Doing some of the homework with them after the lesson to give the students concrete examples to take home and make sure everyone is understanding the content.

If a student has their phone on them, the teacher takes them and plugs them into a giant charging block that he has on his white board so it’s not strictly a punishment but also helpful.

Make it a goal to open class with a warm open:

a.      What’s going on in life?

b.     How are extracurricular activities going

Giving out information on school initiatives and events

Make it a goal to wrap class at least 3 minutes early to give students time to collect themselves and their things, prepare for the next class, socialize, fill up water bottles, etc.