Classroom Management for first year teachers by REBECCA WEDEKING https://padlet.com/rwedeking/mr4idwgymtz9 Resources to rejuvenate your classroom, your mind and refresh your soul. en-us 2017-01-04 15:29:06 UTC 2025-10-08 12:44:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rafaelo.png Call Parent Or Note Home rwedeking https://padlet.com/rwedeking/mr4idwgymtz9/wish/147440617
Why should I do it:

  • Provides parents with direct & accurate info on child’s school behaviors 
  • Helps to keep issues, situations, and circumstances clarified 
  • Builds rapport, trust, and open dialogue between school and home 
  • Helps establish and maintain behavioral limits that are consistent between school and home 
  • Some kids respond very well to calls home 
  • Gives parents power to enforce and follow through with limits and consequences 
  • Avoids situations where kids can use misinformation to pit teachers against parents and manipulate the situation to avoid taking responsibility for their actions 
  • Encourages some students behavior positively 
  • Can take a small behavioral or academic gain and create more significant momentum 
  • Can create parent “buy in” or establish of improve rapport with parents 
  • Boosts student self esteem and self confidence 

When should I do it:

  • As a consequence 
  • When a student breaks a rule or whose actions are disruptive enough to require a formal consequence 
  • When a child is exhibiting a chronic habitual behavior problem 
  • When you need more support in addressing a behavior 
  • When the behavior appears to be stemming from something in the home 
  • When you suspect a child’s behaviors are due to environmental circumstance, like a family death, illness, etc. 
  • When the student does not seem to respond to your authority 
  • When there does not appear to be home consequences for poor behavior in school 
  • As a reward 
  • When a student has been well behaved 
  • When a student has done well on an academic task 
  • When a student has been helpful 
  • When a student meets a daily, weekly, monthly goal, either academic or behavioral 
  • When a student needs to be encouraged to do something 
  • When a student is a significant behavioral or academic problem and does ANYTHING remotely positive or productive 



How do I do it:

  • Use a calm neutral tone with parents to avoid arguments, blame games, and power struggles 
  • Describe the behavior clearly and with detail 
  • Explain what you have already tried to address the behavior 
  • Do not dwell on blaming the parent for the child’s behaviors, rather focus on solutions, whether on the child’s part of the parent’s 
  • Ask the parent for their input and ideas to get them involved 
  • Always say something positive about the child or something they did well 
  • Have the child’s grades, behavior records, and the specific data ready in front of you when you call 

Say thank you for supporting your child.



]]> 2017-01-17 03:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rwedeking/mr4idwgymtz9/wish/147440617 Classroom Management Basics rwedeking https://padlet.com/rwedeking/mr4idwgymtz9/wish/147440681
First manage yourself - teacher has to recognize they are part of the problem

  • Use soft voice tone
  • Body language
  • Use slow rate of speech
  • Maintain safe proximity

Take charge of your class.  

Meaning don't start teaching until you have everyone's attention.  Lecture won't start, nothing will be written down until everyone eyes are on you.

Teach procedures thoroughly.

Your students should know exactly what to do during every minute of the school day–with only a little direction from you. Well-taught procedures allow you and your class to transition and move through the day like a well-oiled machine.

Don’t repeat yourself.

Many teachers repeat everything they say–sometimes three and four times. When you repeat yourself, you weaken your words and encourage students to ignore you. And why shouldn’t they? They know you’ll always give the same direction again…and again...and again.

Say more with less. 

 Prime your students with expected behavior/ movement for everything.

The more efficient and direct you can be with your words, the more effective your teaching will be. “Take out your math books” is infinitely more powerful than, “Okay, boys and girls, it’s almost ten o’clock, which means that it’s math time and…”

Observe your own students

The more you observe your own class, the better teacher you’ll be. When you hover and offer opinions and reminders your students don’t need, you create greater and greater dependency on you. Furthermore, the more you observe, the less your students will misbehave.



]]> 2017-01-17 03:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rwedeking/mr4idwgymtz9/wish/147440681 Every kid needs a champion rwedeking https://padlet.com/rwedeking/mr4idwgymtz9/wish/147440955 2017-01-17 03:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rwedeking/mr4idwgymtz9/wish/147440955 rwedeking https://padlet.com/rwedeking/mr4idwgymtz9/wish/147444892 2017-01-17 04:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rwedeking/mr4idwgymtz9/wish/147444892 Managing transitions rwedeking https://padlet.com/rwedeking/mr4idwgymtz9/wish/147445102 2017-01-17 04:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rwedeking/mr4idwgymtz9/wish/147445102 rwedeking https://padlet.com/rwedeking/mr4idwgymtz9/wish/147445288 What are some strategies for building rapport and a student-teacher relationship with troubled students?]]> 2017-01-17 04:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rwedeking/mr4idwgymtz9/wish/147445288