by bmelsby | Feb 25, 2025 | classroom management, instruction
We Love This Strategy for Managing Independent Work Time by Amanda Melsby – February 25, 2025 Classroom management during independent work time can be one of the biggest challenges teachers face. You want students to focus, but instead, off-task behavior—side...
by bmelsby | Jan 20, 2025 | classroom management, new teacher
How to Gain Authority in the Classroom? Why Being Yourself Is the Key by Amanda Melsby – January 10, 2025 The Authority Dilemma A concept I’ve been pondering lately is that of authority. New teachers frequently wonder how to gain authority in the...
by bmelsby | Dec 6, 2024 | classroom management, new teacher
When You Should (and Should Not) Send a Student to the Office by Amanda Melsby and Brad Melsby – December 6, 2024 Let’s examine a commonly asked question: When is it okay to send a student to the office for discipline reasons? We’ll provide two different...
by bmelsby | Oct 16, 2024 | classroom management
A Quick Guide to More Balanced Classroom Management by Amanda Melsby – October 17, 2024 “Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.” -13th-century poet Rumi In many ways, managing a roomful of students is also a delicate balance of holding on and letting...
by bmelsby | Sep 19, 2024 | classroom management
Classroom Routines: Examples and Tips for New Teachers by Brad Melsby – September 19, 2024 “May you have a strong foundation when the winds of change shift…” -Bob Dylan From artificial intelligence to standards-based grading to e-learning, the times in education...
by bmelsby | Sep 10, 2024 | classroom management
How to Use Behavior Reflection Forms With Your Students by Brad Melsby – September 10, 2024 With classroom management, any helpful strategy or tool is worth a try. Despite my initial resistance…”It’ll be faster to just talk with the student”… I discovered...
