My Daily Classroom Management Strategies | High School Teacher Vlog
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- The #1 question I get from teachers is "What classroom management strategies do you use?" So here are some of my daily practices to make sure your classroom runs smoothly. I also threw in a few weird ones just to get your creativity going.
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Fun story about quirky teachers. My 10th grade English teacher had a marshmallow gun. He had a rule that if you did something he needed to send you out of the room for, he'd make you stand in a little red-taped square on the floor at the back of the room. If you could catch the marshmallow in your mouth, he'd give you a pass.
The idea of it was that by the time that marshmallow launched across the room, all tension was completely diffused and students were able to get back on task. He was a total Jedi when it came to mind games.
+Get Out • Do Stuff that’s a great idea!!!i love it!
Definitely writing this down! Awesome idea!
Get Out • Do Stuff My English teacher (I’m blessed to have her two years in a row, since she’s been added as a 10th grade teacher) drives a red mini coop with English flags on the mirrors and on the top of the car. 😂
Wouldn't that be a chocking hazard though?
Wow!!!
This is the kind of teacher that saves lives.
Thanks a hell of a compliment. Thanks Kenzie.
Real Rap With Reynolds teachers like you are truly special. I have been lucky enough to have a few like you, all of course being literature teachers because they’re the bomb dot com!
This is the kind of Teacher I plan to be.
And he’ll never truly know the amazing impact he’s had.
@@janewright8249 the unsung heroes
Honestly, it is SO refreshing to see a male teacher making videos. You are an awesome.
Thanks so much. I keep telling my wife that. 😆
@@CJReynolds 😂😂😂😂
Saving the angry voice for when you're angry. In my internship my teacher advisor told me that I was yelling at too high a pitch and the kids were tuning it out. She told me to a) save it for when it counts and b) to make my voice deeper when I want to yell. It works like a charm. When I really need them to settle down, they hear it in my voice.
How about just not get angry?
Amen
David Norman It works to get angry, and it works to not get angry. I have seen both styles produce good effects. The key to being angry is that you were angry because you are disappointed, and you know that they can do better. Not because you are just fed up with them.
It’s an almost instinctual thing. Scratch that, it is instinctual. Deeper tones imply more dominance, higher tones, desperation.
A low, deep roar is a LOT scarier than a shrill cry.
David Norman I think it's natural to get angry or maybe a better word is frustrated. But I think what matters is how you work through it.
I will say though, if I find myself repeatedly frustrated or angry when a particular thing happens then I need to examine myself concerning that and I need to find a way to recalibrate.
0:44 #1 "My Classroom is a hangout space..."
1:29 #2 "I greet every single kid at the door..."
2:01 #3 "The agenda for the day is on the board.."
3:44 "Look for bodies in seats..."
5:24 "I need quiet at the beginning of class..."
6:03 "This isn't for everyone..." (Good Morning, Mutants!)
7:00 "Always make sure your class keeps moving..."
7:59 What about kids who are "giant" discipline problems?
9:08 "Be cool"
9:33 "Are you refusing to do work?"
10:11 "Here's how this phone call is gonna go..."
11:03 If you send a kid out of your classroom, * follow up*.
12:17 "Don't ever get into a head-to-head with a student". (still follow up)
12:54 "Here's where things get weird..."
13:29 Small water pistol (Only shoot the right kids!)
14:44 Expo Markers
15:42 Megaphones
15:57 Love songs from Karate Kid
16:04 Bubble Microphone
16:28 Positive Reinforcement (stickers and post-it notes)
If I owned a school, this would be the first guy I would hire.
I would also ( cowboy showdown song ) .... but i dont think he'll leave.... not now atleast
ME TOO
He had already great job :So no need
I don't know this guy seems like an expensive one. Not every school can afford him unless he lowered his salary. These are the type that work their way up to superintendent.
@@bowserlvl9925 yeah totally. We need more uninspired teachers. 🙄
This is so much better than reading a behaviour management book
Except at 99% of schools, if you shot a kid with a water pistol you be written up for doing that, and possibly for having a “weapon replica”, the first time a principal found out you were “writing” on kids’ hands, you would be written up. This has to be some kind of a charter or private school.
Hey, I am not so sure his wacky techniques will work. Remember it is You Tube. Hope you're not taking them all seriously.Try reading some research based behavior books, like one by Harry Wong.
Ann Grice, he did warn against the wackier techniques! As for the rest of the strategies, it is nice to get a perspective from a live person. If you’re just reading a book/textbook it feels a little detached.
WTF! Your handwriting is goals!!!!!
Not too bad for a lefty 😏😂 thanks!
It would be amazing if you taught a college course on classroom management to pre-service teachers! I would have loved to have you as a professor!
