Classroom Management

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Classroom management is a group of strategies that teachers use to help students perform at their highest levels. Teachers should anticipate what skills and work habits students need, and these skills and routines help make classroom life academically productive and satisfying. By modeling and reinforcing positive behaviors and environments, teachers can facilitate learning and minimize disruptions and distractions.

Discipline with Dignity, 4th Edition: How to Build Responsibility, Relationships, and Respect in Your Classroom

by Richard L. Curwin, Allen N. Mendler, and Brian D. Mendler

This new edition of Discipline with Dignity outlines a comprehensive, affirming approach to discipline that helps all teachers build respect and foster academic success in the classroom.

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Articles 

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Classroom Management Reimagined

Classroom management remains a central challenge—and opportunity—for educators. The September 2018 issue of Educational Leadership examines specific and big-picture approaches to improving classroom management.

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Inservice Blog

• Rethinking Discipline and Classroom Management
• Six Tenets to Successful Classroom Management

ASCD Express E-Newsletter

• Are Students Misbehaving? Take a Closer Look at Your Own Teaching
• Classroom Management Is Students' Responsibility, Too
• How to Build Relationships Quickly
• Managing the Classroom by Teaching Emotional Regulation
• The Art of Caring
• The Magic of Building Student-Teacher Relationships

Educational Leadership Magazine

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• A Coaching Model for Classroom Management
• Addressing Dangerous Behavior in the Classroom
• Building Classroom Community Through Storytelling
• Confronting Inequity / Are the Kids Really Out of Control?
• Encouraging Student Dissent in the Classroom
• Finding Your Classroom's Greatness
• Getting Consistent with Consequences
• Inventories, Confessionals, and Contracts: Strategies for Effective Group Work
• Involving Teachers in Schoolwide Behavior Policy
• Leading Together / Syncing Behavior Strategies
• One to Grow On / Owning the Classroom Together
• Planning Effective Reading Instruction When You're Up to Your Neck in 6-Year-Olds
• Relationships and Rapport: "You Don't Know Me Like That!"
• Room for Improvement
• School Tools / Classroom Management Without Tears
• Seven Ways to Make High School "Suck" Less
• Tear Down Your Behavior Chart!
• The Hidden Cost of Classroom Interruptions
• The Key to Classroom Management
• The Power of Common Language
• The Power of Protocols for Equity
• The Power of Virtual Coaching
• The Real Deal on Classroom Management for New Teachers
• Virtually in the Classroom

Books & Publications

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• Teacher's Guide to Tackling Attendance Challenges (2019)
• School Leader's Guide to Tackling Attendance Challenges (2018)
• Qualities of Effective Teachers, 3rd Edition (2018)
• Doing Poorly on Purpose: Strategies to Reverse Underachievement and Respect Student Dignity (2018)
• The Highly Effective Teacher: 7 Classroom-Tested Practices That Foster Student Success (2016)
• Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management (2015)
• Real Engagement: How do I help my students become motivated, confident, and self-directed learners? (ASCD Arias) (2015)
• Handling Student Frustrations: How do I help students manage emotions in the classroom? (ASCD Arias) (2014)
• Encouragement in the Classroom: How do I help students stay positive and focused? (ASCD Arias) (2014)
• Managing 21st Century Classrooms: How do I avoid ineffective classroom management practices? (ASCD Arias) (2104)
• Affirmative Classroom Management: How do I develop effective rules and consequences in my school? (ASCD Arias) (2013)
• When Teaching Gets Tough: Smart Ways to Reclaim Your Game (2012)
• Leading and Managing a Differentiated Classroom (2010)
• Managing Diverse Classrooms: How to Build on Students' Cultural Strengths (2008)
• Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community, 10th Anniversary Edition (2006)
• Managing Your Classroom With Heart: A Guide for Nurturing Adolescent Learners (2006)
• A Handbook for Classroom Management That Works (2005)
• Handbook for Qualities of Effective Teachers (2004)

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ASCD Quick Reference Guides

ASCD Quick Reference Guides cover fundamental education topics in a handy format that's perfect for time-pressed study groups or individuals. Written by recognized experts, the guides are packed with instructional tips and solutions that you can put into practice right away.  Learn more

• Better Behavior Practices
• Building a Positive and Supportive Classroom
• Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom
• Engaging Students in Every Classroom
• Gradual Release of Responsibility in the Classroom
• Managing Your Classroom with Restorative Practices
• Motivating and Managing Student Behavior with Dignity
• Teacher Talk That Matters

Webinars 

• Tackling Attendance Challenges: School- and Classroom-Based Approaches with Jessica Sprick and Tricia Berg (April 11, 2019)
• What We Say and How We Say It Matter: Teacher Talk that Improves Student Learning and Behavior with Mike Anderson (March 26, 2019)
• All Learning Is Social and Emotional: Helping Students Develop Essential Skills for the Classroom and Beyond with Nancy Frey (February 28, 2019)
• Motivating and Managing Difficult Students: A Discipline with Dignity Approach with Allen Mendler (April 24, 2018)
• Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management with Dominique Smith and Nancy Frey (October 20, 2015) Member webinar requires login.
• Leading and Managing a Differentiated Classroom with Carol Tomlinson and Marcia Imbeau (January 4, 2011)

Digital Learning 

PD Online Courses

ASCD's award-winning PD Online^® courses are interactive, in-depth, and self-paced online professional development courses for educators.

• Classroom Management: Building Effective Relationships, 2nd Edition
• Classroom Management: Managing Challenging Behavior, 2nd Edition
• Classroom Management: Understanding Diverse Student Needs, 2nd Edition

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PD In Focus

PD In Focus^® is an award-winning online platform that features hundreds of hours of videos showing research-based teaching practices in action, including The Art and Science of Teaching channel.

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ASCD myTeachSource

In the ASCD myTeachSource^® topic pack Positive Classroom Management and Culture, you'll find teacher-driven articles, videos, checklists, rubrics, and more.

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ASCD Streaming Video

The ASCD Streaming video platform delivers trusted professional learning to your laptop or tablet. Enjoy instant access for a day, a month, or a year from more than 50 of our top-selling videos. Selected titles are also available on DVD.

• The Art and Science of Teaching: Effective Classroom Management Strategies
• All Learning is Social and Emotional Video Series
• Transforming Your School

Experts & Events

ASCD Faculty members are available for on-site capacity-building professional development on classroom management. ASCD can design a precise professional development plan, organized around our field-tested solutions, with a focus on the education foundations that make sense for you.

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ASCD Conferences, One-, Two-, and Three-Day Institutes, and other special events frequently feature sessions about classroom management.

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