Classroom Management
Classroom Meetings have proven quite useful for teachers and students alike, especially when conducted with an awareness of conflict resolution and peaceable classroom principles. Consider this short online module on Using Classroom Meetings (opens in a new window). It is available online for browsing, and for download in a variety of packages compliant with the major online learning systems (see below).
Various Formats Available
How To Use Classroom Meetings (as zipped folder of html files - same as the online version but portable to your server)
How to Use Classroom Meetings as a Blackboard Course Module (zip file)
How to Use Classroom Meetings as a SCORM 1.2-compliant Learning Object (zip file)
How to Use Classroom Meetings as a SCORM 2004-compliant Learning Object (zip file)
Related Resources
Below you'll find a randomized listing of up to 20 related items (we may have more...) drawn from our Resource Catalog.
| Resource Title | Description | Links |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Service Teacher Curriculum | A 247-page pdf document containing a four module curriculum designed to provide pre-service teachers opportunities for analyzing the impact of self as an individual teacher in the classroom. This includes information on pursuing self- assessment, developing communication skills through active and reflective listening, rapport, and trust building, and defining the processes used in managing conflict. The curriculum is also designed to help pre-service teachers identify and strengthen skills used in effective communication to better manage conflicts, especially those in classrooms. Finally, the curriculum is intended to assist pre-service teachers with skills that will be developed through the use of conflict management strategies. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Making the case for infusing conflict resolution into the high school classroom and curriculum | Pdf document which argues the need for conflict resolution education in high schools, discusses subject areas where CRE fits well, the skills students acquire and the benefits of such education. Written above title on document: NCIP (National Curriculum Integration Project). | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| School discipline vs conflict resolution | Pdf document comparing traditional school discipline and conflict resolution practices. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| R.O.P.E.S presentation outline | Word document outline for classroom management education, including writing a student bill of rights and classroom rules. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Responsive classroom | Powerpoint presentation that introduces the seven principles of a responsive classroom. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Pre-Service School Administrator Curriculum | A 179-page pdf document containing a five module curriculum designed to enable administrators to examine conflict and better understand the process of conflict management. It serves as a companion curriculum to the Center for the Prevention of School Violence's "Reach In, Reach Out, Reach Over Conflict Management Curriculum" and provides information on building a foundation of support for teachers and students in conflict management and extending that support throughout entire schools. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Relationship-driven classroom management | Word document examing classroom management in terms of the need to belong and the needs for power, fun and freedom adapted from John M. Vitto's, "Relationship-Driven Classroom Management: Strategies that Promote Student Motivation." | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Conflict resolution workshop | Website hosted by CanTeach (a site created to assist teachers in finding and using resources online) which introduces the concept of conflict resolution and shows educators how one can recognize and solve problems in the classroom, handouts and practice scenarios are provided. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Online Module: How to use class meetings: classroom management and the peaceable classroom | Online learning module exploring various types of classroom meetings and how they can be used to build community and prevent problems as well as address problems after the fact. Includes links to video clips demonstrating classroom meetings with different age students. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Teaching presence | Pdf document offering guidance for teachers to be present in the moment and teach with an open heart, "good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher." Written above title on document: NCIP (National Curriculum Integration Project). | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Punishment versus discipline | Pdf document which defines punishment and discipline. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Conflict resolution education and Social emotional learning programs: A critical comparison | Pdf document that compares and contrasts Social and emotional learning programs to Conflict resolution education, with bibliography. Written above title on document: NCIP (National Curriculum Integration Project). | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Class Meetings as a Tool for Classroom Management and Character Development: An Annotated Bib | Classroom management literature emphasizes non-punitive methods of managing a classroom of students, suggesting that democratic class meetings are an important or central element to developing student character. Class meetings are presented as a method of teaching children problem solving skills, conflict resolution, and a means for encouraging character education through intrinsic motivation and self regulation in academics and behavior. This annotated bibliography presents a list of resources for teachers seeking ways to increase character education through classroom management techniques. (Contains 1 note and 19 references.) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Suggestions for handling surface behavior | Pdf document that outlines the ways in which a teacher can direct or redirect student behavior, with suggestions for responses when confronted by a student, with material from Nicholas A. Seta and Allen N. Mendler. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Examples of classroom meetings, middle school and high school | Word document examining different types of classroom meetings. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Soft vs firm limits | Word document which discusses soft limits and firm limits, with examples and consequences. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Classroom management philosophy & strategies | Word document listing classroom mangement lessons with information on where they can be located. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Electing classroom officers and organizing your classes | Word document that presents the idea of electing classroom officers to form positive relationships with students and to create classroom community, each position is defined and job duties detailed. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
| Cooperative discipline | Pdf document that presents a workshop to investigate the difference between punishment and discipline, consider the role of encouragement in the classroom and experience a classroom meeting. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource |
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