Just don’t forget to bring an umbrella to class! 😂
New teacher here. Anyone watching in 2019?
New teacher! A good place to connect with other new teachers is at our Facebook group “Real Rap with Reynolds Teacher Talk.” It’s a closed group so it’s only teachers that are trying to be the best they can be. Best of luck this year!
@@CJReynolds Wow. I'm joining your facebook team now. Thanks
The Excellent Teacher yes! i'm finishing my degree in ECE soon. good luck on your year!!!
I am a first year and working on my Masters. One of my professors made this video an assignment. Since I teach middle school special education, I am definitely going to use some of the strategies when the going gets tough
Real Rap With Reynolds can I join as an education major/future teacher?
The requirement to have homework on their desks as soon as they come in is so simple yet brilliant. Not only does it get class started faster, but it encourages them to do the homework, so they're not the only one without homework on their desk.
I agree. However, I remember being very forgetful in high school and sometimes I’d forget to bring my homework book to school. I got lucky in that my teachers didn’t check homework in my upper years. But once I hit college, I learned to become diligent in always having my assignments with me (or emailed to myself in case I needed to print at school).
my freshman and sophomore year of hs (im a senior now) we’re really tough for me because I was dealing with depression and family problems at home and it was teachers like you who actually took the time to ask me why i was skipping class/not showing up to school at all and not interacting with the class, not turning in work that kept me from losing hope and feeling like there was no one who cared. my english and algebra teacher both came to see me while i was at an inpatient facility the week before christmas break. so, thank you for being that person for other students even if just being a silly relaxed teacher to put a smile on their faces. much love :-)
Jay, thanks for saying all of that and for being brave and sticking it out. Here's the magic in your situation... if you continue to work through your stuff you will be able to help students with similar issues in a way that few others will. You will have the insight and advice that kids could will need in the most crucial moments. Hang in there. Do the work. Then literally change the world. ✊
This Video and both comments are right on point. I excelled in Geography and was Teacher's pet, head of school council the lot... one wrong influence almost cost me my life, no one asked what was going on at home, no one warned my innocent, niave teenage self about that 'friend'... who also set me up to look like I'd not returned a school book - my Geography teacher raged at me in the corridor in front of everyone "YOU set the standards lady!" Then turned his back on me and walked away 😢 I was 14. He WAS my hero - basically saying you failed to live up to it so I wash my hands of you... school was no longer a safe haven.
If only anyone had cared to ask why things were slipping, why I then started to skip school??
1 wrong envious influence who wanted to sabotage and waited for the right moment to creep in.
Ahh but thanks to God, I dusted myself off and have overcome every attack, now grown with my own kids but still with that wound from my geog teacher. Teach children about Narcissistic pretenders, so it doesn't take them as long as it took me to see through their schemes.
Thanks for being that Teacher who DOES care 🙏🏆🇬🇧
I have my own lab students come for science lessons. Right after the bell, automatically 15 sec imperial March from star wars kicks in. They must be in their place when it stops. Music could change their mode
My fourth grade teacher did this but with different music.
Great idea!
I would play A war cry 😂
love this!
As a science teacher, when too many kids need to use the bathroom, I turn on one of the sinks to see who really needs to go.
Iam new science teacher and i need to know new strategies in learning .thanks
Been in a class where a student peed themselves because a teacher told them they could wait until the bell. Obviously you might need a strategy to keep students from just leaving but I personally wouldn’t discourage students who need the bathroom from going. Unless the lesson was nearly over. Then I’d let them know the lesson was nearly over, state exactly how much longer was left, ask them if they were able to hold it that long, then tell them they could go if they arranged with another student (who agrees to it) first to take notes and share them with them so they didn’t miss anything (I’ve not tried that but I imagine having to get another student who has to stay in class to take notes for them while they’re gone might make some students think twice about leaving for too long or leaving unnecessarily in future).
In general, I think I’d rather try my best to make classes engaging and, if they really just want to leave for a bit and lie about needing the bathroom, I’d rather tell them to be quick than have them piss themselves, be humiliated, and blame me. If they’re already that disengaged then I feel like they probably aren’t learning much from stating so a five minute break might be all they want. If students started abusing that, then I might change my mind, but that’s my current stance.
I’m very new to teaching. Maybe I’m being naive. I just have such clear memories of the student in one of my classes when I was in school peeing himself and being shamed for it because the teacher told him to hold it, and I don’t want to risk that happening in my own classes. Even ignoring the student’s wellbeing and potential disability discrimination accusations, I’d not want to deal with the..mess.
