Classroom Management Collective

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Instructor: Emily Dills
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.

Course information

For teachers
Duration: 12 hours
4 sessions
Live peer-to-peer learning

The methodology

Teachers will learn in small groups of 2-5 colleagues, meeting once a week for 4 weeks. Sessions are 1.5 hours and can be in-person or online.

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

Instructor

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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.

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.

1

Join a circle

Organize your study group with colleagues. You'll have 3 days to "match," from January 2 to January 5.

2

Agree on a schedule

Decide the most convenient time for your sessions, online or in person.

3

Join and collaborate

When the session arrives, connect with your colleagues and complete the activities together.

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