• Classroom Management

    Classroom Management: How to Manage Middle Schoolers

    My Experience I remember setting foot in my very own classroom for the first time. I was so excited to have a classroom to call my own, to teach by myself, to get to know my students and to help them grow as learners, as mathematicians, as writers, and as digital citizens. But, my first year of teaching was rough (I was teaching, coaching water polo, and getting my Master’s degree) and I remember crying a handful of times. I am a perfectionist, OCD, Type A personality and felt like all the other teachers on my team had better classroom management than I did. In reality, I was just being…