As a teacher, I always used the 10/10 rule. No bathroom breaks during the first ten minutes or last ten minutes of class. Otherwise, I get monkey see monkey do.
I used to work in a therapeutic school (aka major behavior challenges) and my coworker would greet students with bizarre would you rather questions like, "Would you rather be a corndog or a hot dog and why?" He specifically would ask kids that seemed to be starting the day rough just to get them out of your head and it worked so well for the kids he worked with!
That’s such a great story! Thanks a lot for sharing it. Really. ❤️
Watching this makes me want to be a teacher to try out the tips. This guy is so passionate abt his job. Thumbs up.
@Tony Story - I truly hope you have a different motivation for wanting to be a teacher than to "try out" manipulation techniques on humans! Perhaps you're just joking... - - From the sound of your post, you might do better as a psychiatrist or sociologist. THEY are the ones who view people as guinea pigs on which to experiment.
@@kazinamimi LOL i think you are taking him way to seriously! I truly think Tony is JUST KIDDING
Imagine every single thing he said is forbidden and on a non-negotiable list, and every minute of your day has to be proven to adhere to the latest educational fad: that’s teaching nowadays.
Don't ever become a teacher. You'll thank me later
Daaaam...your classroom looks better than my house
🤣
For real, I want to live there.
Thank you! I’ve stopped addressing my kiddos as “Boys and Girls” and always refer to them as “gentlemen” and “ladies.” (I teach 3rd grade) And usually, with a very few exceptions, they get it. They know that I expect them to act like genuine gentlemen and ladies, and they usually try to live up to that.
Yumi Shiraishi I think I might address mine as “Aliens from planet Mars” lol
My 6th grade science teacher called us “young adults”. We felt like kings!
Oh I wanted to add one thing that has been working for me really well. (I teach middle school music) And I usually play music during our "bell ringer music listening activity. If I need it quiet and I ask the first time and I still hear whispering, this has worked for me, but only once in a while, not everyday :)
I'll pause the music - that of course gets everyone's attention - and I'll be super extra and dramatic looking around the classroom, like so much that the kids know I CANNOT be for real, and I say something like "Huh.... that's so weird. Like... magically I heard people talking when it's supposed to be quiet! Huh! That's so weird.... must have been a ghost or something...." and I shrug it off and just go back and turn the music back on. And most of them laugh because they know I'm being super sarcastic but they get the point and get - and stay - quiet.
Sometimes, I pin these clips that have punctuation marks on them into their hair if they talk during that time and they have to wear it the rest of class with me saying their name as a question. "Yes, Alice?" Or screaming their name "Good question JOSH!" 😂 Good times
+naarahformusic YES! YES! YES! This is what I'm talking about! Great idea!
@Corinna Brown As a ex 7th grader (im in 10th grade now) i recommend revenge by captain sparkles.
If I was in your class I would be terrified when the music goes off. Because when my teacher turns something off, I know one of us are in deep,deep trouble 😂
I'm so glad u shared this. I'll be teaching music in August as a first year teacher. I need all the techniques I can get. I love your tactics
I love your handwriting!
Yes!
+Douglas Anarado thank you! ☺️
I thought so too.
Yeah, if every guy wrote like that, we wouldn't need girls. Oh, wait.... Well, not for writing....
Same!!!
That dad stare cracked me up
I’m a first year teacher, and I wish I would’ve seen this sooner! I’m using the return from winter break to redefine my management skills. Great tips! Thanks for sharing :)
Hi Kiana! Hope it helps. If I can ever be of help please email me and I'll try to do what I can.
You’re not alone. You can do it!
I'm a first year teacher this year. I'm so glad I found Real Rap with Reynolds. Truly has helped me in my class of 5th graders.
Same bestie. I'm a newcomer this year. I am currently working with 9° and 11° grades. I am not sure whether to continue next year or not. It's been so wonderful and stresful at the same time. I'm saying these tips for whenever I choose to get back into teaching. Thanks for the advice!!
I use a megaphone sometimes. I purposefully stand on the far opposite side the room and talk individually to students who are far away.
Will Stinton omg i love this ahahahhaha
That's awesome! I totally would love to do that to some of my students, as I have two or three that constantly yell across the room to their friends!
Christina Glenn either sit em right next to each other or sit em fat apart and use the megaphone lol
Anyone with any type of gun at our schools will be arrested.
That sounds fun!!
I was a ball thrower. I'd say heads up and throw a (very cushy) ball to a distracted student. Most would catch it and the class would laugh those who didn't
That’s sounds like embarrassing your students, I’m just a kid aswell.. But I think a better method might be beneficial
I’m not trying to tell you what to do though 😅
That's evil asf. You will get what's coming to you and by looking at your pfp. Looks like it already did😅🤢
@@Muslimvibes95 Shame on you. Definitely not “Muslim vibes.”
