by Dr. Chandra Williams | Oct 21, 2021 | Back to School and Classroom Management
Instruction begins on a Tuesday morning following a long weekend. The students are working to get back into their routines, and you are wishing that you had used that extra day to catch up. The math problem is written up on the board for all the students to see....
by Dr. Chandra Williams | Aug 28, 2019 | Back to School and Classroom Management, Equity and Excellence, School Improvement
Last week, we outlined a checklist of steps you can use to introduce your classroom management plan and begin to establish routines and rituals with students. If you haven’t looked at the checklist yet, we definitely recommend you read this article before going any...
by Dr. Chandra Williams | Jan 13, 2019 | Back to School and Classroom Management
Imagine you are a mechanic… Today is your first day on the job. You arrive to work around 7:30 a.m. and your boss orders you to your designated workstation with almost no direction. You know that as a mechanic your job is to fix cars, but you do not know how to...
by Dr. Chandra Williams | Mar 30, 2018 | School Improvement, Students At Risk
The teacher says “administration does nothing…” The administration says “teachers have no classroom management…” I call time out! Far too often in schools, it is teacher vs. administration in the blame game of managing student behaviors. As educators, we...
by Dr. Chandra Williams | Mar 9, 2018 | Students At Risk
The behavior you acknowledge is the behavior you receive, simple enough. What behaviors are you encountering in your classroom? If you find yourself frustrated with student behaviors and trapped in a cycle of punishment, then the negative behaviors are getting all of...
