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Whether you are a first-year teacher, a 20 year veteran, or an educational support professional, chances are that you have at least one area of classroom management you would like to improve upon. Managing the behavior, social emotional, and learning needs of 30 or more students is one of the biggest challenges most educators face.

So, how can you improve your classroom management skills or simply sharpen a few well established strategies or techniques? One thing you can do is to participate in professional learning opportunities. NEA provides two types of professional learning opportunities for members.

Blended Learning

Blended learning courses may be offered through your local or state association. Contact your state or local association if you are interested in starting a cohort in our affiliate. The following courses are currently available:

Classroom Expectations and Routines

Creating and Maintaining a Trauma-Informed Approach

Using a Trauma-Informed Approach to Create an Individualized Behavior Support Plan

Building Connections Between Home and School

Building Positive Relationships

Positive Response to Challenging Behavior

Aspects of an Engaged Classroom

Micro-credentials

NEA offers 6 micro-credentials focused on classroom management:

Or, view all of these micro-credentials in the Classroom Management stack.

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Classroom management covers a broad range of topics and is by far the most important aspect of a successful classroom.

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Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, “They don’t pay me to like the kids.” Her response: “Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.’” A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.

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Yes, 2020 has been a year like no other, and today's guest, Pamela Livingston Guadet, interviewed a wide variety of school tech directors to hear their stories of triage teaching during the COVID-19 emergency. Today, she shares their wisdom, including the positives, negatives, the things that shocked her, and what her...

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Some helpful tips and orgniaizational suggestions to create an effective substitue binder

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The self esteem that your students have will be reflected in how you feel. How you feel will be reflected in how students portay their self esteem. This is an information piece that will help you talk about self esteem in the classroom.
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-Classroom Activity. (Suggested book, drawing ideas, and ideas on how to talk about self esteem).

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One of the most common issues I come across when working with children is poor self esteem. We all have times when we feel bad about ourselves. But kids are trying to find their identity. Learning what they are good at and what they aren’t. Working out how they are the same and different to others a…

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Consideration for Classroom Manament Rules

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Consideration for Classroom Manament Rules