by bmelsby | Sep 30, 2025 | classroom management
When Are Student-Created Consequences Better Than Teacher-Issued? by Brad Melsby – September 30, 2025 Main points: Teacher-issued behavior consequences are when the teacher creates and issues as needed. A second approach is to create consequences in...
by bmelsby | Sep 22, 2025 | classroom management
How to Use Logical Consequences in Middle and High School by Brad Melsby – September 22, 2025 Main points: Traditional punishments like detention tend to isolate and embarrass the student without correcting behavior. Logical consequences are more closely tied to...
by bmelsby | Sep 16, 2025 | classroom management
How to Partner With Parents When Classroom Behaviors Escalate by Amanda Melsby – September 17, 2025 What classroom management strategy did I avoid most as a teacher? Calling parents. I would do anything to sidestep that call: giving extra chances, looking the...
by bmelsby | Sep 10, 2025 | classroom management
Four Low-Drama Moves That Will Tame Student Behavior by Amanda Melsby – September 7, 2025 I’m naturally conflict-averse. Ask my mother, ask my husband – I rarely initiate or engage in conflict. Then I became a teacher and, somewhere along the way, convinced...
by bmelsby | Sep 3, 2025 | classroom management, new teacher
How to Respond to Challenging Behavior Without Escalating by Amanda Melsby – September 1, 2025 Let me begin this article on how to respond to challenging behavior with a classic “do as I say, not as I do” example. In my first year of teaching Language Arts, I...
