Many teachers find it difficult to maintain discipline and decorum in their classrooms. Additionally most teachers scream and shout to try to bring peace within the classrooms but on most occasions fail to do so. Children in a classroom come from all strata of society with different backgrounds and distinct problems. Dealing with such students needs patience and caring and here are a few classroom management strategies that will help teachers cope with disciplining their class.

The first aspect that teachers need to pay attention is to keep the momentum in the class. Breaking up the entire session in to smaller sessions will keep the monotony out of the whole session. Include at least one session that needs students to get out of their seats and undertake a physical activity. This will keep them attentive and at the same time let them release any pent up energy they may have.

Verbal teaching will bore the students making them inattentive and disruptive to the class. Mix the session with some hands-on activities to remove the monotony from a lecture. This will keep the students occupied and at the same time let them learn the concepts through the practical work.

Talking to the students outside the classrooms makes them feel good. Teachers should make it a practice to acknowledge the presence of students in the hall, stores or in the cafeteria. Appreciate the good efforts of a student and thank him/her for a show of kindness. This makes the students feel that they are cared for and will respect their teachers and hence will not wish to disrupt the class by any mischief.

If the students are talking, poking or pulling at things, the teachers should walk up to them. Most of the times this is an effective classroom management strategy as the students will stop the disturbing activity and become more attentive to the teachers.

After adopting all of the above, if a student continues to disturb the class, take him/her out and ask if he/she is alright. Most of the times the student will be forthcoming with his/her problem and this will help them cope with the situation. If the student is still disruptive, march him/her to the principal.