New Teachers

For teachers who are just starting to weave students’ backgrounds into their practice, focusing on the images in lessons is a good option.

A close collaborative analysis of the text and graphics on book covers makes for a powerful literacy activity.

The pandemic and many recent events have been tough for students, and promoting social and emotional learning skills can help them process their reactions.

Whether our emotions get the best of us, or we fall into familiar but unproductive habits, here are 7 common classroom management mistakes, and what the research suggests you should do instead.

New teachers—and experienced ones too—can find ideas here on how to stop disruptive behavior before it begins.

Most teachers have a method of calling for quiet, and we’ve collected a variety of good ideas for elementary, middle, and high school.

Successful classroom management relies on a handful of fundamental strategies and a larger number of quick interventions.

Experienced teachers typically mentor novices by observing their classes and meeting regularly. That can still happen as both teachers work from home.

Check for understanding, manage your students, and build classroom community with these six opening and closing classroom routines.

Strategies like using a variety of groupings and having students meet each other during online office hours can help build strong relationships.

Teachers should avoid the reflexive language of anger or frustration. Here's a list of these sayings, framed as opportunities to constructively address difficult student behavior.

When it comes to managing a classroom, new teachers mostly learn on the fly, but here are some ideas you can use right away.

Resources for developing routines, fostering classroom community, managing disruptions, and building student relationships.

In my mind, the first and most basic obligation of a teacher is to see the beauty that exists within every student. Every child is infinitely precious. Period. When we start from this vantage point, classroom management -- and its flip side, student engagement -- comes more easily. It's an outgrowth of students feeling loved and respected.

To succeed in school, students need to be able to focus, control their emotions, and adjust to change.