Component One
Self-control strategies
Up to 90% of low-level problems can be stopped before they interrupt a lesson. This component teaches the calm, the teaching power position, and the diffuser system that make that possible.
Program one
Five strategies teachers use from the next class period on
A full day on site. The strategies are research based and built for use the next morning.
Why this training
Discipline and academics are the same problem
When low-level behavior fills the day, instruction time disappears and the best lesson plans go undelivered. A campus that wants higher achievement has to give teachers a working system for discipline first.
This training does that. Its strategies reduce or eliminate 70 to 90% of low-level, chronic behaviors, which lowers stress for teachers. Classroom management is the number one reason educators leave the profession, so it is also a retention plan.
Research
"Teachers' actions in their classrooms have twice the impact on student achievement as school policies regarding curriculum, assessment, staff collegiality, and community involvement."
Marzano, R. J. (2003). What Works in Schools. ASCD.
The five components
The five components
Teachers see every strategy modeled, then practice it before the day ends.
1. Self-Control
2. Rules & Procedures
3. Responding to Challenges
4. Ecology & Arrangement
5. Relationships
Component Two
Teaching rules and procedures
Why do some classrooms run smoothly by October? The teacher taught the procedures, modeled them, and had students practice them, starting on day one.
Component Three
Responding to challenges
When a student pushes back, what should the teacher do first? This component answers that with five immediate steps, contingent withdrawal of attention, and firm, fair follow-through.
Component Four
Classroom ecology and arrangement
The physical classroom affects learning and behavior. Teachers learn fifteen desk arrangements, from traditional to unorthodox, and how the room itself can support the curriculum and prevent problems.
Component Five
Student-teacher relationships
When students feel valued, they engage with the teacher and the subject. Teachers practice building that trust, class period by class period.
Agenda
The agenda
This is the full-day version. The training can also run as a half-day, on site, on dates you choose.
In the first block, from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, your trainer covers mindset, classroom design, the teaching power position, fifteen desk arrangements, and rules and procedures.
The second block starts at 1:00 PM, after lunch, and ends at 3:30 PM. Its topics are firm and fair discipline, relationships, non-compliant students, the five steps to regain control, and ending repeated warnings and requests.
Schedule the training
Tell Robert Grant how many teachers will attend and when.