A recent poll by Public Agenda found that 77% of teachers, more than 3 out of 4, consider discipline to be the biggest obstacle to effective teaching. These discipline problems are a major cause of teacher burnout and teacher walk out. In this lively, interactive session you will learn strategies to help eliminate most low-level discipline problems, reduce teacher stress, and promote academic excellence. It is no surprise that today’s students come to our classrooms with more challenges than ever before. Therefore, it is also not alarming that today’s teachers spends more time dealing with discipline than focusing on teaching. Ultimately who loses? Well, using my research-based strategies everybody wins, resulting in empowerment and reduced stress, decreased number of disruptions in the classroom, increased student achievement, greater parental buy-in and support. Do you want to successfully manage your classroom? Are you prepared to succeed with students, parents, and administration? Attend this session and walk away with the tools to keep both you and your students motivated to learn. Behavior can be changed! Teacher Standards: 1A, 1B, 1D, 2A, 2C, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D. Domains 1, 2, 3