Category Archives: Classroom management

Richard: Helping or hurting?

From CEC over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. Working as an EBD teacher in my first year is hard! I struggle daily with deciding what battles to fight and which not to fight. I am constantly asking … Continue reading

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Theresa: Mini-lessons on mini-lessons

From CEC over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. This year my school has decided to use mini-lessons as a way to increase our student’s comprehension. As a school we have been doing professional readings, watching video clips … Continue reading

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Jessica: Making Every Minute Count

From CEC over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. Just because I’m still on winter break doesn’t mean I’m not planning things for the upcoming weeks. I find it ironic that some of my favorite days at school … Continue reading

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Richard: Economic Reform—Room 605 Style

From CEC over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. I base my classroom management on a token economy system that involves points and rewards. A token economy is the most-recommended form of classroom management strategy in practice today. … Continue reading

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Theresa: Classroom Management Woes

From CEC over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. “Teacher…teacher…TEACHER!!!” “I will call on students that raise their hands, and my name is not ‘Teacher.’” “But why can’t I call you that? You ARE a teacher!” Classroom management … Continue reading

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Richard: Welcome, Ricky-Dude!

From Anna over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. Reflecting back on my favorite teachers in grade school, I realize that most of them had class pets. Somehow, those teachers just seemed more fun and I actually looked … Continue reading

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Theresa: New School Year, New Classroom

From Anna over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. I remember a veteran teacher once telling me, “You know, teachers who are really good at cleaning up classrooms tend to get their classrooms changed a lot.” That seems … Continue reading

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Allisence: Managing for Dummies

From Anna over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. In 1991, Dan Gookin might have been the most ingenious dummy on Earth. Ingenious because he authored the first in a series of more than 1,600 books (take that, … Continue reading

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Allisence: 5 Things Making a Comeback

From Anna over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. I love the way Converse All Stars look, but I’m not such a fan of how much they cost, so I bought some look-alikes. During a recent visit home, … Continue reading

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Allisence: Designing My Dream Classroom

From Anna over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. There’s a story that during the Vietnam War, a certain prisoner survived the torture of being in a cell all alone for years by planning, in incredible detail, a … Continue reading

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