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BOOOSH! We’re at #1 on Amazon already!

29th February 2016
/ Noisy Class

I posted a message yesterday telling you that the latest edition of Take Control of the Noisy Class has been released this morning through Crown House Publishing. Amazingly, it has ALREADY reached

8 Novel Ways to Create A Positive Classroom Environment

7th January 2016
/ General
/ 14 COMMENTS

When we think of classroom management we tend to concentrate on the negative aspects of student behaviour – on finding more and more ways to deal with time-consuming and frustrating inappropriate behaviours

HOW to engage your students

6th January 2016
/ Motivating students

As promised, here is the second video in this series in which I'll explain a very simple, easy-to-apply method to ensure your students REALLY ENJOY your lessons and come to class READY & EAGER

2 reasons why you MUST ENGAGE your students

5th January 2016
/ Lesson Improvement
/ 55 COMMENTS

In the following video I explain two very good reasons why you should make sure your students are ENGAGED in lessons.The video explains WHY you need to engage your students;. In my next video in this

Five Ways to Discover Student Interests

Making Time to Build Relationships With Students

Stepping Stones to Positive Relationships (Part 6)

Stepping Stones to Positive Relationships (part 5)

9th May 2015
/ Student/teacher relationships

Stepping Stones to Positive Relationships (Part 4)

Stepping Stones to Positive Relationships (Part 3)

Stepping Stones to Positive Relationships (Part 2)

Stepping Stones to Positive Relationships (Part1)

Hi,Welcome to this series of tips and strategies for building and maintaining relationships with your students.Positive student-teacher relationships are, without doubt, one of the most effective

Making Praise More Effective Part 1 – Mistakes Made When Using Praise

3rd April 2014
/ Praise
/ 15 COMMENTS

If you want to use praise to reach your most troubled and troublesome students you need to be aware of a few factors which can make it less effective as a classroom management strategy and as a way of

Why Is Praise So Powerful?

1st April 2014
/ Praise
/ 24 COMMENTS

Here is a quick video which explains why praise is one of your most powerful classroom management strategies. This video was filmed in 2010 but the strategies are evergreen. If you enjoy it and would

Something simple that quickly changes behaviour

17th October 2013
/ Classroom Management Videos
/ 4 COMMENTS

Post by Just Fun.

About Rob Plevin..

As a new teacher in a comprehensive school, I really struggled to maintain control in the classroom before finally discovering how certain key strategies would lead to an immediate improvement in the way challenging students responded to me. Using these principles as a foundation I went on to develop a complete system for preventing and dealing with behaviour problems and improving student motivation in the classroom.

The ideas are easy to implement and work FAST. I've spent the last 10 years teaching these techniques and concepts to literally THOUSANDS of teachers and lecturers in schools and colleges all over the world and their comments on this site should convince you that this system works.