Inspire

I just finished reading Inspire: The Principles That Transform Student Behavior and Learning by Michael Linsin. Why am I reading a book about classroom management when I’m so close to retirement I can taste it, you ask? To drive away the work stress dreams I’ve been having, of course!

Somehow I ended up on Linsin’s Smart Classroom Management mailing list, and I’m glad I did. Each week I receive an email with a short newsletter on a topic relevant to managing student behavior. This week’s selection was:

How To Deal With Your Students' Sagging Pants 

Linsin’s theories validate all my frustrations about the lack of support for student disrespect at my school. I even shared an article with my principal, to no avail. Nonetheless, the straightforward message and easy to implement strategies prescribed by SCM help me maintain my sanity in the “world gone mad” atmosphere at BUES!

The SCM website includes an extensive library of past articles categorized for easy access:

• Classroom Management Strategies
  • Attentiveness
  • Bullying
  • Calm, Focused, And Happy
  • Classroom Management Plan
  • Difficult Students
  • First Days Of School
  • Handling Parents
  • Incentives & Praise
  • Learning & Independence
  • Online Learning & Covid
  • Procedures & Routines
  • Rapport & Influence
  • Rules & Consequences
  • Teacher Modeling
  • Time-Out

This book is a nice review and summary of all the common sense concepts contained in the SCM philosophy.