I have found classroom management a very complex topic to learn about, let alone write about, so I have divided it up under four major headings:

1. Classroom Management – Creating a Learning Environment which Works
2. Behaviour Management – Strategies for Dealing with Student Misbehaviour
3. Complex Behaviour Situations – Dealing with Aggressive/Violent/At-Risk Children/the “Class from Hell”
4. Advice for Graduate Relief Teachers

I have learnt some valuable lessons in all three major areas of classroom management, and have had some major successes with managing more complex behaviour situations. By sharing my experiences here, I hope that some of my readers will be able to better prepare themselves for their first years of teaching.