Trauma-Sensitive Classroom Management

• Trauma-Sensitive lessons focused on social/emotional learning that cultivates a positive classroom culture through relationship building.

To be a master teacher, you also need to know how to manage student behavior.  In my 20 years as a classroom teacher, I have developed a trauma-sensitive approach that support students in managing their own behavior by providing firm, predictable, and loving boundaries.  Some techniques that characterize my approach:

• Greeting students at the door before class every day
• Regular agenda with regular routines
• Paper/pencil warm-ups at the beginning of every class
• Relationship development with my most challenging students
• Strategic assigned seats
• Attention getters
• One-on-one conferences with students in the hallway (Q1, Q2)
• Visual classroom discipline approach documenting warnings and consequences
• Regular parent communication including classroom newsletters
• Timers