What's helped me as a teacher (4th grade) is using attention signals. My cooperating teacher taught me several and I was astonished by how effective they are. After transitioning or whenever I need to refocus students, I say, "Show me you're ready". Students demonstrate their readiness by sitting up tall and straight with their hands clasped across their desks. They are looking at me and not talking. If they are not ready, I walk over to the board and write their name on the board. I then give the groups that are ready a Class Dojo point for being on task. I also say it in the hallway. Students know to get in their own square and look at me. If I need silence, I say, "Class, give me a minute". They put their heads on their desks until I say, "Ok, class". I'll also say, "Hands on top, everybody stop", "Check your body", and more. Overall, what's effective is sticking to consequences, whether negative or positive. Students write reflections as well, although we've been told they should also reflect on positives about their days as well since we're an IB/PYP school.

I am loving your videos! Just wanted to say a big thank you!

I am so glad I stumbled on to one of your videos today! I immediately subscribed:) I really love this video on behavior management because I just learned that we will not be allowed to use a clip chart at our school anymore. We are a fully implemented PBIS school but have been able to incorporate it in with our own classroom management until now. I have used the clip chart for several years so I was concerned that I will not be able to use it anymore. I wasn't in love with it but comfortable with it and it did work to an extent. I love your ideas and am so excited to implement them and see how they work for me. Thank you for sharing your ideas and experiences!

These tips are amazing! I so needed some new, fresh ideas and these are just what I needed. Thanks for sharing!

This is amazing! I'm starting as a teaching intern in a few weeks, yet one of my worries are about managing class behavior. I struggled lots during my demo teachings before, and these tips of yours help me challenge myself to be a better buddy to my mentees. Thank you so, so much!

As a very new and very inexperienced teacher, it really has been such a blessing to have stumbled across this video. You are really so motivating and inspiring and I feel super excited to get back to school after this lock down period and make every effort to implement some of these amazing ideas in my classroom. Keep doing what you are doing, you are a wonderful example of what it means to be a teacher, for the newbee teachers like myself. Take care - Sinead Chaperon (South Africa)

You're the best Anna.... I too am a mother of twins and a teacher. Thanks for these great tips...!!!

It's a great video and very helpful. thank you Ann.

You're honestly so sweet and genuine and it's obvious how much you care about your students. I'm a first year teacher, teaching third graders who sometimes have major behavior problems, like not listening or even hitting other students! I'm trying to implement a behavior chart but sometimes i forget to put their name clips up or down on the chart (face-palm). But thank you for your incredible ideas, I look forward to trying them out!

@AnnaDiGilio

5 жыл бұрын

thank you so much :) You have no idea what that means to me... It is a lot of hard work and setting up routines, and being consistent is so important, It's not always easy, but taking the small wins and celebrating them helps to keep going.... these have definitely paid off in my years of teaching.... don't stress, I have no doubt that you will have a successful year with your kiddos... :)

Thanks so much for the helpful tips! I will be graduating college this December and can't wait to use these tips! I'm a substitute teacher now and use taking away recess time for bad behavior and getting to watch a gonoodle video for good behavior! Haha

You are so Amazing, such a great heart and great teacher!!!! Any child in your classroom has been so blessed!

@AnnaDiGilio

6 жыл бұрын

Awe thank you, Tracy, you just made my day!!!

What a great idea with the video. Great!

I love how relationship is so important in your tips! I love all of them and I will definitely try some of them!

@AnnaDiGilio

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Florence! Hope these tips can help you in your classroom :)

Brand new teacher here - thank you for all of your wonderful tips and ideas! I love them and feel like I've got a solid ground to start with! ♥

Thanks for the great ideas

I thank you for your 6 strategies for students' behaviour management.As a supervisor, I shred them with my teachers to be applied in their classes,

Love your dollar store idea with the $3/ week. Also, love lunch with the teacher as a prize!

i'll be student teaching this fall. One thing that was mentioned in one of my classes was to do a welcome call home. this could be done with the video welcome since the video is more of a welcome class style. during the call home you are able to talk to the parent about the student in a positive way and ask questions like "do you have any concerns about ________ being in ________ grade?" you can also talk about any accommodations that are needed for that student, regardless of any IEPs or 504s. how this helps your classroom management is that the students no longer wonder if you have the guts to make that call home about bad behavior and since the first one was done on a positive note you, hopefully, have the parents on your side. this is also the time to talk about any family changes that have happened over the summer or will happen during the school year. baby's arriving, family member died, divorce and if you are in an area that have a diverse population then worries about family in mother land or deportation worries may also be a factor for your students. I like the idea of having the class make the rules for there class community. I'm wondering if you would recommend doing this when teaching all grade level in the same day. If so then what book would you recommend for the secondary classroom.

