Classroom Management Professional Development Study Set

Ventures Educators’ Classroom Challenge™ Classroom Management study set is developed for both new and experienced teachers. The material addresses the key issues and challenges facing teachers in today's classrooms and offers practical advice and instructional strategies that immediately improve classroom management.

Whether used for individual study or with a group, the Ventures Educators’ Classroom Challenge™ program provides in-depth agendas, exercises, reflective questions, readings, and external information resources to make learning engaging and meaningful.

The Ventures Educators’ Classroom Challenge™ Classroom Management program provides a rich and rewarding professional development opportunity for either individual teachers, or a group of educators working together. As they engage in the various activities, participants will use a variety of interactive strategies; these strategies are very simple but highly structured. These same strategies can be used with students in the classroom to develop their communication and higher-order thinking skills.

Self or Group Guided Agenda
Agenda/Week 1: Climate and Culture
Agenda/Week 2: Establishing Standards, Rules and Procedures
Agenda/Week 3: Physical Environment
Agenda/Week 4: Teaching Standards, Rules and Procedures
Agenda/Week 5: Time Management and Planning
Agenda/Week 6: Enhancing Students’ Motivation to Learn
Agenda/Week 7: Establishing Relationships with Parents
Agenda/Week 8: Student Behavior

Book #1: Comprehensive Classroom Management: Creating Communities of Support and Solving Problems, Seventh Edition; by Vern Jones and Louise Jones; published by Allyn and Bacon

Book #2: Winning Strategies for Classroom Management; by Carol Cummings; published by ASCD

Book #3: The Key Elements of Classroom Management Managing Time, Space, Student Behavior
and Instruction; by Joyce McLeod, Jan Fisher, and Ginny Hoover; published by ASCD

Book #4 and #5: Constructive Communication and Structured Thinking in the Classroom with Graphic Templates for Structured Thinking Skills, Vol. 1 (2 book set); published by VESC

Book/Guide #6: Ventures Educators’ Classroom Challenge™ 8-12- Week Self- or Group- Guided Toolkit with Agendas, Exercises, and Classroom Instructional Materials; published by VESC

Book/Guide #7: Ventures Educators’ Classroom Challenge™ Implementation Strategies for Constructive Communication and Structured Thinking; published by VESC