in the moment. The diffuser system, a supportive stance, and five immediate steps for an out-of-control student give them a plan.
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
The day, hour by hour
The format is flexible: half-day or full-day, in person on your campus, scheduled around your calendar.
The morning block (8:30 AM to 12:00 PM) starts with mindset and the room: staying calm, designing the classroom environment, the teaching power position, and fifteen desk arrangements. It ends with teaching and enforcing rules and procedures.
After lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, the afternoon block runs until 3:30 PM. It turns to discipline and relationships, including how to reach non-compliant students, the five immediate steps to regain control, and how to stop repeating requests and warnings.
One day for the whole staff
Ask for a quote and pick a date that works for your school.