¡Love it, I will give it a shot!

Thank you for these ideas! I will definitely use a few, if not all of these ideas, in my classroom this coming school year. I have something in my classroom that I have used called, "the TAB area". TAB stands for "Take a Break". It is used similar to the Reflection Station.

hi ya, one tip from a mentor teacher is a class marble jar. whenever the class is showing the class values such as sharing, quiet and ready on the mat, cleaning up well.. I praise the class and they earn a marble in the jar. 5 marbles is a class prize such as ten minutes choosing time, early to play, a class game. I just draw a jar on the board and draw in the marbles.

Thank you for offering such positive comments. I can't wait to implement the Reflection Station.

I have a station I call Australia (from Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible …) for when students need that space. It's usually self-selected when students just want "to go to Australia." It's a trigger for other students to be extra loving to the student having Alexander's day. I think I can add the reflection station to that in case students want to write what is bugging them, and paste it into their journals, and use the send home option if necessary. Nice tweak to my area! Thank you!

@djthereplay

6 жыл бұрын

+Jo Beth Dittrich , I wish I was one of your students back when I was in elementary school in the 1980s because that is exactly one of the things I would have needed sometimes . - Dwight

@dmac7596

6 жыл бұрын

That is a great idea - self directed calming station. Thanks for sharing.

I am going to try all of them by year end. They are original and authentic. Thank you!

@AnnaDiGilio

5 жыл бұрын

yay! Be sure to let me know how it goes :)

I also use lunch with the teacher and other "free" prizes along with my prizebox. Lunch with the teacher is the most popular prize, even winning over no homework passes! It's amazing how just spending some quality time with students outside of an academic situation helps nurture strong relationships and trust.

Hi, I am a beginning teacher and I find your behaviour management strategies unique, thoughtful and helpful. I will give these a try when I have my own class. Tx

I am looking forward to using the "will not yell" rule and sending home positive emails or text messages daily.

You are incredible!! Thank you!!

@AnnaDiGilio

6 жыл бұрын

thank you so much!

awwwww you are so great!!!

That's great Ann

Thank you so much

I definitely want to try tip 6 about daily positive interaction!

Thank you for this! I loved your example of your welcome video. I’ve been very scared to do a video (I’m quite camera shy) but I think I’m going to try it this year! Love the tips. Will send home good notes to the parents this year, and have a reflection station, as well. I have a super hero 🦸‍♀️ theme in my classroom so I have my kids earn dots. When they earn 50 dots, (I’m generous…I give them for everything I see that they are doing right.) they get to put a sticky note with their name on it onto a cardboard cutout of the month’s super hero. They like covering up the superhero with their names.

I really want to try your 6 ways to classroom management. My voice is loud. I have been trying to keep it at a normal range. I will work harder on the struggle of mine. Thank you for these 6 tips.

I just implemented positive home messages this year in my special education class.

Wow!!

At my school, all classrooms have reflection areas. I used to do dollars, now I do tickets (raffle) and the students absolutely LOVE earning tickets. I gave all of my students a pouch, just for their tickets and no one takes their tickets. And I agree, Lunch with the teacher and homework pass are most requested.

I would love for you to SHARE a strategy you use in your classroom! Comment below!

@HF-hu9in

7 жыл бұрын

Anna DiGilio Class Dojo is a fabulous resource for behavior management!

@stephaniebrown3250

7 жыл бұрын

I teach in a behavior unit, so I utilize several behavioral interventions daily. One strategy I use is a calming down box, which contains items such as a stress ball, windmill to control breathing, beads on a string to count, kinetic sand, etc. Thanks for sharing your tips! They are wonderful!

