How to Handle Discipline Problems with Effective Classroom Management

By Melissa Kelly, About.com Guide Discipline problems are listed as the major concern for most new teachers. What can teachers expect and how can they effectively handle discipline problems? Classroom management combined with an effective discipline plan is the key. This step-by-step look at classroom discipline will help you see some important steps in dealing [...]

Top 10 Tips for Classroom Discipline and Management

Classroom discipline and management causes the most fear and consternation in new teachers. However, classroom management is a skill that is not only learned but practiced daily. Here are ten tips that can lead to successful classroom management and discipline. These tips can help you cut down on discipline problems and leave you with fewer [...]

Four Steps for Better Classroom Discipline

Even if you understand that children function at different stages of discipline, it is not easy to sell administrators, school board members and parents on the idea that you are going to have different sets of rules for different kids in your classroom. You don’t have to. If you set up a discipline policy in [...]

11 Techniques for Better Classroom Discipline

Here are eleven techniques that you can use in your classroom that will help you achieve effective group management and control. They have been adapted from an article called: “A Primer on Classroom Discipline: Principles Old and New” by Thomas R. McDaniel, Phi Delta Kappan, September 1986. 1.  Focusing Be sure you have the attention [...]