Created by the Great Schools Partnership, the GLOSSARY OF EDUCATION REFORM is a comprehensive online resource that describes widely used school-improvement terms, concepts, and strategies for journalists, parents, and community members. Learn more »
Evidence-based Classroom Management: Moving from Research to Practice Brandi Simonsen, Ph.D. ([email protected]). Here you will find the critical features of classroom management and a self-assessment tool. Learn more »
The Key to Classroom Management by Robert J. Marzano and Jana S. Marzano
By using research-based strategies combining appropriate levels of dominance and cooperation and an awareness of student needs, teachers can build positive classroom dynamics. Learn more »
Increasing Teachers’ Use of Evidence-based Classroom Management Strategies Through Consultation: Overview and Case Studies by Ashley S. MacSuga AND Brandi Simonsen, University of Connecticut
This model includes (a) a classroom management checklist that teachers can use to self-assess across time and (b) a consultation approach that incorporates action planning and performance feedback, which experienced personnel can use to assist classroom teachers in implementing evidence-based classroom management strategies. Learn more »
Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom is designed for elementary school educators and school- and district-level administrators, this guide offers prevention, implementation, and schoolwide strategies that can be used to reduce problematic behavior that interferes with the ability of students to attend to and engage fully in instructional activities. Learn more »
The Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports is established by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to define, develop, implement, and evaluate a multi-tiered approach to Technical Assistance that improves the capacity of states, districts and schools to establish, scale-up and sustain the PBIS framework. Learn more »
Classroom Management Strategies for Difficult Students: Promoting Change through Relationships by Mary Ellen Beaty-O'Ferrall, Alan Green, Fred Hanna
Teachers in middle level schools face overwhelming demands and challenges in their classrooms. They are expected to know content and pedagogy, develop engaging lessons that meet the needs of diverse learners, and use a variety of instructional strategies that will boost student achievement while they simultaneously develop positive relationships with, on average, 125 students each day who are experiencing the personal, social, and cognitive challenges and opportunities of early adolescence (Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, 1995; Schmakel, 2008). Learn more »