The Classroom Behavior Manual: How to Build Relationships with Students, Share Control, and Teach Positive Behaviors
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Positive student behaviors are desired outcomes, but this manual concentrates on inputs. How do you respond to difficult behavior in the moment when you know that punitive, compliance-based behavior management is so often ineffectual? What’s the best way to prevent students from acting out in the first place? The path to success requires behavioral leadership, in which teachers strategically model and affirm the behaviors they want to see in students.
Behavior expert Scott Ervin calls on his two decades of experience to share the most effective procedures and strategies to foster positive, prosocial student behavior that supports learning, including ways to
* Organize your physical classroom to support positive classroom management.
* Build positive teacher-student relationships.
* Share control with students in a way that best fosters their autonomy.
The Classroom Behavior Manual is a resource you can return to again and again, packed with more than 100 strategies and dozens of procedures and tools. Learn how to respond to negative behaviors in nonpunitive ways so that you can ensure all students’ school days are as calm, engaging, and educational as they possibly can be.
Publisher : ASCD
Publication date : February 11, 2022
Language : English
Print length : 276 pages
ISBN-10 : 1416630783
ISBN-13 : 978-1416630784
Item Weight : 1.15 pounds
Reading age : 1 year and up
Dimensions : 6.93 x 0.71 x 9.92 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #27,998 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #71 in Education (Books) #94 in Education Theory (Books) #367 in Instruction Methods
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Customers find the book provides actual strategies teachers can use in the classroom, bringing teaching back to life for them. The manual is user-friendly and detailed, making it easy to incorporate into practice.
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BB –
Excellent Book
I recently read this book on behavioral leadership. Every educatorâwhether new to the classroom or a seasoned veteranâshould have this in their professional library. This book doesnât just talk about managing student behavior; it dives into leading it with clarity, purpose, and compassion.What impressed me most were the practical strategies that can be implemented immediatelyâstarting on the very first day of school. The book offers sample scripts and real life examples that help build consistency and confidence in managing any classroom.Whether you’re a first year teacher feeling nervous or an experienced educator looking to refresh your approach, this book is a game changer. I highly recommend it as a powerful, inspiring, and user-friendly guide to building a positive learning environment from day one.I was so inspired by this book that I drove sixteen hours (round trip) to attend one of Scott Ervinâs three day workshopsâit was absolutely worth it. His approach to behavioral leadership is that impactful. I canât recommend this book highly enough to educators at any stage in their careers.
Kelli Schulte –
Literal Life Saver!
Absolutely a MUST for anyone who works or lives with or interacts with children in any way! This book with its strategies and procedures have transformed my classroom over the last year. I teach in an urban setting with many challenges, this brought so much more peace and joy to my classroom. The results from implementing the strategies in this book were happy children learning, problem solving, and being responsible for their behavior. They were able themselves and big emotions much better. I became a calmer and happier teacher as well. I built the strongest relationships I have ever had with students using these methods! The procedures and strategies are simple to learn and implement! It actually gave me back so much teaching and prep time. This book is a game changer- read it for yourself and find out. You wonât be disappointed!
Angela –
Must read! Great classroom management strategies.
This book has been incredibly helpful, offering practical strategies that have benefited both me and my students. My fellow teachers especially appreciate the real-life, actionable techniques it provides. I highly recommend this book to every educator looking to better support students with challenging behaviors and strengthen their classroom management skills.
Robin M. Erickson –
Great book, but I seem to have some missing information.
I am really enjoying this book. It is very practical. I do have a question, and I hope someone can respond. In this section of the book (on my Kindle) that talks about a the students writing a class pledge, the sample pledges are cut off. I see the title “Sample Class Pledges” and the next page goes on to how to stand or pose during the pledge but no samples are given. I’d really like to see those samples.
MandyP –
Almost 5 Stars
I really wanted to give this book 5 stars, but I found that too often, the author jumped ahead of himself. For example, pg. 173, Just like Real-World Workshop, use Gentle Guidance Interventions (GGIs) ONLY FOR BEHAVIORS THAT DO NOT HAVE TO DO WITH voice level. Except…GGIs don’t come for another chapter, so I felt like I had to continually go back and forth. Aside from that, I thought the content was great.
Maren Davis –
Creating Positive Behaviors
Lots of great ways to create positive behaviors and build relationships with students
Colleen Scarpella –
“The more control we give away, the more control we have.”
A teacher at my school recommended this book and I’m so glad I picked it up! I’ve done Love & Logic (Family and Classroom) training, Kagan training, Capturing Kids’ Hearts training, and RULER training. As I read the book, I could see pieces of all of these, but the way he puts the pieces together makes so much more sense to me. It’s like nothing I’ve ever read or had training on. Even though I’m doing most of the things mentioned in the book, I’m not doing them correctly and I’m not doing them consistently.I was hooked. The same teacher sent me info that there was a 3-day training happening and I went on my own dime. Seeing all these strategies and procedures in person was priceless. I’m happy I’ve got a week to Ctrl + Alt + Delete my library (I’m an elementary teacher librarian) and find a way to make my life and my students’ lives better this year. So grateful! I’m all in!This manual is beyond amazing. I plan to overload my students with greetings, noticing, and choices with assertive calm, in addition to, holding them accountable through delayed appropriate consequences, not punishment, in an empathic way.
Jennifer Nedrebo –
Great resource!
Excellent resource for behavior management!