About Classroom Management

At a glance

  • There are classroom management approaches that strengthen school connectedness.
  • Explore strategies, tools, and templates that school staff can use to apply these approaches in face-to-face, virtual, or blended learning modes.
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Why it's important

School connectedness

  • School connectedness is the belief held by students that adults and peers in the school care both about their learning and about them as individuals.
  • Students who feel connected at school are less likely to report risky behaviors, such as early sexual initiation, substance use, violence, and suicide.
  • Students who feel connected at school also have more positive academic outcomes.
Keep Reading: School Connectedness Helps Students Thrive

Classroom management

  • Classroom management is a way that teachers and schools can create positive classroom environments in face-to-face or virtual learning modes.
  • Classroom management includes teacher- and student-led actions to support academic and social-emotional learning among all students.
  • Using positive behavior management is one way that teachers and school staff can build school connectedness.

Approaches and skills increase connectedness

Classroom Management Approaches
Learn more about strategies to support these approaches.

CDC researchers reviewed scientific papers on classroom management. The researchers found certain classroom management approaches that foster student connectedness and engagement.

The researchers also examined web-based practice resources and found ways to support helpful classroom management approaches.

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Content Source:
Division of Adolescent and School Health; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion