Classroom Reset: Improving Class Culture Through Collaborative Conversations With Students

A trusted guide to re-envisioning classroom culture with students

It is never too late to get your classroom back on course. Authors Maureen Chapman and James Simons provide educators with a manageable manual that puts teachers and students back on the same team. Explore practical self-assessments, reset scripts, and other planning tools to turn conflict and anxiety into student agency—and co-construct the joyful class culture of your dreams.

K–12 teachers can use this book to:

• Reflect on their current class culture and set a goal
• Explore practical strategies for addressing specific behavioral challenges
• Prepare for collaborative problem-solving conversations with a student or group of students
• Transform classroom culture by implementing the Classroom Reset protocol through full-class and individual student conversations
• Develop concrete plans to maintain the reset
• Enhance students’ ownership of the classroom culture
• Cultivate growth mindsets in the classroom, promoting resilience and adaptability

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Reflect and Set Goals
Chapter 2: Strategize
Chapter 3: The Reset Conversation
Chapter 4: Maintenance Manual
Chapter 5: The One-on-One Reset
Chapter 6: Circle Back
Epilogue
References and Resources
Index