The student-teacher ratio usually extends up to around 50 students per teacher in most of the schools. Having thus a cooperative and attentive class becomes the most challenging aspect of the teaching. Most teachers adopt strictness as the basis to enforce discipline in the class, leaving the responsibility of grasping knowledge on the respective comprehension of every child’s learning pace. Every class has a range of kids starting from the most studious and ending on the trouble makers.

Here, however, we are sharing with you some research-based classroom management strategies that will help you empower students and probably will help you in bringing the best out of them. These strategies will help you to incorporate a self-willing environment of learning, not based on the enforcement of strictness.

1.      Keep your eyes open to any observation and notice the changes in the behavior of your student. It sends a powerful signal to them when you acknowledge their good, energetic, and positive mood. It shows that you care for them. “Wow, Raj! I like the way you are acting today. Did something happen that brought you in this optimistic mood about this project?” Or maybe a student is being very happy in his or her group. Acknowledge it, ask them about it. Have them share the little developments of their life with you.

2.      Do on-the-spot corrections when you see anything not going the right way. However, just keep it brief and non-explanatory without any drama, giving them a hint of how they ought to behave in the moment or what they ought to be doing right now. For example, “Brinda, what should you be doing right now? Well, good. So let’s see that happening.”

3.      Leave heartfelt notes of praise on the desk of the students acknowledging their improved contribution and efforts in making a healthy environment of learning in the class. Sending some positive notes of encouragement privately to their homes also motivates in them a habit of improvement.

4.      Give private reminders to the students of how they can improve themselves or what they should be doing for their betterment. Keep such reminders short and emotional so they may not feel that they are getting manipulated to behave in a certain way in class.

5.      Greet the students by their names and use positive remarks and adjectives in your statements. It encourages positivity and health improvements in their behavior. For example, “Hi Rosa, good afternoon! How is my brilliant student doing today?”

6.      Use a “When-then” situation with your students which will also enable them to act more responsibly. It gives them a choice in a situation where they are feeling too impulsive or angry or frustrated with anything. “When you’ll lower your voice, then we’ll discuss this situation and solve it.” Or like, “When you’ll stop crying, then we’ll find a way to deal with this.”

These strategies will help you focus on each and every student, making them feel that you care about them and are only suggesting them the things for their betterment. Moreover, they would like to stay in your good-student list when they’ll know that you notice the good things they are doing. This will help your overall classroom experience, making it a healthy and positive place of learning and growth.