Teaching children: Classroom management

This section contains everything you need to know about setting up your classroom, managing your class, and getting through the first day.

In this subsection

Mixed-ability classes

Alex Case addresses the difficulties faced by teachers whose students have very different levels of English.
Managing children positively

Carol Read offers some key pointers for teaching young learners.

Classroom management: Behaviour management

An article aiming to show you some ways to predict, understand, reduce and react to bad behaviour in the class.
Classroom management: classroom layout

Suggestions for different classroom layouts, and the advantages and disadvantages of using each.
Classroom management: the first day

An article outlining the potenitial pitfalls which can occur on the first day, and practical activities to use in class on the first day.
Classroom management: teaching large classes

An article including tips and suggestions for teaching (very) large classes.