Classroom Management Essentials

Classroom management is consistently identified as a major concern for teachers. Yet, it is absolutely an essential component of effective teaching. This course helps teachers learn how to effectively manage a classroom.  The primary goal of the course is to introduce a practical model for understanding and deconstructing the tasks involved in the process of classroom management and on learning practical, easy to implement strategies that enable teachers to spend more time teaching rather than disciplining!

Specifically, participants in this course will learn:  

• Common misconceptions about classroom management
• How to develop effective rules and routines
• The role relationships play in one’s classroom management plan
• Techniques for preventing misbehavior
• Strategies for dealing with minor and more serious misbehavior
• Plus much, much more!

 
The course is divided into seven chapters.  Each chapter begins with a lecture presented by Dr. Tracey Garrett, a specialist in the field of classroom management.  Then, each chapter has a self-guided component where participants can review and expand on the material presented in the first lecture at their own pace.  Finally, the remaining lectures in each chapter are interviews of teachers at different grade levels offering insight into their practice. 

Over 42 lectures and 3 hours of content!

Dr. Tracey Garrett earned her Ed. D. in elementary and early childhood education with a specialization in classroom management from The Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University.  She is a professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Rider University in New Jersey and was awarded the University Distinguished Teaching award in 2012.  She is also a former elementary teacher with experience teaching at the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade level.  Her work has been published in a variety of professional journals such as the Journal of Classroom Interaction, the NJEA Review and The New Teacher Advocate.  She has also presented at both regional and national conferences such as the American Educational Research Association and the National Council for Teachers of English.  In addition, she has presented hundreds of professional development workshops on a variety of topics.  Tracey's unique combination of classroom management knowledge and practical experience allows her to successfully facilitate teacher growth.