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CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT 5 Principles of Outstanding Classroom Management Courtesy-busy Teachers.org Effective classroom management requires awareness, patience, good timing, boundaries, and instinct. There’s nothing easy about shepherding a large group of easily distractible young people with different skills and temperaments along a meaningful learning journey. So how do master teachers do it? To get a deeper understanding of experienced teachers’ go-to classroom management strategies, we took an informal poll on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Unsurprisingly, there is no silver bullet for classroom management success. That said, as we pored over the more than 700 responses, we did see some clear trends. Here are the most often cited and creative approaches. 1. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR STUDENTS As the airline safety videos say: Put on your own oxygen mask first. To learn effectively, your students need a healthy you, said our experienced teachers. So get enou