TEACHER SUPPORT

How to Help Teachers Manage Large Classes

As class sizes balloon and teacher shortages persist, teachers are having to find creative ways to educate students in ever-more constrained settings.

Here are six strategies you can deploy to support teachers in engaging large groups of students.

1. Provide flexible seating that supports grouping.

Enabling teachers to divide the class into rotating groups can help facilitate productive learning, offer opportunities for individualized or small-group learning, and encourage teamwork among students.

2. Offer rewards that teachers can distribute.

Giving teachers tools for classroom management can help them build strong relationships with students, reward positive student behavior, and effectively engage large groups.

3. Have an administrator “on call” to help.

Having an administrator available to help, either with pre-planned activities or on a particularly difficult day, can ease stress and add variety to the daily routine.

4. Identify tasks that students can perform so teachers have more time to focus on teaching.

Increasing student responsibility can help not only with easing the burden on teachers, but also empowering students to be proactive. In addition to the tasks that teachers may already be assigning to students, e.g., distributing supplies, consider allowing students to take on non-confidential administrative duties.

5. Assist with wayfinding.

Provide signage and other tools to control the direction of movement and activity in the classroom. These can help even a crowded space feel calmer.

6. Deploy tech tools.

Using on-demand one-to-one tutoring from Tutor.com in the classroom can help teachers provide differentiated student support—even (especially) with large classes.

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