From Discipline to Culturally Responsive Engagement

One of the biggest challenges teachers face is managing their classrooms on a day-to-day basis, and in the eyes of the general public, classroom management ranks as one of the most serious educational problems. NQTs consistently identify it as their most pressing concern during their early teaching years. Laura Pinto's From Discipline to Culturally Responsive Engagement: 45 Classroom Management Strategies to Support the Common Core provides a strategic plan to address this problem in an engaging and easy-to-implement way. Starting off with explanatinos on the foundations of classroom management and discussing the need for culturally responsive practice in classroom settings that are increasingly diverse. She then guides teachers through the self-reflective process of creating their own classroom management style and provides them with a wealth of practical classroom management strategies for immediate use in the classroom. From considering the physical environment and routines, to managing expectations and rules, to tracking student behavior and establishing parent-teacher collaboration, the strategies provided touch on a range of key issues in classroom management and explain how critical these issues are for meeting the Common Core standards and ensuring success for all students.