"Pre class" I am taking THAT!
I like the line from Johnny Depp "Willy Wonka"
"Hello sunshine! The earth says hello!"
Sidenote: love your shelves
Completely agree with following up. It really shows the student that being sent out wasn't a personal attack but something you had to do for them and there peers.
+The Scottish Teaching Ninja 😊👍🏽 Yes!
Thank god for teachers like you! Our walking wounded students need to know someone cares and there is some they can count on. Thank you for sharing and being there for your students and the teachers trying to help them succeed.
I love that you want your students to feel safe and comfortable in your classroom.
You genuinely seem like you care, and yes, that is EVERYTHING.
He looks like such a chill teacher we need so many more teacher like this
As an district-level secondary leader, I know your kids love you. Your classroom outline and decor demonstrates your level of organization and your serious commitment to your role as the instructional leader of your room. By the way, your penmanship is awesome! You would be the teacher that motivates students who have challenges to work hard and to go over and above to make you proud of their achievement.
I am so conflicted currently between becoming a high school or elementary school teacher. However, watching your video and how you connect with your high school children is inspiring !!! Please continue with your incredible attitude and these insightful videos. You are the exact type of teacher that children will never forget xx
Mr. Reynolds, you are the man. This video was so helpful and encouraging because my personality feeds on the creativity your teaching style exudes. Well-done!
Thank you for this, I was so terrified to go to Secondary School this September and I feared the teachers I didn’t even know yet. But thanks to you, I have a light presentation on how my future teachers will act. Thank you.
I've always wanted to become an English teacher, and this video makes me so excited for the future! ❤ Thank you for the tips!
Hey, those were awesome. I did so much of this in my classroom for so many years, so it’s cool to see someone else being a wild man in the classroom in the name of raising the expectations and helping kids do their best! My classroom in America was like a gym with all kinds of funky games in it to play as rewards for excellence in any form.
I like your ideas; they are quirky and will work with many students. I have my class stand and take a deep breath together when they are sleepy or not paying attention. The reminders you gave about consistency and greeting at the door as they enter are really good reminders. Thanks for posting this.
Thank you! Novelty works with kids, unexpected things that get their attention. Well-done!
Fantastic Video!
2 ideas I loved. After almost 16 years still learning. Thanks!
I am so glad I found your channel!!I have no idea how teacher youtubers like YOU manage to actually teach and navigate the media world but kudos. Also, THANK YOU, these tips are easy to apply and great for high school - its hard to find quality education hacks for older grade levels. Cheers!!
God, I love you- first two in and my faith is restored in senior teachers- being a student-teacher (starting work jan2019) I have had so many bad experiences and overheard heaps of toxicity. This is so refreshing
I'm, of all things, a Children's Pastor, and clicked on your video because of the challenges I've been having in class. Your video helped tremendously--showing the value of structure, relationships and fun in the classroom--all important in light of "eternity"! Thanks for sharing your joy in what you do--shows how much you care. Side note: I love your "tree" and your handwriting!
Love this! I do some of these strategies in my classroom. I teach in a very rural low income high poverty school and they need as much encouragement and good vibes as we can give them. Even when I am having a rough morning, they get greeted with a fist bump and “Good Morting” (as Madea would say it).
Thank you thank you thank you!! Your management matches my personality perfectly!! I'm first year teacher struggling with my 8th grade science class. But I think you've given me the tools to change this around!
I 100% back up this guys methods. You’re a genius for talking about this and posting it online. As you mentioned, this may not work for everyone but for those of us that do this, learning actually takes place in our classrooms.
Thank you for your advice and wisdom! Several of your strategies are good for other management situations, like restaurants or retail. Any place where kids or young adults need to be managed/guided. Thank you!
+IcedReality Glad to share it. 👍🏽👍🏽 thanks for watching!
Hey man. Really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I picked up a number of things here that I look forward to trying. Very grateful for the fact that you and your students would take time out of your schedule to do this.
It’s our pleasure Greg. That are good boys.
you're the man, reynolds. would love any updated creative ways you connect with students and add joy to the classroom!
I’m working on it Zack. 👍🏽
I’ve been subbing for ten years and always appreciate when teachers give me a heads up on high maintenance students and tips on how to manage them. Fortunately, the teachers where I work support their subs and check in throughout the day to see if everything is ok. The staff treats us with dignity and not like we are incompetent babysitters. Their keeps us coming back and wanting to do a great job, even after we have a rough day. They have our backs and it makes a difficult job easier. Just sayin’...
thank you for everything you do. i'm starting my first year as a teacher this up coming school year and your videos have tremendously helped
Awesome. I’m glad they’re helpful. Let me know if I could ever be of any help, Good luck!
