Is it too late to change classroom routines that aren't working?

Published 2 months ago • 1 min read

Do you find yourself going through the motions of classroom routines that just aren’t working for you and your students?

Maybe you were hoping things would improve after the holiday break, but you’re not sure how to help the kids reset, and things have just gone downhill even more.

And maybe you’re second-guessing yourself: "It’s too late in the year — it’ll confuse the kids if I change something now. Introducing a new procedure will take too much instructional time, and we have too much curriculum to cover for me to circle back around to procedure reviews.”

I think we ALL can think of routines and instructional practices that we know are inefficient, but we just don’t have the time and energy to figure out a better way.

Here’s an easy approach to undo your classroom management mistakes and start fresh with another procedure.

The truth is, it’s NEVER too late to change something that’s not working.

Not in your classroom, and not in your life.

You don’t have to wait for next year and an entirely new group of kids.

You can — and should — modify your procedures, expectations, and teaching strategies any time they are not effective, at any time during the school year.

This point in the school year is actually an ideal time to experiment, because you already have a rapport with your students.

You can predict how they’ll respond much better than you could with a new class you haven’t met, and they can help you figure out which procedures to keep and which to toss for next year’s classes.

Staying stuck in practices that are inefficient and ineffective is so draining that it’s really not easier than taking steps to create change.

NOW is the perfect time to make changes in your classroom and stop overworking Future You.

The choices you make each day can either keep you in survival mode where you’re just treading water, or they can be helping you get ahead and make progress.

Don’t wait! Future You will be grateful you didn’t.

Angela

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