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Music as a Behavior Management Strategy

A couple of teachers in my fall seminars offered the ideas outlined below for using music for classroom [...]

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Offering Praise to Middle School Students

In my seminars, I often talk about the special difficulties faced by middle school students and the issues that middle school teachers must be aware of and deal with. As an advocate of positive discipline, I appreciated Shaun Martin’s thoughts on offering specific praise to our middle school students.

Martin, a history teacher in Baltimore [...]

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A Dozen Ways to Build a Caring Classroom Community

One of my “12 Ways Series” articles was just published at Teachers.Net Gazette:

Susan Fitzell: A Dozen Ways to Build a Caring Classroom Community …
Apr 1, 2009 … Susan Fitzell is a nationally recognized speaker and author of several educational resource books. She has over two decades of experience …

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Redirect Students without Provoking Power Struggles

Behavior Management Cue Card Approach!
Here’s a way to quietly cue students to choose positive behavior. Use a cue [...]

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Classroom Management Attention Getter

Sarah Endecott gets her student’s attention with a wind chime that she hangs in her classroom. “I use a wind chime to signal students to stop what they are doing and listen to what I need to tell them.” She added that the chime gets their attention every time and they absolutely love the gentle [...]

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