Episode 28: How To Improve School-wide Classroom Management

One of my least favorite subjects to discuss is student discipline.

One of my most favorite subjects to discuss is classroom management.

Most school leaders know that there is a BIG difference between student discipline and classroom management.

You may be super happy with the level of school-wide classroom management at your private school. Maybe it has some room for improvement. Maybe you want to scrap what you have and try something new.

On today’s episode of The Private School Leader Podcast, I am going to share with you a plan for school-wide classroom management that I have been using for over 20 years, in two different schools, with two very different student demographics, and this plan has been pretty successful. I hope that you will listen to this episode. More importantly, I hope that this content will help you as you serve and lead your school.

I just want to take a moment and say “thank you” for listening to the podcast. In just over six months, the podcast has almost 20,000 downloads from school leaders in 39 countries. You are making a difference in your school and your passion and hard work inspires me to keep making new episodes every week. Thank you!

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Thanks for making a difference!

Mark Minkus

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