Classroom management | Season 1 — Episode 8

Expert Strategies for Connecting and Engaging with Students: A Teacher's Perspective

Joining Rob and Chris in this episode is Stoyan Kosteski — a science teacher with a knack for exceptional classroom management. Stoyan shares key moments from his teaching career, his best hacks for setting expectations in the classroom and reflects on why teaching is a rewarding career. Along the way Stoyan, Rob and Chris discuss facing the moment you got it wrong and why failing forward is how you grow as a teacher.

Topics covered

• Stoyan’s Three Unbreakable Rules for Effective Classroom Management™
  • Always show respect for others and listen when they are talking (this goes for both students and teachers)
  • No student is allowed behind the Teacher's desk
  • No one is allowed to move around the classroom without permission
• Always follow through with your expectations and outcomes with students
• Have a conversation with the student if they are acting up – find out why they are acting out
• Students need to feel respected, as well as being seen as people
• The manner and volume in which you speak to the student drives the conversation
• Model the behaviour you expect from the students
• State the facts. Stay on the facts. Repeat the facts.

Christopher Kalodikis and Robert Naumoski have over 20 years of teaching experience. Chris teaches Computing and is the founder of Maximum Education. Rob teaches Mathematics and is the founder of The Coaching College and owner of Ultimate Defence Academy.