The quickest and easiest way to Save Time in your classroom

Here is a method any teacher can use to reduce workload and save time by dramatically improving classroom behaviour.

This method transforms student behaviour by making it easier for them to do the right thing. 

It creates 100% consistency. And it reduces stress, confusion and frustration.

There’s no need for the teacher to constantly repeat instructions.

No more shouting, no more cajoling, no more bribing or threatening students any time you want them to do something.

This method practically automates your classroom management.

What is this method? 

Put simply it is the implementation of classroom routines – the most powerful preventive technique a teacher can use.

The reason they are so effective is that they let your students know exactly what they must do in any given situation by giving them a clear, step-by-step process to follow. 

Let me show you what I mean with this simple example. 

Let’s assume the end of a lesson is approaching. The teacher knows exactly what she wants the students to do (get cleared away as quickly as possible) and so she issues the instruction to do so. 

The Question is  Which of these instructions will give her the greatest chance of success?

1. a) “OK The bell is about to ring, everyone. Put everything away and get ready to be dismissed.
2. b) “Okay, the bell will ring in 5 minutes, it’s time to clear away. You know what to do.” 

(The teacher points to the following clearly displayed, and well-practised, routine at the front of the classroom.) 

‘End of Lesson’ Routine 

• Put textbooks on the shelf and exercise books on my desk 
• Put all equipment back where you got it from 
• Put all rubbish in the bin 
• Clear your desk 
• Sit in silence facing the front 
• If it is the last period of the day, stack the chairs by the back wall. 

Hopefully the answer is obvious.

The first set of instructions could have the desired effect with a well behaved, well trained, considerate class – but if you always had that type of class you wouldn’t be here now. 

With most groups the first instruction would result in a chaotic scene with some students continuing to sit and chat, others taking it as a cue for mass hysteria, with perhaps a few actually tidying the room. 

Vague instructions, give vague results.

Vague instructions give lively students an excuse to misbehave as there are simply too many variables and options open to them. 

They haven’t been told exactly what to do so it shouldn’t be a surprise when they don’t do it. 

They will wander, play dumb, mess about, claim they ‘didn’t know what they were supposed to do’ and find something else to do other than tidy the room. 

As a result, what should be a simple job degenerates into the time-consuming and stressful task of dealing with multiple behaviour issues. 

The teacher becomes increasingly frustrated as time ticks by without her students doing what is expected of them. She quickly finds herself repeating instructions, shouting to be heard and having to deal with progressively more problems from students who choose not to follow instructions. 

But with a routine in place, there is no need for all this confusion, stress or wasted time; no need to repeat instructions; no need to check that everyone has understood, and no need to give extra prompts to those who haven’t. 

Everyone knows exactly what to do, and the teacher gets to watch contentedly as they do it. 

But the best thing? Routines like this can be used for almost every transition or behaviour ‘hot spot’ throughout your school day. 

They can be set up for virtually any and every troublesome activity in the classroom. 

Things like: 

• Entering classroom 
• Starting the lesson 
• Distributing materials 
• Clearing away materials 
• Transitioning between activities or tasks 

• What to do when you’ve finished your task 
• What to do when you’re late 
• Group work 
• Pair work
• Watching a video 
• Handing in homework 
• Leaving the classroom to go to the toilet
• And any other troublesome time or activity you can think of. 

How much easier would your teaching day be if you had routines in place for all those tricky times and lesson ‘hot spots’ listed above? How much smoother would the lesson be if your students knew exactly what to do and how to behave in each of those circumstances? 

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