Developing a Learning Classroom

Moving Beyond Management Through Relationships, Relevance, and Rigor

All too often, managing a classroom means gaining control, dictating guidelines, and implementing rules. Designed for any teacher struggling with student behavior, motivation, and engagement, Developing a Learning Classroom explores how to create a thriving, learning-centered classroom through three critical concepts?relationships, relevance, and rigor. Discover how you can:

Develop an interactive learning mindset

Create a safe environment where students question, explore, and discover

Uncover a student's learning profile as well as your own teaching style

Use student input to create classroom practices and procedures

Apply brain-based instructional strategies to keep students engaged

Use student surveys and a personal education plan to improve learning environments

Filled with classroom stories, starter worksheets, and action steps, this book reveals the secrets to transforming an ordinary classroom into an extraordinary learning community!