Hi I am Olive Matura and I love your tips idea which I will try with my class this year. Thank you.

@AnnaDiGilio

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Olive, thank you.. I hope they help you in your classroom this fall :)

Whisper voice. If you are feeling frustrated with noise level, you can whisper voice. The students quiet down super fast so they can hear you. Responsibility chart. I give each student a responsibility. I have had parents shocked at parent-teacher conference when they find out their child always does XYZ chore without being reminded. The students know for our classroom to “work,” we all have to pitch in. (My subs love it!) Call me out. I always tell my students that if I am saying/being unkind, call me out. I don’t want to use unkind words or deeds but occasionally I may say or do something that is hurtful, unintentionally. I listen, apologize & make a note to myself not to say/do that again. AVID circle. If there’s a problem, we can write it down & have a circle to discuss it & problem solve as a class.

This is geared mainly towards Elementary

Aloha from Hawai'i! Thank you for sharing always! I love your ideas, but I am wondering how you would handle a defiant student or a student who is unmotivated by your management goodies?

@AnnaDiGilio

6 жыл бұрын

Aloha from NY :) It is NOT EASY keeping each student engaged and quiet all the time. I spend a lot of time modeling the behavior that is expected in my classroom. We meet on the carpet after our block time EVERY DAY and we do thumbs up and thumbs sideways based on work output and our behavior during our block. When students are NOT acting appropriately the go to the reflection station that then goes home to parents. One time at the reflection station usually fixes the issues :) Hope that helps.

I want to start to send notes home daily!

@gayleneparisien2581

4 жыл бұрын

How did this go for you? I am a teacher of 19 years and there is no way I would have the time to send home a note to all students daily.

Welcome video-most awesome idea! How do you get parents’ email to send video? I would love to introduce myself before so kids can feel more at ease but how do you get parents’ email before school year begins? Thank you!

@AnnaDiGilio

6 жыл бұрын

Hey there, when I have my kids assigned to me over the summer, their information is on file at the school. So I am able to touch base with them that way. Not all of them have it, but most do. Hope that helps :)

Anna, may I please ask when you send a student to the Reflection Station vs. Removing a DiGilio Dollar? Also, may I ask how much a "Lunch With Teacher" usually cost? Thank you beyond words for these ideas.

@AnnaDiGilio

6 жыл бұрын

Hey there Teresa, I will remove a DiGilio Dollar if they have more than 2 warnings...also... I don't want to interrupt my group to get up and take out a dollar...it wastes my time. During work time, I will just send them straight to the reflection station. Lunch with a teacher is usually $40 and they can bring a friend! Hope that helps :)

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How do I create a welcome video for my parents and students? I want to do this for this coming school year.

@AnnaDiGilio

2 жыл бұрын

You could definitely do a video with your phone, or a video program like Quicktime or whatever video recording software comes with your computer... I hope this helps,

@donellebrown7856

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnnaDiGilio Great! Thank you so much for your advice! I am going to start working on the video by practicing what I want to say to everyone. I will not get the list of students until August 1st.

How do you choose the students who will get a positive note for that day?

@AnnaDiGilio

5 жыл бұрын

Hey there Gail... I watch and take notice of what my students are doing throughout the day and if I see something that stood out to me, that made me proud... etc... I keep track of who received one so that ALL of my students are getting one sent home each week... Hope that helps a bit...

Do you email the video? How do you send it out?

@AnnaDiGilio

6 жыл бұрын

Hey there Shannon, sorry for the delay, if you subscribe to my channel you will be updated about each new video, and I do include them in my newsletters when I send them out at times. :)

@seinbmw1

6 жыл бұрын

I think Shannon Johnson was asking how you get the personal video to the parents / students when you introduce yourself....

@AnnaDiGilio

6 жыл бұрын

Yes.. I create the video, upload it to KZread as unlisted and then I send a link to my parents via e-mail :) What's funny is that it gets hundreds of views from only 22ish families because they watch it over and over again :) They love it so much :)

Where do you get the fake dollars?

@AnnaDiGilio

6 жыл бұрын

I would try Amazon. They have a pretty good selection! Anna x