From Discipline to Culturally Responsive Engagement: 45 Classroom Management Strategies

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One of the biggest challenges teachers face is managing their classrooms on a day-to-day basis, and in the eyes of the general public, classroom management ranks as one of the most serious educational problems. NQTs consistently identify it as their most pressing concern during their early teaching years. Laura Pinto’s From Discipline to Culturally Responsive Engagement: 45 Classroom Management Strategies provides a strategic plan to address this problem in an engaging and easy-to-implement way. Starting off with explanations on the foundations of classroom management , Pinto discusses the need for culturally responsive practice in classroom settings that are increasingly diverse. She then guides teachers through the self-reflective process of creating their own classroom management style and provides them with a wealth of practical classroom management strategies for immediate use in the classroom. From considering the physical environment and routines, to managing expectations and rules, to tracking student behavior and establishing parent-teacher collaboration, the strategies provided touch on a range of key issues in classroom management and explain how critical these issues are for meeting the Common Core standards and ensuring success for all students. Learn more about Laura Pinto’s PD offerings Award-winning researcher and educator Dr. Laura Elizabeth Pinto is currently an Assistant Professor at the and Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty, Department of Theory & Policy Studies in Education, University of Toronto. She has been teaching in faculties of education for the past decade, and working with new and seasoned members of the teaching profession with an eye to applying evidence and promising practices to their work. Dr. Pinto began her career as a school teacher, which led her to write curriculum policy for the government of Ontario. Before long, she became a policy analyst and policy manager prior to commencing her doctoral studies. She is also a Past President of the Ontario Business Educators’ Association. She received the prestigious Canadian Governor General’s Gold Medal in 2009 for her research, as well as the Odyssey Award, among other honors. She has received and been involved in large-scale research supported by sought-after Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council grants, for a decade. Dr. Pinto co-authored three Canadian textbooks and related teachers’ guides: Insights (Irwin), Business Technology Today (Nelson), and Business Connections (Prentice-Hall) and authored Curriculum Reform in Ontario: ‘Common Sense’ Policy Processes and Democratic Possibilities (University of Toronto Press). She has authored and co-authored dozens of articles in academic and professional journals. She has co-written provincial curriculum policy, and continues to provide advice to various governments on matters of education policy. She regularly delivers papers and workshops at scholarly and professional conferences both locally and internationally. Dr. Pinto is deeply committed to democracy in education, and education for critical-democracy, and is particularly interested in the role of politics, policy production, and critical thinking to democracy. Preface Acknowledgments About the Author PART 1: Foundations of Classroom Management and Culturally Responsive Practice 1. Revising Classroom Management With Fresh Eyes 2. Cultural Responsiveness as Key to Classroom Management 3. The Classroom Management Spectrum PART 2: 45 Practical Strategies for Classroom Management 4. Comfortable Learning Cribs: The Physical Environment and Routines 5. Here’s the Deal…Laying Out Expectations and Rules 6. Excuse Me? Strategies for Immediate Actions in Response to Students 7. Let’s See What You’ve Been Up To: Tracking Student Behavior 8. Pay It Forward: Rewards Systems in Your Classroom 9. Welcome Mom and Dad: Enhancing Parent-Teacher Collaboration and Communication 10. What’s the Buzz? Student-Teacher and Class-Teacher Communication 11. Everybody In! Strategies for Group Communication and Engaged Learning PART 3: Professional Learning Communities 12. Professional Learning Community Guide to Culturally Responsive Classroom Management References Index