Ideas for classrom discipline/motivation?

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Wanna learn more about classroom management and discipline?

How do you feel about classroom management and positive discipline? poll This is for serious teachers only. If you do not have anything constructive to contribute to the topic, please refrain from trolling. Thank you! I have been doing a lot of reading, research, planning, and practice for the last two or three years on how to become a more effective teacher. I have several books on classroom management and using positive discipline that I have been using in my classes and the res…

Teaching BIG Classes + Discipline

Well, I did a demo today and finally got the (teaching) job I wanted… Senior High… Tomorrow I will be going in to sign the contract… Now, I have plenty of experience teaching people from 3yrs old up to 60, but never in such huge classes… I swear that there was at least 30, if not 40 students in that class… and of course, all the admin were at the back watching… that’s nerve wrecking… anyway, my question is this… how do you go about controlling such a big class? While I’m not expecting an…