10 Positive Classroom Management Strategies
This article discusses classroom management is a skill developed over time. The more experience you gain in the classroom, the more effective you are likely to become at encouraging students to meet or exceed expectations. However, even if you’re just getting started in your teaching career, you can apply the classroom management strategies offered.
Publication Date: June 2024
Publisher: College of Education, Grand Canyon University
25 Best Classroom Management Strategies Every Teacher Should Use
These classroom management strategies involve techniques educators can employ to effectively
manage and minimize disruptions allowing teachers to focus on delivering content and students to
engage in meaningful learning.
Author: Taqwanda Hailey
Publication Date: December 2023
Publisher: Schools That Lead
Are Fewer Students with Disabilities Suspended When Schools Implement PBIS?
This evaluation brief explores the relationship between schools’ implementation of Tier 1 support within a Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework and the proportion of students with disabilities suspended.
Authors: Brandi Simonsen, Jennifer Freeman, Anthony Gambino, Sandra Sears, Katharine Meyer,
and Robert Hoselton
Publication Date: November 2021
Publisher: Center on PBIS, University of Oregon
Classroom Behavior Management (Part 1): Key Concepts and Foundational Practices
This module overviews the effects of disruptive behaviors as well as important key concepts and foundational practices related to effective classroom behavior management including cultural influences on behavior, the creation of positive climates and structured classrooms, and much more.
Publisher: IRIS Center, Vanderbilt University
Classroom Behavior Management (Part 2, Elementary): Developing a Behavior Management Plan
Developed specifically with primary and intermediate elementary teachers in mind, this module reviews the major components of a classroom behavior management plan (including rules, procedures, and consequences) and guides users through the steps of creating their own classroom behavior management plan.
Publisher: IRIS Center, Vanderbilt University
Positive Behavior Strategies: A Guide for Teachers
This article describes positive behavior strategies that encourage teachers to see behavior as a form of communication. Every behavior sends a message about what a student needs. Some messages are easy to read. Some need more deciphering. Instead of reacting to challenging behaviors, teachers can proactively reduce them. Using positive behavior strategies can help teachers understand the message behind the behavior to better support students.
Author: Amanda Morin
Publisher: Understood
Students Experiencing Bullying
This information sheet is designed to help teachers respond to students who bully others, students who are bullied, and students who are bystanders. It identifies characteristics of in-person bullying on school grounds, cyberbullying, and what teachers can do to facilitate positive relationships.
Publication Date: October 2021
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Students Experiencing Stress
This information sheet is designed to help teachers play an important role in assisting students who are expressing stress by providing emotional support, promoting positive peer relationships, and connecting students with other school professionals who may be helpful resources. It identifies how students may express stress in school and what teachers can do.
Publication Date: October 2021
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Students Exposed to Trauma
Trauma exposure is common for students. This information sheet explains what trauma is, how it might be expressed by students in school, what teachers can do, and when students require additional support to guide them to professionals who can be of assistance.
Publication Date: October 2021
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Teacher-Child Problem-Solving Conferences
This article describes using a problem-solving conference as a technique for addressing a specific problem that a child is having. It includes the basic steps to go through during a problem-solving conference. These steps are intended as guidelines to be adjusted to fit different situations.
Publication Date: November 2024
Publisher: Responsive Classroom
Teacher-Delivered Behavioral Interventions in Grades K–5
This guide provides direction for implementing teacher-delivered, low-intensity behavioral interventions in grade K–5 classrooms. The overarching aim is to help teachers support students in demonstrating expected behaviors in the classroom so that students and their classmates can engage in learning.
Authors: Kathleen Lynne Lane, Tabathia Baldy, Tammy Becker, Catherine Bradshaw, Virginia Dolan, Kent McIntosh, Rhonda Nese, Ruthie Payno-Simmons, and Kevin Sutherland
Publication Date: December 2024
Publisher: Institute of Education Sciences
Teaching Responsibility With Problem-Solving Conferences
Teachers can help students learn to take responsibility for their missteps and demonstrate socially responsible behaviors through the use of problem-solving conferences. This article offers specific steps that help students take responsibility for their behavior.
Publication Date: March 2024
Publisher: Responsive Classroom
Using Office Discipline Referrals as a Behavioral Screener: Considerations From NCII and the Center on PBIS
Recommendations are given for using office discipline referral data as part of a gated screening process within clear schoolwide behavioral expectations, consistent and operationalized definitions for behavioral infractions, and systematic procedures for collecting and analyzing discipline data.
Publication Date: October 2020
Publisher: National Center on Intensive Intervention and The Center on Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports
What Is PBIS?
This webpage explains Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based, tiered framework for supporting a positive approach to discipline. PBIS provides universal supports for all students, more targeted interventions for groups, and individualized supports for students needing intensive help. Links to additional information offer tools, publications, presentations, and videos.
Publisher: Center on PBIS, University of Oregon
Why Prioritize Behavior Support?
This brief describes why it is critical to continue to prioritize behavior support in addition to academic, social, and emotional supports. With effective behavior support implemented within a PBIS framework, rigorous research has demonstrated that students and educators experience positive outcomes.
Publication Date: March 2021
Publisher: Center on PBIS, University of Oregon