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Aside from the grade level, writing lesson plans generally follows a format much like the outline below. While different teachers - and curricula - alter the format somewhat, the basics are the same. Read full article »

We expect children and youth to have essential behavior skills for school, but we don’t necessarily thoroughly teach them the specific skills. Many kids will not be able to perform specific skills that they were never taught. Here are the basic class or group discussion skills that will be needed in nearly any school or agency. These important methods are taken from our Breakthrough Strategies to Teach and Counsel Troubled Youth Workshops and books like our popular All the Best Answers for the Worst Kid Problems: Maximum-Strength Motivation-Makers, which are detailed at our web site, http://www.youthchg.com. Read full article »

“Nothing seems to work with that child!”

Have you ever said those words? If you work with very out-of-control students, chances are you have said those words more than once. You were right. Nothing was working to rein in that youngster. In this article, we’ll explain why nothing worked, and what you can do that will work. Hopefully, this article will help you avoid saying those words so often. Read full article »

At our popular Breakthrough Strategies to Teach and Counsel Troubled Youth Workshops (http://www.youthchg.com), we always let the course participants name the problem areas they want to cover during the inservice workshop. We can always count on teachers asking for ideas for classroom management and control. Nearly every teacher has had moments when maintaining control over the class was difficult or impossible. Some teachers tell us that there class has actually gotten out of control. Here’s help. Read full article »

The time to start teaching attendance and punctuality skills is Day 1, Week 1. For many school staff, that time is now. Remember: You can be the best teacher or counselor on the planet but if your students are late to be taught or counseled, it doesn’t really matter how good you are. The bottom line: kids must be present if you are to successfully work with them.

The bad news is that many kids have problems with promptness. The good news is that often lateness can be rapidly and effectively addressed. Read full article »

Teachers, they don’t give you motivation-makers when you are in college. It takes about 2 minutes in the classroom to realize that you could have really used courses on motivating the motionless. From our popular workshops, books and posters, here are just a few of our favorite motivation-makers that you will use everyday.

** For kids who often complain about where they ended up, you can encourage them to “bloom where they are planted.” This is a wonderful intervention for foster kids in particular. Read full article »

Isn’t it strange how education and technology are seen as the future for our children, but they are seldom linked in the classroom. Technology needs to be optimized in the classroom. Sometimes when I am teaching the 1st grade one of the older teachers will ask me to come in and fix or print something from their computer. I often think to myself how different generations can do different thing in regards to technology. I grew up in the outbreak of using a computer and just getting use to surfing the net. Read full article »

In the past several years I’ve volunteered to help in my children’s classrooms in a lot of different capacities. To me, being a room mother is the most challenging and stressful volunteer positions I’ve held.

Room mothers are usually responsible for planning and hosting holiday parties for the class. Unfortunately, teachers often don’t provide much information or guidance, and children have high hopes for a fun party. Read full article »

Introduction

The set up of a classroom is very important to how a classroom is being managed. The teacher needs to make sure his/her classroom is arranged for the students to be productive. The teacher also needs to make sure their classroom has a positive environment for the students as they enter the classroom. Another key fact a teacher needs to consider is that their classroom needs to be ready for learning everyday. This is because in order to manage a classroom with proper discipline, a product and active classroom set-up is important. Read full article »

Here are some delightfully unusual ways to jolt your children and youth into considering that maybe your site has something essential to offer them. All of these motivation-makers and apathy-busters show young people that they need your service if they are to successfully survive on our increasingly computerized, evermore technologically complex “High Tech Planet.”

The best way to use the quiz is to read aloud each question and the first two (humorous) answers, then see if any of your youngsters can provide the correct (third) answer. Read full article »