Circle Up
Gives the students the opportunity to share with their peers and talk about different topics. It is also nice because you can switch partners by just turning around.
Collaborative
“Small Challenges” Corrections
This tool is designed for students with problematic behavior that revolves around their energy levels being higher than their peers or for students that find themselves acting out when the course load isn’t enough for them.
Reminders
Reminders are useful because they keep us organized and on task in our daily lives and offer valuable support to students. These reminders in the classroom prompt children to do the remembering themselves. Pulling up their memory of established expectations and allow students to decide on an action based on the expectation.
Adjusting Seating Chart
Adjusting the seating chart is a last resort option if the students are being unresponsive to previous phases of trying to resolve the problem of distracting peers through continual talking.
Problem Solving Wheel
This classroom management tool helps with getting younger students to make good decisions by themselves. If their behavior needs to be corrected they have options on the wheel and can decide for which one is the better option that goes with their particular situation.
Choice to Redirect
This strategy is helpful because it allows the student to take part in the decision making. The teacher gives the student two options to redirect their behavior, increase self-control, and increase responsibility.
Three Phase Restorative Practice
This tool is used for dealing with serious conflict in the classroom between two or more students. It is a process that allows both the offended student and the offender to learn and heal, and ultimately stop any similar behavior.
Build Your Burger
Build Your Burger is a tool used to help students know how their behavior has been throughout the day. In the beginning of the year students are able to create their own burger. The goal is to have a finished burger by the end of the school day.
Texture within the Classroom
The correct use of texture within a classroom can make the room more aesthetically pleasing and make the classroom environment more enjoyable for everyone. The wrong use however, can prove to become a distraction for students and has the potential to over stimulate them.
Planned Ignoring
Planned ignoring can be used when a child is off task and it is believed at the time that they may be able to correct their behavior themselves. It is helpful as a conscious first response to a slightly distracting situation that another response may draw more attention to.