I'm in my (technical) first year and I've followed your management suggestions from the start. It's been working so well. Relationships rule my class first and foremost and I'm excited for work everyday :) Thanks!
+naarahformusic that's awesome! What a compliment! Love that your year is going so well. 😊
I love your advice and your class decor totally inspires me! I want my classroom to be a magical place!
You are a life saver! I just picked up a second, part-time job as a teacher's aide and half of the time I am substituting the class or teaching a small group of kids from the main class in separate classroom on my own. I have no clue what I am doing because I never went to college for this like the teacher has. I am just just learning as I go. Your information has been so helpful.
This is AMAZING! I teach adults and these all apply! I’m a new teacher and had an adult curse me out and throw stuff at me and I was so taken back by it. No one prepares you for that part!
Stinkin love how your classroom is decorated. OMG so awesome.
Thanks! I’m there more than home so I figured it should feel comfortable ☺️
Hello Mr. Reynolds! I am a 23 year old ELA teacher starting my first year in a week. I can't tell you how grateful I am for your advice! It's no wonder you have a great relationship with your students - your warmth, sense of humor, and kindness are apparent! Thanks from West Virginia! -Ms. Kinder-Schuyler
His tips are so much work and God knows you don't always have the pumping energy for it, but boy does it pay off! And it's only hard at the beginning of the year. Once the system is established then honestly it just flows, no probs. I've learned so much from him 😁
I’ve always wanted to be a high school teacher and never really thought of the not so great parts like kids that are hard to deal with until one day in English when I was senior and my teacher had failed a kid on his essay and he came and asked her to re read it and give him a new grade (he was very wealthy and spoiled) and she said no and he called her a bitch and spit in her face. He stormed out and my whole class sat there in shock. After class I asked her if she was okay and she just smiled and said “he’s having a bad day and he’s frustrated. I understand. I hope he feels better.” I had never seen a person handle something like that with such grace. I was in awe. I mean that kid still got suspended and stuff bc what a jerk but still it really hammered into me what kind of values I wanted to hold as a teacher.
I love that you are focused on keeping your class a hangout space. This really pulled on my heart strings - yesterday I saw a student roaming the halls looking frantically for her one friend. The expression on her face was complete fear. I usually eat in the staff room because it's a nice break for me to get some adult rants in, but I told her I was going to my class and she could come by if she wanted. She followed me and came to eat lunch in my room with me. We ended up having a really great conversation about rap music. I provided a safe space for her in that moment. It made me realize I need to do that more often. If not everyday, at least a few days a week and then I get best of both worlds. Another "point," (ha), I love your use of the word point in your class (students associate with game language) and your POINT about just needing sometimes to have rewards. As a new teacher I have always been really into the idea of getting kids to want to do things not for me but because that is their responsibility as mature people with a task. But like you said, for grade 9s, it doesn't always work that way. Kind of a gross analogy but when dogs are trained, they need to learn when to sit and stay for their own safety, and you want them to just do it on their own, but you need to do these weird training techniques to get them there. Terrible student-dog simile, but this kind of helps me not feel weird about being that authoritarian teacher with behavioural expectations, and that not meaning I'm now Big Brother. Okay, new video ideas: Favourite apps to use (I loved that website you use for stories). Do you create handouts - tips to make them visually appealing? Do you use a class website? In what ways do you find that helpful/not helpful? Thank you Reynolds, I love you!
I loved your saying at the end! As a somewhat mature primary student, mine is: “It takes the Teacher to take the Student to the door, but it’s up to the Student to open it.”
First year English teacher here. SO grateful for this video and also OBSESSED with those bookshelves behind you!
Thank you sir! It goes to show how passionate you are as a teacher!
First off, I LOVE the tree in your room! Very cool! Also, I agree on so many levels with you about sending kids to the office and the fact that it is so important to build relationships with kids! They (the students and parents) respect you so much more when you do this!
I discovered your videos during Spring Break, and I am hooked! I love that you give so many great suggestions that can be used with any grade level. I teach 3rd grade, and I sent a link to this video to my teaching partner, because we are starting to think about what has been working this year and what we'd like to change for next year. She loved the video, and it started a fantastic dialogue about next year and some things that we might even try this year! I love your heart for the kids, and I appreciate your inspiration.
It's my pleasure Ella. Really. 😊I hope next year is the best year ever!!!
Wow you seem so caring and such a great role model. They must be thrilled to have you. Kids today really need a male role model like you. God bless you sir.
