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Time
Low-level discipline problems are where instruction time goes.
Program one
Five strategies teachers use from the next class period on
A full day on site. The strategies are research based and built for use the next morning.
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
Five strategies in one day
Each one is taught, modeled, and practiced, and teachers leave with a playbook they can use.
1. Self-Control
2. Rules & Procedures
3. Responding to Challenges
4. Ecology & Arrangement
5. Relationships
Component One
Self-control strategies
Teachers practice the diffuser system and the teaching power position. Both are about prevention, which can head off up to 90% of low-level problems before instruction stops.
Component Two
Teaching rules and procedures
Why do some classrooms run smoothly by October? The teacher taught the procedures, modeled them, and had students practice them, starting on day one.
Component Three
Responding to challenges
Teachers learn five immediate steps for an out-of-control student and how to carry out discipline firmly but fairly. Multiple warnings and repeated requests go away.
Component Four
Classroom ecology and arrangement
Where students sit and where the teacher stands both shape behavior. This component turns that into fifteen practical desk arrangements.
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
A typical training day
In person on your campus, as a full day or a half-day, whenever your calendar allows.
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.
Schedule the training
Tell Jamie Easton how many teachers will attend and when.