The school year is coming to an end and you know what that means…

Yes, an increase in classroom management issues…

This occurs for many reasons…

Students have a number of end of the year activities (school plays, graduation rehearsals, class trips, exams etc.). All of these things can add to an increase in classroom management problems as they break up the normal routine of the classroom.

However, teachers also can be a contributing factor to this increase in classroom management issues in that teachers can easily become complacent at this time of year knowing that they just need to get through a few more weeks until summer. Therefore, teachers may tend to allow certain behaviors to slide…they may allow students to get away with things that they wouldn’t have dared allowed students to get away with earlier in the year.

Unfortunately, as we know, these classroom management problems will only escalate and teachers then are forced resort to reactive measures such as writing referrals and assigning detentions.

It’s understandable why teachers do this…by this time of year teachers are simply exhausted and feel that students should know the rules and procedures by now.

However, it is still always better to be proactive rather than reactive and now is actually a great time to re-teach the procedures so both the students and teacher can end the year on a positive note.

That’s right, the best way to address end of the year classroom management is the same way to address classroom management at any other time of the year…teach and re-teach the classroom procedures.

While it may seem silly do something like this at the end of the school year, it will pay off big and both the teacher and student will benefit.

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