On Your Mark, Get Set--It's the First Day of School!

Of course, the goof-offs are hoping for a disorganized, lenient teacher so they can goof-off with impunity! But we yearn to be the teacher they think back to and say, 

"The teacher helped me so much. Man, how strict! That teacher always demanded the best of me and I knew they cared because they never gave up on me. 

They believed in me"

Here are three sites that will help you to be that teacher.

Smart Classroom Management

https://smartclassroommanagement.com/blog/

Why First-Day-Of-School Accountability Is A Must

https://smartclassroommanagement.com/2023/08/03/first-day-of-school-accountability/

3 Things You Must Do On The First Day Of School

https://smartclassroommanagement.com/2018/08/18/3-things-you-must-do-on-the-first-day-of-school/

3 Critical Classroom Management Strategies For The First Hour Of The First Day Of School

https://smartclassroommanagement.com/2020/07/25/classroom-management-strategies-first-day-of-school/

                                                    https://www.edutopia.org/

23 Ways to Build and Sustain Classroom Relationships

https://www.edutopia.org/article/23-ways-to-build-and-sustain-relationships

Powerful, Evidence-Backed Ways to Connect with Students in the First Week of School

4 Questions to Ponder Before School Starts

https://www.edutopia.org/article/purposeful-actionable-reflection-teachers

                                                https://www.understood.org/

Positive behavior strategies: A guide for teachers

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/what-are-positive-behavior-strategies

Pre-correcting and prompting: An evidence-based behavior strategy

https://www.understood.org/articles/evidence-based-behavior-strategy-pre-correcting-and-prompting

Why kids have trouble following a routine or schedule

https://www.understood.org/articles/child-wont-follow-routine-schedule