The Classroom Behavior Manual: How to Build Relationships with Students, Share Control, and Teach Positive Behaviors

Empower Your Teaching with “The Classroom Behavior Manual”: A Guiding Light for Positive Student Behavior

A Shift in Focus: While positive student behaviors are undoubtedly desirable outcomes, this manual takes a fresh perspective by concentrating on inputs. It navigates the complex terrain of how to effectively respond to challenging behavior in the moment, acknowledging that punitive, compliance-based approaches often fall short. Instead, it sets its sights on a more proactive question: How can we prevent disruptive behavior from emerging in the first place? It’s a journey toward fostering a culture of behavioral leadership, where teachers strategically model and affirm the behaviors they aspire to see in their students.

Drawing from Expertise: Scott Ervin, a seasoned behavior expert with over two decades of experience, is your trusted guide in this transformative journey. He shares a wealth of effective procedures and strategies honed through years of practice to cultivate positive, prosocial student behavior that aligns with the goals of learning. Within these pages, you’ll discover how to:

• Optimize Your Physical Classroom: Learn how to organize your classroom environment to naturally promote positive classroom management, setting the stage for a conducive learning atmosphere.
• Forge Meaningful Teacher-Student Bonds: Understand the art of building authentic teacher-student relationships that inspire trust, respect, and cooperation.
• Empower Student Autonomy: Discover methods to share control with students in a way that nurtures their independence and active engagement in their own learning.

Your Go-To Resource: “The Classroom Behavior Manual” is your compass for navigating the seas of classroom behavior management. With over 100 strategies and a wealth of procedures and tools, this manual is a comprehensive resource you’ll return to time and again. It equips you with the knowledge and skills to respond to challenging behaviors in nonpunitive ways, ensuring that every student’s school day is a tranquil, engaging, and educationally enriching experience.

Transform your classroom into a haven of positive behavior and watch as your students thrive, learn, and flourish with “The Classroom Behavior Manual” as your guiding light.