Going into my 3rd year teaching; this was immensely helpful! We have very similar playful dispositions in the classroom, and I’ve got some new ideas to try this year! Thanks!
This was so great. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your classroom setup. Teaching at an all boys school must have some truly interesting moments. I love the water gun! I can't imagine anyone ever sees that coming from their classroom teacher. And your "Glory of Love" song option is epic. I must admit that I immediately found the song in my 80s playlist. I don't think anyone can stay in a bad mood for long listening to Peter Cetera.
+bahamashana "like a night in shining armor from a long time ago" 😂😂😂 love it! Thanks for the compliments!
When I have a lunch time duty, and students are out of bounds, I sing until they move along. I find show tunes are particularly effective. It was a pretty tough school generally, and the whole appeals to authority was not particularly effective with many of them. Singing was a bit of fun, and the way I think of it, outflanked them. I also am a big one for getting in early with a friendly word to set the tone of interaction with students. It won't guarantee a positive interaction, but I think it definitely helps. A fiddle box of tactile toys - putty, squidgy toys, spinners, a music box, bubble wrap, wire puzzles etc, can be a great incentive or a good way to help them calm down when they are escalated and in fight or flight mode...
Loved this so much. More than half all that was said is usable even with young ones! I am a pre-k daycare teacher. I use "good morning ninjas/squirrels/wizards/anything weird" to start off the day. Bubbles are amazing, and constant movement through the class in regards to lessons is essential to prevent boredom!
Remove the time to get into trouble and most will not get into trouble. Loooove all of this.
i'm 9 months away from my first teaching experience and this channel is just amazing
I like the "Pre-Class" idea - I'm going to try this.
Cussing was a big issue in my class, until I decided to have them do 10 push-ups per bad word 💪 THIS SOLVED THE PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY! 💪 Also, on pop-corn reading time, if they loose their place when they are called to read they owe me 5 push-ups!! 🤷🏼♀️ Definitely minimized distractions!!
Wow, I never knew any student (I’m still in school) that even had the bravery to swear in front of staff, or anyone because students would run and tell a teacher immediately, mostly referred as snitching but I think it’s the right thing to do
Alright so it's been two years since you've written this comment. Do you still use this strategy?
Loose?
Dude I'm 1:24 in and already you're speaking the truth. Building those relationships with students is absolutely fundamental if you want to have good classroom management. When kids recognise you're in their corner and on their side, they respond way more positively (even when you're rousing on them for doing the wrong thing).
Very helpful video. I also find it so important to create a safe space for students during non-class time and to greet students at the door so that each student feels "seen" during the day.
Thanks for sharing! I am comfortable with elementary and middle school classroom management but high school has been my weak suit. This was helpful. Stickers have been used in all grades for me. Lol
All fantastic advice! I especially recommend the post-it note strategy - I tried it this year, and some of my kids kept notes I wrote to them in October all the way until the end of the year. Personally, I found that giving positive feedback privately can work much better than giving it publicly, because older students in particular can see that as manipulative and less than genuine. I also highly recommend class meetings, even in a departmentalized setting - the Positive Discipline and Responsive Classroom books both have great methods.
what was the post it note strategy? I guess I overheard it
You are gold. Thank you for showing your care. That is MORE important than teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic.****** How you demonstrate your acknowledgement of each child and ESPECIALLY more so if a child looks sad or depressed. This is one of the best ways to prevent school shootings. Each child/adult just wants to feel like they matter a lot. Teaching each child how valuable they are is the most important thing to learn before they leave high school. P.S. The water pistol thing is questionable.
You’ve got a GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR. That is a great strategy. Brilliant.
This may be the best video I have watched on YT!
Wow! Really?! Thanks a lot Traci. 😊
Love these tips....very authentic!
Thanks Ann! ☺️
If you are having fun so are they! This teacher is the real deal
I’ve been teaching for 14years and this has given me some fresh perspectives and solidified what I am doing and why. Love it keep up the good work. I love my Job!
I love hearing stuff like that! I hope this year is the best year of your whole career. Peace!
This will be my first year teaching HS students (well ever, lol). I will definitely be implementing some of these tools. Thank you!
Love all of this. I feel like our style of teaching is so similar. I’ve been teaching for 11 years and just started greeting kids at the door two years ago, and it is a game changer! I love being able to set the tone, and getting to say hi to the under-the-radar kids. I also love to give my students stickers - I try to find really random stickers and I present them like they just won an award. It is amazing to see juniors in high school showing off their creepy “cat in a clown wig” sticker and other kids acting like Napoleon Dynamite, “Lucky!” 😂 And just last week when I was stamping homework, I had a student not doing what she was supposed to and got a little feisty with me (in a joking way), so I stamped her right on the forehead. For a second afterwards, I was like, hmmm, Shool, maybe not the best idea. But she cracked up, everyone thought it was funny, and they all got back to work. I wouldn’t advise a student teacher to do that, but when you build rapport with your classes, you can get away with some pretty “creative” ideas. Thanks for making great videos.
