Cracking the Hard Class: Strategies for Managing the Harder than Average Class

At some point in every teacher′s career they will encounter the `hard class′ and from day one the countdown to the end of the day, term and year is on in earnest. But as demanding as it may be, a difficult class does not have to dominate and permeate through all waking moments. Bill Rogers, in Cracking the Hard Class, highlights many practical strategies that can be implemented to overcome the hard class syndrome. These include: identifying what makes a class `hard′; developing a class behaviour plan; developing colleague support; following up on disruptive students; changing patterns of bad behaviour; assisting relief teachers and the hard class. As well as constructive ideas and strategies, Cr