Classroom Management Tools
As teachers, you need to set the right classroom tone at the start of the year. Poor classroom management undoubtedly increases your stress and burnout rate during the course of the year.
Paper planes flying through the air… Peashooters shot across the classroom… Learners shouting “WHO HAS A SPARE PENCIL??”… but it doesn’t have to be like this. There are strategies that you can put in place to keep your classroom on the straight and narrow. One of our Star Sellers, Jenna Swano from Level-Up Thinkers, shares tips for creating a calm classroom.
Below is a collection of tools that you can use to improve your classroom management and keep chaos at bay. We hope these teaching resources are helpful additions to your teaching toolkit!
Rules and discipline
Classroom & Group Counselling Values
Description
Teaching values rather than rules. Teaching values in in your classroom helps students learn and practice healthy attitudes and behavior, such as respect, honesty and kindness. Education on good character helps students develop good habits and virtues. Values enhance classroom management because students know what's expected and learn to abide by those standards. It's easier to teach children (and adults) who know how to exercise self-control, show patience and work hard. Rules give the perceived idea of controlling a group or classroom rather then facilitate positive behavior. These posters may help to promote values in your class! Enjoy x The Teaching Counsellor
Cat Life - Classroom/Home School Rules
Description
Classroom/Home School Rules Chart included. From 'Cat Life' Theme (See other products). Includes 6 classroom rule posters. Zip folder containing the product PDF and editable PPT format. Recommended: Print onto cardstock and laminate for more durability.
Scheduling
Class Management Activity Slides with Timers
Description
I just love how these class management slides for PowerPoint help me to keep my students in check. It gives them 10 minutes to complete an activity with the built in timer, showing them how much time is remaining. Because you are able to insert your own headings, and student requirements or task information, students are kept focused and engaged - and there is no reason for constant help from you as the teacher. This leaves you with valuable time to move between groups and assess their progress. Included in the slide set are: SET 1 12 Task/Activity Slides for use in Microsoft PowerPoint - with the following titles: Independent Work Independent Reading Independent Writing Essay Writing Activity Time STEM Activity Brain Break Brain Storm Quiz Time! Station Rotation Group Discussion Grab a Partner SET 2 12 Task/Activity Slides that you can create your own titles for - with the same graphics as created for the above 12 slides. All slide have been embedded with a 10 minute timer to help your students stay on track! Please make sure that you read the terms of use for this product carefully. I know that you will enjoy it! Keywords: classroom management; slides; timers; activities; stations; task management.
Organization
Floral planner
Description
Printable eduplanner. Includes page for the following: - Personal Information - School Information - CPTD Professional Development - SA School calendar and public holiday - Timetables - Year planner - Birthdays and special events - Mark sheets - Budget - Fundraising - Notes - Learners Information - Parent meeting attendance register - Minutes of parent meetings - SBST and remedial - Weekly planning 50 printable pages Write in own subjects/periods.
Portfolio File Labels and File Dividers - over forty pages
Description
Learner portfolio labels for English HL, Afrikaans FAL, Mathematics, Life Skills, Life Orientation, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Technology, EMS, Creative Arts etc. File Dividers for Teachers and Home School parents to help make home education filing easier. Colour co-ordinated to go with the DiversiLearn Portfolios and Book Covers.
Communication
Classroom Management Tool: Hand Signals {EDITABLE}
Description
A classroom management tool that ensures student engagement. With over 30 editable posters, you can customize your classroom with this pastel classroom management tool. Included: - Premade posters (PDF) - Editable Hand Signals posters (PPT) - Editable Header posters (PPT) Clip Art And Fonts: - All created by simonseklaskamer BE SURE TO LEAVE A REVIEW !
Voice Levels Classroom Management
Description
Voice level posters make classroom management and discipline a breeze! There are six voice levels, use the pointer to indicate the desired voice level. This is a great strategy to help you with noise in your classroom. The posters are bold and bright and will look wonderful on your wall! :) Created by My Panda Media
Trauma Toolbox: A How-To Guide
Description
The Trauma Toolbox How-to Guide is designed to help students, families and educators (among others) deal with stress, anxiety and trauma. It does this by focusing on our senses (7 of them), and the Toolboxes can be adjusted to reflect the age, stage, context, culture and needs of the users. Keenly aware of Pandemic constraints, this Guide shows how individuals or groups can create the Trauma Toolbox (both the outside and the inside) and then provides a set of strategies for how the Toolbox can be utilized. It also details why Trauma Toolboxes work and how they can help so many individuals. This Toolbox (along with The Feeling Alphabet Activity Set co-authored with Dr. Ed Wang) is rooted in my recent adult book, Trauma Doesn’t Stop at the School Door (Teachers College Press June 2020) and provides a direct way of animating the key principles from that book in practical in-the-trenches ways that are applicable to classrooms, family settings and community organizations.