+Shool 4 School 😂😂😂😂😂 I've had a lot of those moments where I thought, as I was doing it, that why I was doing might be a bad idea. I love that you did that and that it worked out. You sound fantastic!! Hope your week is awesome!!
Real Rap With Reynolds my favorite teachers did this in school. I keep in touch with all of them today and I graduated 12 years ago. I talk to my 5th grade teacher, 3rd grade teacher, many of my HS teachers. I’m homeschooling my now 10 year old because she couldn’t handle the constant misbehavior of other kids and she was 9 and getting beat up by a 14 year old. Had her teacher taken this kind of approach it would have been a game changer. Thank you for doing it right.
My favorite teacher was a guy named Mr. Vogue. He was military before hand and was strict and organized. I always enjoyed the days when we studied things he knew he couldn’t teach to me because I knew more than him, because he’d let me sit at his desk with some challenging book he’d fished up that he knew I wouldn’t have found otherwise. He fed me books all 3 years I was in HS until I graduated as a junior and started college. Even now all these years later if I see him he’ll drag me to his car and toss me some book that’s not easy to find. A good teacher is worth their weight in gold.
Love this video. Wish there were more teachers like this.
Thank you! I know im kinda late but this was awsome, you seem really passionate about your job and I can see that you really care about the kids you teach! I work as a substitute teacher in an elementary school in Finland, but the problem is that I am 19 years old and i’m not studying to become a teacher or anything(at least at the moment, maybe someday) and because i’m fresh out of school myself I sometimes feel a little helpless in class. I really enjoy teaching and getting to know the kids it honestly makes me so happy. But due to my lack of any kind of traning other than just learning from experience i sometimes find it hard to get the kids to focus on the task at hand but i found some of these tips super helpful!
Excellent stuff! Like the clarity of words, helpful advise, and creativity.
Your whiteboard penmanship is beautiful. I'm such a stickler for neat handwriting and teachers can never write neatly on the whiteboard.
I am a veteran teacher, so sometimes I feel like I've seen it all. Five of my six classes this year are great and will respond to my requests and do what they need to do. I can be ridiculous with them, and I don't have discipline problems. That sixth class, though, is a nightmare. It's 32 eighth graders, and most of them think the rules don't apply to them. I've moved seats, called home, given consequences and they don't care. Yesterday I sent four kids to the office for being disruptive in the hallway. I of course called the office, but a few minutes later they called back saying the students had never arrived. Everything to these kids is a joke. Several of our 8th grade team members have gone to our assistant principal for advice, and she is no help. I'm at the point that I don't even want to teach them and I start calculating how far away I am from retirement. I've never seen such blatant disrespect, defiance, and disregard for the rules.
Thanks for letting me vent.
+Bridget Derbyshire the best thing about this comment is that I have a class just like this this year Bridget!!! They are really challenging and they do not care what I do or what I am saying. Here's how I deal with it. I can open the door to an education but I can not make you walk through. If you do t want to comply with my directions then you will be asked to leave the class. I will then pour my heart and soul into the students that were being overlooked because the obstinate kids take all of the attention and energy. At the end of he day someone is learning. If the discipline problem kids want to rejoin the class they can, but they have to follow the rules. On Friday I kicked out 5 students and then had he best class ever. Next week I am prepared to do the same thing every day and after I do so I will have THE BEST class anyone ever had just do the other kids will long to be in there. Focus on the kids that want and need you and you can never go wrong.
Bridget, I hope you have the best week ever. Thanks for caring so much. Your kids are lucky to have you.
Where do the students go when you ask them to leave? I would love to do this, but not sure where to send them.
My students go to the assistant principal’s office. Her secretary has student desks there, and they are expected to do some kind of work while they are in there.
Jill Deden I am not a veteran teacher but I hear you! This year I had a 7th grade class that just drove me nuts! The bad thing about it, is that my school has a policy that says “you can not kick anyone out of your classroom “ isn’t that crazy?? I really hope We have a great year this year! Best wishes!!
I love listening to the comments of everyone. You can't change them. Keep doing what you do and be happy within yourself. We give all that we can, but don't let their behavior stop you from doing what you do. It may sound bad, but it is now the truth.
