Classroom Management
Managing the classroom is a big part of teaching. Developing proactive strategies for addressing behavior problems and conflicts in the classroom is a process that develops over time. Learning modules providing tips and support for handling behavior challenges, such as those provided by the IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University, are modules that can offer much useful information.
Classroom Meetings, one approach to addressing problems and building a sense of community in the classroom, 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. It is available online for browsing, and for download in formats compliant with the major online learning systems.
Related Videos of Possible Interest
- Conflict Resolution at Lewes New School
- How to Teach Math as a Social Activity
- NewsHour segment on the 4Rs Program at Brooklyn’s P.S. 24.
- On-the-Spot Bullying Prevention
- Peace Helpers: PS 24
- Smart Hearts: Social and Emotional Learning Overview
- Teacher.tv Behaviour Challenge video module
- The Forum: Conflict Resolution in a Circle
- Using Classroom Meetings
Related Catalog 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 View in Browser |
| A Comparison of Two Models Used to Predict Student Strategy Choice for Classroom Conflicts | Although the topic of conflict has received much attention in communication literature, the topic of conflicts between students and teachers has not. The purpose of this dissertation was twofold: to examine what classroom conflicts exist between students and teachers, and to determine which of two existing model best predicts conflict strategy...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Soft vs firm limits | Word document which discusses soft limits and firm limits, with examples and consequences. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| 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...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| 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 View in Browser |
| Conflict Resolution Education in Indonesia: Mapping Adaptations and Meanings | This study, available as a pdf, examined the ways professors in teacher education departments in two universities in East Java translated and adapted Conflict Resolution Education (CRE) methods. To map the ways they adapted and understood cooperative learning (CL) and non-coercive classroom management (NCCM), a critical ethnography (a blend of...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| 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,...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| 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 View in Browser |
| Punishment versus discipline | Pdf document which defines punishment and discipline. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| 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 View in Browser |
| Conflict resolution protocol for elementary classrooms, A | 4-page PDF excerpt from the book, "The First Six Weeks of School" which discusses teaching conflict resolution, "a basic belief underlying The Responsive Classroom® approach to teaching is that how children learn to treat one another is as important as what they learn in reading, writing, and arithmetic. We believe that social skills such as...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| 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 View in Browser |
| Examples of classroom meetings, middle school and high school | Word document examining different types of classroom meetings. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Responsive classroom | Powerpoint presentation that introduces the seven principles of a responsive classroom. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| 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 View in Browser |
| 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...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| 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 View in Browser |
| 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 View in Browser |
| Two minute model, The: Helping students learn more about solving problems and resolving conflict | 4-page PDF document which presents the two minute model for conflict resolution. This includes a flow chart diagram of conflict resolution based on a model from "Skills for Resolving Conflict," by E.H. Wortheim, A. Love, C. Peck, and L. Littlefield, and two role play examples. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| School discipline vs conflict resolution | Pdf document comparing traditional school discipline and conflict resolution practices. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
