Certified Course in Positive Teaching and Classroom Management

Positive classroom management techniques require some creativity, but when used well, they can change the dynamic in the classroom. With positive classroom management, teachers change from the police, looking for instances of bad behaviour, to supportive educators, working with the students to help them learn.

1. Elements in the 21st Century classroom
2. The critical role of classroom management
3. Rules and procedures
4. Disciplinary interventions
5. Teacher-student relationships
6. Mental set
7. Student’s responsibility for management
8. Getting off to a good start Physical Setting Resource s People Time Content
9. A new way of thinking about classroom management
10. Functional behavioural analysis and intervention planning
11. Basics of applied behaviour analysis
12. Technology use for classroom and behaviour management
13. Building an emotionally safe and engaging environment
14. How to deal with feelings that interfere with learning
15. Seven skills that invite kids to cooperate
16. The pitfalls of punishment: Alternatives that lead to self-discipline
17. Solving problems together: six steps that engage children’s creativity and commitment
18. Praise that doesn’t demean, criticism that doesn’t wound
19. How to free a child who is locked in a role
20. The parent-teacher partnership
21. Reducing or eliminating disruptive and rule-violation behaviour
22. Keeping students on-task and completing assignments
23. Legal and ethical practices for the benefit of all learners within the classroom
24. Basic responsibilities – the teacher, student, and parent
25. Positive expectations
26. Being a good manager
27. Designing lessons to help students reach mastery
28. Becoming a professional
29. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and classroom management
30. No Child Left Behind and classroom management
31. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and classroom management