OMG THNAKS so MUCH!!! Yesterday I lost it with my middle schoolers! For some reason classes were split and I started receiving herds of students (like 80 kids) in the band room where I teach. They were getting out of control and I didn't know how to deal with it! I'm a sub but I've been there almost every day for years, so the kids all know me. They like me and always want to be in whatever class i'm in. But yesterday I snapped! At some point I just said "that's it, we'll just go out to the PE courts" (thinking they'd moan not wanting to due to the horrible heat) instead they all cheered and bolted out the back door! I was FURIOUS!!!! They weren't listening for any directions! As a result of my anger and frustration I wound up being really mean to kids that really didn't deserve it and once home, I found myself really down and I even cried for having done so. So b4 going to bed, I searched online for teacher tips on classroom management and I found this video!!!! The best idea you've given me - THE BULLHORN!!! I just bought it! I will be known as "Ms.D, the teacher with the bullhorn" I will never yell again the way I did yesterday. THANK YOU! How did I never think of this?
I freakin love this guy. Sounds like I'm talking to my kindred spirit. I'm the female version of him. It's all about being consistent and showing the kids you care. I use stickers, little pieces of candy and I do a little crazy dance when my kids do something correctly.. it makes them laugh.. having those little moments once in a while to make your kids feel special and important are essential to good teaching. I've been doing this job for 13 years an always got highly effective on my management skills. It's about keeping it firm, but real and you be surprised how well they respond💕
These tips remind me of my history teacher, who’s everyone’s favorite in my school 😆
I love the no late work idea! We give out school "money" tickets so I'm thinking making them pay to turn in a late assignment would be a good motivator!
I like that idea!
I think it’s good too, because I think that as a student, we would take advantage of the late work acceptance! I wouldn’t though 😅
Love having the agenda on the board idea. I do this with a slide on my screen because I teach virtually. Great tips thanks!
Loooove all of your tips! Especially the watergun one 😝 I teach first grade and have been battling with disrespectful defiant students for years. Unfortunately at my previous school there was no "get the kids out" even if they were a danger to others or myself. Students who were throwing chairs or cussing at the teacher were expected to be handled in the classroom or if they were accepted in the office would be given toys to play with. Mind you this is kinder. I think so much has to do with the culture and support of the school as well. With that said, I totally think that what you emphasize, relationships with students, is #1. A positive relationship goes a long way. Keep up the great and hilarious videos! I literally made my husband jump when I laughed out loud as you pulled out the watergun.
8:27 Hahaha I love how that sparkle didn't even get to finish
Great strategies! I just purchased a wireless bluetooth microphone to use in my classroom... I think my kids are going to love it, yet feel slightly awkward at the same time. Can't wait to use it in the hall! 😂😂
I just stumbled across your channel, and you quickly became my favorite teacher youtuber, I cant wait to use some of these techniques in my middle school english classroom next year.
Thanks Brayden, I appreciate the kind words. Let me know if you ever need anything. Enjoy the rest of your summer!
I appreciate how you show off your bad-ass room. You're a dream-guy.
Super sensible tips presented an über cool way. 😎👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼You're saying all the same things I say to new teachers and to my praccies. Another top video 👍🏼 PS I am the sticker queen. Even my Year 12s love getting stickers from me ☺️
+Kafoople Land awesome! I love stickers. I want to get some stinky stickers for kids that aren't doing as well!🤣
Stickers are awesome!
So is glitter 😜
You have to be careful about stickers with high school students. I've seen some teachers do it and kids come to me complaining that the teacher treats them like they're in kindergarten.
**don't try this** I am a Spanish teacher (year 22) and sometimes I "threaten" CERTAIN kids with "ridiculous physical violence" in Spanish. Example, " If you don't stop talking, I'm going to drag you by your hair and chain you in my basement and keep you there for 20 years" I always say something different.. the kids love it and like to figure out what I said. They learn great vocabulary in Spanish that's not in the lesson. :) and... usually stop what they are doing or get on task afterward. Glad I'm not the only one who does "inappropriate" classroom management. See also: Sarcasm.
LOVE IT!! That’s fantastic. “Inappropriate” classroom management is my favorite tool!
I just started teaching spanish and I've been doing this aswell!! The kids find it funny and they like it
but if the vocab is too difficult as you're suggesting, they won't understand the funny part of it anyway?
@@romanzemar5166 angry spanish at specific students is always funny to the rest of the students, whether you understand the words or not.
@@CJReynolds I so worry about the parents these days. We as teachers cannot do anything...they email and are in an outrage over everything. Don't you think so??
I was taught that the best classroom management technique is to have a great lesson planned. Yes switching the tasks frequently and having a rhythm to the lesson makes everything feel right. When I have a great lesson I never even get to the other behavior management techniques that are there to lean on. That’s how I know things are clicking!
BEST video on this topic that I've seen. Thanks.