Classroom Management Collective
Empower teachers to tackle classroom management challenges through collaboration, reflection, and co-creating effective practices.
About the course
This hands-on course empowers teachers to tackle real classroom management challenges through collaboration and reflection. Participants share scenarios, analyze video cases, apply weekly strategies, and engage in peer dialogue, co-creating a dynamic resource bank of effective practices tailored to diverse learning environments.
How it works
You will join a group of 2 to 5 colleagues, and as a group, you will meet 4 times, either in person or online, at a time you all agree on.
Join a circle
Organize your study group with colleagues during the match period.
Agree on a schedule
Decide the most convenient time for your sessions, online or in person.
Join and collaborate
When the session arrives, connect with your colleagues and complete the activities together.
What's included
Requirements
- Current teaching position or educational role
- Basic computer literacy and reliable internet access
- Willingness to engage in interactive group learning
- Openness to implementing new strategies in classroom practice
Course syllabus
Session 1: Identifying Core Challenges in Classroom Management
- • Reflect on and articulate personal classroom management challenges
- • Recognize common patterns and root causes of disruptive behaviors
- • Set a focus area for testing a new classroom management strategy
Session 2: Analyzing Practice and Strategy Selection
- • Observe and analyze classroom videos or scenarios using a structured lens
- • Provide and receive constructive feedback on observed strategies
- • Select and plan the implementation of a new management technique
Session 3: Strategy Implementation and Peer Coaching
- • Share results and reflections from applying a new strategy in your own classroom
- • Participate in peer coaching to refine approaches and address persistent issues
- • Contribute insights to a collective resource bank of tested strategies
Session 4: Building a Sustainable Management Toolkit
- • Review and synthesize strategies that have proven effective during the course
- • Develop a personal classroom management action plan
- • Finalize and organize the group’s shared resource bank for future use
Meet the instructor
Emily Dills
Emily Dills is an experienced educator, EQ coach, and founder dedicated to transforming how adults engage with kids. With almost 20 years in education, she brings a unique Dual-Generation EQ Model that equips caregivers, educators, and youth workers with practical emotional intelligence tools to better support children’s development. Emily’s work blends research-backed strategies with real-life experience to create confident, emotionally healthy adults who can help kids thrive.
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