What You'll Get From This Course

Proactive Classroom Management develops skills and knowledge for building rapport, facilitating smooth transitions, and creating a safe space for learning with real-life examples and strategies. All course content is based on the Substitute Teacher Competency Framework. 

Course Curriculum

    1. Positive Interactions

    2. Introduction to Proactive Classroom Management

    1. Why Rapport?

    2. Icebreakers

    3. Classroom Greetings

    4. Reflect: Welcoming Students

    5. Community: Welcoming Students

    6. Community Circles

    1. Attention Getters

    2. Attention Getters to Try

    3. Reflect: Attention Getters

    4. Community: Attention Getters

    1. Planned Transitions

    2. Transitions to Try

    1. Rules & Consequences

    2. Outline Expectations

    3. Global Rewards & Consequences

    4. Reflect: Rules to Use With Students

    5. Community: Rules to Use With Students

    1. Apply Your Learning

    2. Learning Check: Proactive Classroom Management

About this course

  • 21 lessons

About this series

Classroom management is the most urgent competency to being a successful substitute teacher. In the Classroom Management series, you will learn to: 1) use proactive and responsive classroom management techniques, 2) implement academic and rapport-building activities to enhance student engagement, and 3) recognize and respond to established routines and classroom expectations. This series is filled with useful tools to use right away.