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Classroom Management

Resources
Fostering Effective Relationships
Winning Students Over
Establishing a Sense of Security
Building a Sense of Self-Identity or Self-Concept
Creating a Sense of Belonging
How To Prepare For A Parent–Teacher Conference
Developing a Sense of Purpose
Achieving a Sense of Personal Confidence
Rewards as Part of Classroom Management
20 Ways to Provide Effective Student Feedback
Communicating with Parents/Guardians
Suggested Reading: Fostering Effective Relationships
Classroom Management
Checkpoints for Good Organization
Take a Proactive Approach: Being Preventative, Withitness and Active Participation
Classroom Management: Effective Strategies
Online Classroom Management
Procedures and Routines to Teach, Rehearse and Reinforce
Establishing Routines
Signals to Begin
Transitional Activities for Lesson Beginning and Dismissal
The Lineup—29 Ways to Get Students in a Row
Building Resilience
Student Self-regulation
Framing—A Strategy for Responding to Challenging Behaviour
Encouraging Responsible Behaviour
How to Keep Students on Task
Points to Remember Regarding Problem-Solving
Differentiating to Accommodate a Variety of Student Levels and Specific Needs
The Art of Questioning
Suggested Reading: Classroom Management
Assessment
Free Formative Assessment Tools
Videos on Assessment
Suggested Reading: Assessment
Teacher Wellness
Articles on Teacher Wellness
Videos on Teacher Wellness
Books on Wellness for Teachers
Self-Care Practices for Student Teachers During a Field Experience
Articles on Wellness in the Classroom
Books on Wellness in the Classroom
Helpful Websites on Wellness
Creating a Compassionate Classroom
Professional Development
List of Recommended Books
Defining the Professional Development Teaching Portfolio
Purposes of a PD Teacher Portfolio
Development and Contents of a PD Teacher Portfolio
Organization of a PD Teacher Portfolio
Portfolio Use During the Interview
Future Implications: Teacher Portfolio as a Professional Growth Tool
Words to Describe Me!
Suggested Reading: Professional Development
Teaching with Technology
Suggested Reading: Online Learning
Struggles and Strengths of Being Preservice in a Pandemic
Pandemic Learning: General Resources
Effective teaching … virtually
Inclusion
Authentic Inclusion in Two Secondary Schools: “It’s the Full Meal Deal. It’s Not Just in the Class. It’s Everywhere”
Collaboration as a Means to Support Inclusion
Creating Equity in a Diverse Rural School
Experiences of Social Inclusion and Exclusion of Deaf Children
Inclusion in Schools: Gender and Sexual Diversity
Promoting inclusion and equity in education: lessons from international experiences
Too Scared to Teach: Secondary Students’ Insights into Educators Silencing and Stigmatizing Gender and Sexual Diversity in Public Schools in Alberta, Canada
Voices of Inclusion

Signals to Begin

  • Write a couple of leading words on the board—for example, quote of the day
  • Whisper directions
  • Joke of the day
  • Move to a designated place—for example,  on carpet
  • Message on interactive whiteboard
  • Enthusiastic reinforcement for the positive behaviour
  • Bell or chimes
  • Ten-second countdown on interactive whiteboard
  • Nonverbal signals
  • Flick lights
  • Lights out—movement, change of mood
  • Direct attention to agenda on interactive whiteboard
  • Moving to a specific chair to change activities
  • Model signal
  • Music playing—turn it off
  • Simon says
  • Meet at door
  • Stand and wait
  • Attendance
  • Close door and do homework check
  • Take up a certain stance in a particular place
  • "May I have your attention, please?"
  • Electronic time clock
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