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This is a great website for providing teachers with interventions to support positive behavior in the classroom. The classroom management practices provided are to promote positive behavior and have also been researched and have been proven to be effective in the classroom. The website also points out the important factors to consider in order to encourage positive behavior in the classroom.

This is an excellent resource to use for creating classroom procedures. As teachers, we know that without classroom procedures, learning time can be lost. This website gives ideas for first day and instructional procedures as well as procedures for secondary students. It also provides a printable worksheet for procedures to use for your own classroom.

TThis site is an over view of bahavior management surveys, classroom managent rules, and classroom managent rules involving students. It also have a list of links techniques to a better classroom discipline, behavior mangement, and classrom discipline tips.

Dr. Dennis Mills has a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and is a professor at the Philadelphia Biblical University. Dr. Mills gives theories of classroom management using a Biblical perspective for teachers in private, religious organizations. Much of this can be applied to public school teachers. Dr. Mills takes a firm focus on leading by example, consistency with the rules, and parental involvement. Dr. Mills lays down 9 important principles for teachers to use during the first weeks of school to establish classroom management. Dr. Mills is a well studied professor who has set out a well written plan for classroom management. Mills, D. (1997) Classroom Discipline: A Management Guide. Retrieved May 22, 2008, from http://www.csrnet.org/csrnet/articles/classroom-discipline.html.

This is a great resource to use for generating a well-behaved classroom. There is some great information on classroom management and discipline that has been researched and proven to be effective . It also provides guidance on dealing with different types of students and even touches on different discipline programs that are effective and ineffective. The quality of discipline is another key point that the website discusses and gives some great ideas to use as a school, as well as in the classroom.

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This is a great site for learning about using democracy in the classroom. Alfie Kohn has written many innovative books on classroom management and ways to involve students in classroom management decisions. This site not only gives you the opportunity to order his books, but you can also use it to read articles and find additional information about his theory. This site can be extremely useful for a teacher looking to implement the ideas of removing rewards and punishments and moving toward greater democracy.

This website provides beginning teachers some great ideas for developing a classroom management plan. It even gives some great pointers on classroom design and where to situate your desk in relation to the students desks. It discusses the 3 major components of controlling and promoting good behavior: preventative, supportive, and corrective procedures. It also provides rationale for the procedures used in the website.

This page displays an overview of the five Ps" of classroom management: Positive, Powerful, prerequisites, participation, and perameters. A list of classroom posters and signs, handouts and activity sheets, Absence of threat, and and a character educational link.

This a great tool to use and has many different ideas to use for classroom management. It's essential to start off on the right foot in the classroom and continue good behavior throughout the entire school year. The website gives numerous tips on involving parents in your students homework to using rewards to promote good behavior. It also provided various ways in dealing with poor behavior and utilizing your time to get more teaching and learning in opposed to spending more time with discipline issues.

This site is a bit of a different take on a study done on elementary classrooms from March 2007. It is written from a scientific outlook based on students "experiences" in the classroom.

This article wonderfully lays out a formula for dishing out discipline in the classroom. The Least Approach is introduced in which the teacher is enabled to follow the appropriate steps concerning the level of discipline required. This approach helps one to limit the amount of attention misbehavior receives. Included are also extra tips for handling an angry student, earning respect, and creating a positive learning atmosphere.

This site offers a plethara of information from "I" messages to classroom tips.There are documentaries and Web episodes geared towards middle and high school students. There are also lesson plan ideas and resources.

This is an great source for teachers that need assistance in managing behavior issues in the classroom. It gives you basic examples of behavior issues with ideas on how to handle the issues. It also provides various methods in dealing with students that are more prone to having behavior challenges.

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities http://www.aamr.org/. This site does not deal specifically with classroom management. It does, however, address many of the issues that are faced in schools on a daily basis. This is an incredible resource for teachers working with students with developmental disabilities. This site can give teachers and parents professional help in understanding their students' disorders which will lead to better classroom management.

This is a great article about how the way you arrange your room can have an affect on you classroom management. It even give specific seating arrangement. \n

This site addresses behaviors the accurr in the classroom, hallway, cafeteria, at recess, bathroom, and in the neighborhood.

This is an excellent site that gives some more information on classroom meeting. It is similar to our case study this week. It also talks about using it for any kind of discussion over and about problems.

This web site addresses rationale and research on modles of disciplining with dignity. Teaching grades from k through twelve, and examples of instructional materials. Topic covered are: Kids are worth it. Positive classroom discipline. Assertive discipline. Stress free discipline. Reality theory and discipline. Teacher effectiveness training. Theories and more.

Shore, K. (2005) The Unmotivated Student. Retrieved May 27, 2008, from http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/shore/shore060.shtml. This site is an excellent resource provided by Dr. Ken Shore. Dr. Shore has a Ph.D. from Rutgers University in Psychology. He provides practical information on how to deal with different classroom management issues through is articles "Classroom Problem Solver." This particular article focuses on a particularly difficult topic: Unmotivated Students. I have found personally that this is one of the most difficult issues to deal with. Dr. Shore promotes the philosophy of using positive reinforcements to show students that they can accomplish academic success.