This is Jennifer Gonzalez, welcoming you to episode 240 of the Cult of Pedagogy podcast.

In this episode, we're going to talk about what you can do when your classroom management goes off the rails.

The year started off beautifully.

You had your routines in place, made your expectations clear, and for a while your students were behaving just fine.

You were teaching right along, getting things done, and then it started to crumble.

Little by little, the kids got

noisier and more distracted. The classroom started to get chaotic. You found yourself yelling more,

running out of time for planned activities, and generally feeling completely run down. It can happen

to the best of us. Classroom management deteriorating over time. But don't despair.

By figuring out where the problems are, you can turn things around. My guest today is Claire

English, who runs an incredible platform called The Unteachables, where she hosts a podcast, courses, and a membership

program, all in the service of helping teachers manage their classrooms with confidence and

calm. On top of all that, she published a book this year called It's Never Just About the Behavior,

a holistic approach to classroom behavior management. I have been binging her fantastic

content on Instagram for the last year, and I'm thrilled to be finally sitting down with her for a chat.

In this episode, Claire is going to talk about three reasons why classroom management can fall

apart midway through a school year and what teachers can do to get things

heading back in the right direction. Before we get started, I'd like to thank Alpaca for sponsoring

this episode. Interested in knowing how your teachers are really doing right now, I've always believed

that asking teachers and students for feedback is one of the simplest and most

powerful ways to improve a school's culture. Earlier this year, at South by Southwest EDU, I discovered

something new that really caught my attention. It's called semantic pulse surveying, and it's from

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