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Creating Engaging Learning Environments

Who Are Our Students?	Building a Rapport With Students	Motivating Learners	Managing the Classroom Environment
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Managing the Classroom Environment

Although online education is making its presence felt at Algonquin College, the majority of us still spend most of our teaching time in face-to-face environments with our students. Our classroom management techniques will influence the learning environment for both our students and ourselves. These links may provide useful tips and tools for resolving conflicts within the classroom.

Classroom Management Style Inventory
Strategies for Dealing With Difficult Students
Resolving Conflicts with Students and Peers

Classroom Management Style Inventory

http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/v1i2/what.html
Determining Your Classroom Management Style: Written for elementary school teachers, but the "styles" are applicable to college professors as well. Good stimulus for reflection on one's classroom management style: authoritative, authoritarian, laissez-faire, or indifferent.
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Strategies for Dealing with Difficult Students

Guidelines for Handling Disruptive Behaviour
in Teaching-Learning Environments (pdf)
Algonquin College has its own guidelines for handling disruptive behaviour. This is a comprehensive document and a "must-have" reference for Algonquin faculty.

Other Tips for Handling Difficult Students

http://www.4faculty.org/includes/108r2.jsp
This article from 4Faculty by Lisa Rodriguez contains a great chart with 15 typical problem behaviours one finds in college classrooms, as well as good suggestions for managing them.

http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/behavior.htm
Another excellent set of tips for managing difficult behaviours in the classroom, this one from the University Honolulu Community College.

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Resolving Conflicts with Students and Peers

Our Ombudsperson

Our Ombudsperson is a great resource for both students and faculty who are in conflict situations at Algonquin College. Find out more about the Ombudsperson Office.

External Links

http://www.4faculty.org/includes/digdeeper/Lesson3/managingconflict.htm
An excellent article by Mary Weimann; her "conflict capsules" are very easy to relate to, and her suggestions make good sense.