Why it is that good classroom management is often invisible?

How can we understand and utilize these invisible skills with our students?

Conscious Classroom Management is a lively, fun, and interactive workshop that addresses these questions, giving Primary and Secondary School teachers practical solutions for successfully managing their classrooms. In this fast paced, laughter-filled seminar, you will learn and explore:

1.     How to make invisible management skills visible

2.     How to “hold your ground” in ways that invite student cooperation

3.     Many specific management strategies you can use right away

4.     Practical approaches for motivating your reluctant learners

5.     Key ties between “student friendly” lessons and easy classroom management

6.     A variety of "nuts and bolts" that are vital for classroom survival

7.     Strategies that result in reduced anxiety and a fresher, more positive approach to teaching

Rick Smith is an international education consultant and national presenter. He has shared practical teaching strategies with tens of thousands of teachers and teacher-trainers worldwide, including two years training American Peace Corps Volunteer Teachers in Ghana, West Africa. Rick was a classroom teacher for over fourteen years, focusing primarily on students-at-risk. He's been a mentor/support provider and mentor coordinator for many years, and has taught in both Elementary and Secondary Credential programs in northern California.

Rick has conducted hundreds of workshops on effective classroom management and instructional strategies, in addition to delivering dozens of keynote speeches nationally that are consistently praised for both their motivational and practical value.
His feature article "Mentoring New Teachers: Strategies, Structures, and Successes," appeared in Teacher Education Quarterly.  His bestselling book in Conscious Classroom Management: Unlocking the Secrets of Great Teaching is currently being used by the majority of the new teachers in the ten largest school districts in America.  It is rapidly becoming the number one book in the country for classroom management and student motivation.