During the 12 years I have taught, with every lesson plan I develop I try to have classroom discipline in mind. Teaching is so complex. How big the class is, how would a particular group of kids react to a given activity. There is never one right answer to the many challenges we face every day. I have started collecting all of my classroom discipline ideas on this page of the blog. However, today I thought a different topic is in order. There are lots of classroom discipline myths out … [Read more...]
How You Can Improve Discipline on the Spot
Classroom management and discipline is a product of consistency and developing a relationship with the students. Effective discipline is a product of classroom procedures and developing mutual respect between students and their teacher. We, as music teachers, however wear many hats. Often music teachers are invited to do clinics. We may teach a summer camp, substitute or guest teach. In these situations you cannot always predict how kids would behave. You have to adapt on the spot. If you … [Read more...]