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Order in the Classroom!

Let's be honest. Maintaining discipline is one of the biggest challenges educators face. But the good news is, we can help. Check out these NEA resources full of practical tips and tools to get your classroom in order.

For more, read "The 'D' Word," in the September 2005 issue of NEA Today online.

Discipline or Classroom Management?

Harry Wong answers this key question every teacher must know in order to establish a successful learning environment.

School Rules
Teaching rules and routines early in the year means more time to teach later.

Creating a Place to Learn
Whether you're a beginning teacher or a veteran, you must set the tone for a well-managed classroom.

What Would You Do?

One student chats nonstop, another challenges your every decision. How would you handle these situations?

Watch TeacherTV video clips and compare your ideas with the teachers' responses (Real Video).

The Talker
Broadband

Total running time:
52 seconds

The Student Who Can't Get Along
Broadband

Total running time:
1.11 minutes

The Defiant Student
Broadband

Total running time:
2.18 minutes

The Apathetic Student
Broadband
Total running time:
1.01 minutes

question mark What Do You Do?
Scenarios like these play out in classrooms every day. Tell us how you handle them.

Habits of Highly Successful Teachers

When effective teachers were asked to select characteristics that best described them, the top two responses were organized and flexible. Find out how these two traits help the pros deal with six hot spots:

How Do You Measure Up?

Complete this self-evaluation to rate your classroom management strengths and identify areas for improvement.

Maintaining Discipline Create the right classroom climate, handle conflicts, and win respect ( 87k, 2 pp). (Courtesy of Kansas-NEA)	Hands Off, Heads Inside Learn the secrets of managing wacky bus behavior and traffic in this article from NEA Today. (February 2005)
Break It Up! Few situations are as challenging as student fights. Here are suggestions to calm tempers and stay safe.	Put It in Writing A commitment to improve behavior is more effective when it's in writing and when parents are involved.
A Jury of Their Peers In a student-operated court, kids handle minor behavior disturbances and learn about America's justice system.	Signs of a Calmer Class Use visual cues to communicate quickly and quietly with your special ed and regular ed students.

Tips from Works4Me
Six practical tips from the real experts - your colleagues. Try them and see if they work for you!

TeacherTV is a multiple Emmy award-winning television show that aired on The Learning Channel in the 1990s. Produced in partnership between the National Education Association and Discovery Networks, it featured real teachers in real classrooms, and showed what's right with America's public schools.

Photo credit Nathan Ham/NEA