¶ Introduction to the Weekly Quick Win Challenge
Welcome to your weekly Classroom Management Quick Win Challenge . True classroom management is not how we address behavior when it pops up . Instead , it is a compounding effect of many , many micro decisions we make in our teaching practice before the behavior even pops up .
In these Quick Win episodes , I'm handing over one actionable , small but mighty tool to help you move the needle every single week to stop crowd controlling and to start calmly classroom managing like a pro . Let's dive into this week's game changing challenge .
Hey there , teacher , welcome back to the quick win challenge for the week and for today's challenge I wanted to talk about transitions .
Just say students are off doing a group task and there's lots of movement , there's lots of chatter , lots of productive chaos and you're ready to bring things back to whole class instruction Rather than standing there and trying to get yourself noticed .
Here's what you can try , and I love using this strategy , especially when I am exhausted and don't want to stand there using my energy . I did this one every day when I was heavily pregnant . So first I put some music on that I've predetermined with my class . That is transition music .
So when they hear that , it non-verbally signals to them to start getting back to their desks or packing up . I then pair this with projecting my laptop screen up on the board and just typing up my instructions , big and bold font , to grab their attention and type one instruction after the other as they look up and read and follow it .
It is so effective , it is non-verbal , it is calm , it is direct , it has a little novelty , it saves your voice . Just make sure the sentences are really simple and direct . You don't want to put in too much fluff and confuse your students , because it could then have the complete opposite effect , also treat it like a nonverbal .
So type that first sentence up and quietly wait for students to start noticing it and following it , and then watch as the rest come on board as well . You can use some verbal reinforcements focusing on those students following the instructions . So , oh , james is first up . Great work , jenny . I can see you reading , I can see you following the instructions .
Just try it this week and let me know how it goes . That was a very quick win because it is such a quick thing to explain and as a very quick thing to implement , and please give it a go and see how you like it . If you are liking the Unteachables podcast and these quick win episodes . Please be sure to head over and leave me a review .
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