The CHAMPS Acronym

• C Conversation• H Help• A Activity• M Movement• P Participation• S Success

CHAMPS: What it IS….• A guide to the decisions teachers can

make to build and implement a proactive and positive approach to classroom management.

• A process of continuous improvement

• An acronym

• A common language among staff members

CHAMPS: What it is NOT….

• A canned program

• Another “Bandwagon”

• A rigid set of procedures

Four Basic CHAMPS Beliefs

1. Classroom organization has a huge impact on student behavior; therefore, educators should carefully structure their classroom environments in ways that prompt responsible student behavior.

2. Educators should overtly teach students how to enact the habits of mindsets (i.e., be successful) in every classroom situation.

Four Basic CHAMPS Beliefs

3. Educators should focus more time, attention, and energy on acknowledging responsible behavior than on responding to misbehavior.

4. Educators should preplan their responses to misbehavior to ensure that they will respond in a brief, calm, immediate, and consistent manner.

The Classroom Management Plan

What Is A Classroom Management Plan?

A classroom management plan is a teacher created document that captures:•Rules•Procedures •Routines •Expectations•Encouragement Procedures•Correction Procedures For Misbehavior

(Frey, 2011)

CHAMPS Training Days

• Teachers should always develop their classroom management plans based on the level of structure that is necessary for their classrooms.

• When in doubt, they should always start with a high level of structure.

They will complete the “Classroom Management They will complete the “Classroom Management and Discipline Planning Questionnaire to help them and Discipline Planning Questionnaire to help them determine the level of structure necessary determine the level of structure necessary for their

classrooms..