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Student Behavior Solutions – 6 Go-To Strategies to Overcome Misbehavior

We all got into this field to teach. What many of us found, though, is that instead of getting to climb to the summit of Mt. Knowledge with our students, we’re dealing with frequent behavior problems that disrupt…well, everything. Student behavior is no minor issue in education. Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for student behavior problems…

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The Ultimate Classroom Management Plan Template: Over 40 Built-in Resources for Better Student Behavior

As a teacher, writing a classroom management plan is a crucial aspect of ensuring a productive and positive learning environment for both you and your students. A well-designed classroom management plan can help you establish clear expectations and guidelines for behavior, which will ultimately lead to a more effective and enjoyable teaching experience for all….

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Classroom Management Strategies Guide – 5 Foundational Techniques for Student Success

In basketball, basic skills like lay ups, passing, free throws, and ball handling may seem to be just that—basic.  However, these skills are the foundations for success in a game and set players up for more advanced plays.  It’s no wonder a great deal of practice is dedicated to their development. It’s the same in…

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How to Help a Teacher with Poor Classroom Management: 4 Helpful Strategies

Effective instruction is at the heart of teaching.  But what do we do when student behavior constantly interrupts our instruction?  Few things are as stressful or disruptive as having repeated behavior problems in class, especially when they seem to be coming from the whole group. Unfortunately, many of us in education weren’t trained to address…

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Precision Requests Intervention Guide – A Less Stressful Way to Get Students to Follow Directions

Getting students to follow directions consistently is a classic challenge in the classroom. Fortunately, for the vast majority of our kids, explicitly teaching students to follow directions is enough. There will always be some, though, for whom compliance is a challenge. A challenge for them and for us! Research has demonstrated that how we give…

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Provide Choices, Improve Behavior: Sometimes Intervention Really is that Simple

If only there were a classroom management strategy that was incredibly easy to implement and instantly wiped away all of our misbehavior woes. Well, spoiler alert: there’s not. I always say that anyone who tells you otherwise, who suggests they have a silver bullet for behavior problems, is probably selling you something. However, there are…

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Choice Making Intervention Guide – How to Leverage the Power of Options for Better Behavior

Choice making is one of my favorite practical behavior intervention strategies. It’s so simple, yet remarkably powerful. Perhaps it’s related to what many teachers cite as the reason for student misbehavior—control. Although control may not be a useful function for developing interventions, it’s a concept I run across often when supporting educators. “He does it…

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28 Turnkey Behavior Contract Templates to Open the Door to Better Behavior

Sometimes the simplest barrier to better student behavior we can address is student motivation. With the right incentive, we can improve a wide range of behaviors. If we use that incentive well. Behavior contracts set us up to use incentives wisely to maximize student motivation to improve their own behavior. And using a contract to…

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High Probability Request Sequences (Behavior Momentum) Intervention Guide – How to Overcome Non-compliance by Getting Students on a Roll

Sometimes it feels like a student is just stuck. Frozen. Nothing we do can get them to move. At least not in the direction we’re trying to go. Non-compliance and defiance from a student are like this. When a student doesn’t follow directions—or just flat out refuses to—we can quickly realize how little control we…

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Behavior-Specific Praise Intervention Guide – A Powerful—and Practical—Strategy to Promote Student Success

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there were a strategy you could always have in your back pocket that worked for improving nearly any appropriate behavior you want to see with almost any student? Wouldn’t that be lovely? Well, there is no silver bullet for behavior, no practice guaranteed to produce positive outcomes.  Anyone who tells…