Secondary School Classroom Agreements

You MUST invest the time at the beginning of the year for connection, relationship building, and routines as these build the foundation of a successful classroom.  Developing inclusive classroom agreements is actually an investment that gains you time over the long run of the year because you and your students are then “in it together” as a community of learners, which minimizes time lost on classroom management and discipline issues.

Why is “how you present it” so important at the secondary level?

How do you imagine you might ease your students into the process in the first weeks of school?

What icebreakers or other activities have you found build trust in your context?

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READ: Joy Marchese's "11 Ways of working on Agreements in a Kind and Firm Way"