Finally, a video that's NOT about elementary level only. The struggle is real for middle school teachers. If you're not a bit of a hardass in junior high, they'll eat you alive.

Words can not express how amazing this is. Still relevant in 2018.

I use Vanilla Ice for my classroom management. When I say "Stop," the kids say, "Collaborate and listen!" They stop whatever they're doing and give their attention to me. It's always fun when they finally figure out where I got it.

We can't controll our bladder but I get if your giving instructions

Girl I really enjoyed this video. Your teaching style is so much like mine. Yes, I am going to steal this, just so you know. Students will be watching it tomorrow and I will repeat it at Open House, so that EVERYONE is on the same page. Love love love your behavior management system. I've been teaching 6th grade ELA for over 15 years and i have to give you props, you've got it together.

Something my teachers used to/still do is when the teacher or a student is about to speak is they say "Orient to me." That expectation means that your whole body is facing them,.It personally benefits me as a student because orient is kind of an expensive (or high quality) word.

I'm not a teacher, but coming from a student in the 11th grade, we had a teacher right after lunch who said that if we needed to go after lunch we can, main reason was that when your process your food it takes time, and that time comes right after the bell rings unfortunately. We also had a teacher that said that going to the restroom when we first come in, in the morning, was also fine because most of us have 2, 3 hours of travelling, and even if you go at your house, it will come again. But other than that, can't see why you can't wait for 40 minutes.

Behavior is voluntary and so is defiance. Teachers, in too many kid’s minds are background noise and all too often they aren’t interested in thinking things through since lockdown. All the best to you. Save them if you can.

Second year middle school history teacher..... you have helped me so much!!! Watch every night now!

Your tactic is straight gangster 😊

“Pay attention with ya face” LOVE THIS

Working with Middle School teachers and your expectations are great. Will be sharing your video with them in staff development.

Girl!!!!! I am loving how you teach the students and care at the same time. The way you let them know using words that they can understand and also being a tad sarcastic for them to know the expectations of the classroom! It helps me a lot because I am thinking of switching from elementary to middle school. From your video, I am feeling WAY better about switching up. I want to make relationships with my kids sort of the way you have. Being firm but also letting them know how to better manage their behaviors and teaching ‘em them how to be life long learners of themselves and academics.

I'm not a teacher, but I love the "We don't borrow each other's stuff." rule. I graduated high school almost 2 years ago, but while in school, I did let someone borrow my pencil, and they chewed on it, and pulled it apart. It was a Mechanical Pencil. I never used #2 pencils unless I absolutely had to. I never let anyone borrow after that. I told them my pencil is the only one I have, even if I did have more than one pencil.

Thank you. I’m a homeschool mama to my three sons. Two in middle school. I always have to remind them that they wouldn’t be able to do these things in public school (the tend to act like there would be more freedom in public school) Thank you for this video. Actually going to share this video in class with them.

I taught for 7 years in middle school. Your behavior expectations are almost exactly the same as mine. My students have to sign out and back in though, in case of an emergency. I moved to elementary school this year, and I am definitely going back to secondary next year. I miss this age group!

I loooove your expectations and I love the fact that you have memes!! I’m completely implementing them! You rock !

You are my "Teacher of the Year" I am thankful to listen to your awesome video!

Thank you so much for making this view and giving examples, this has helped with my year 7 students so much!

Incredibly thankful for this in depth video!

This is so helpful. You are both nice and disciplined at the same time. Sort of making your rules clear with some humor. Thank you for sharing!

I'm interning this year and I've touched on my behavior expectations with my students. I think a PowerPoint presentation is a great visual and since my projector was finally installed I can give a more detailed run through. Love your videos. I'm glad I found your channel.

THANK YOU for posting this! I’ve seen it before but now that I am full time in middle school I needed to see this again! I struggle with behavior issues so anything else you can share would be appreciated!

I appreciate that you are very clear with your expectations! Thanks for the video.

this was great! thank you for sharing.. really like the meme ideas and the behavior reflection sheet!

This was so helpful to me as I refine my expectations for my middle school English class. Thank you for always sharing such valuable content.

OMG! As if I was listening to myself :D It is so reassuring! Being responsible for all the students and their education can't be done otherwise. I mean I can't do it otherwise. And watching this video (and other videos of yours) has encouraged me. Thank you so much!

LOVE everything about what you said! Thanks for sharing. :)

Omg a video for secondary teachers! I teach the same grades this year and I’m nervous. Thank you for this information, I need the giraffe meme! I love your videos, please don’t stop creating content for us! Thank you so much!

Yes! Finally a video from a Middle School teacher! Awesome tips.

I absolutely loved this video! I start student teaching this coming spring semester in a high school math classroom. Your videos have been a great help to me as I prepare for the classroom. Thank you!

This is gold. Thank you from a new middle school teacher!!!

I really love your videos! I will be teaching at a bilingual middle school in Shanghai in September. This is my first time working at a middle school, and I'm watching all of your teaching videos to prepare! Thank you so much for this content.

love that!! so many great ideas! thanks for sharing

Great tips, thank you! Love the Behavior Reflection sheet. I'm going into year 11 of teaching- set your expectations HIGH with behaviors and with grading! Then you can relax a little after the first quarter. It's much harder to go backwards and try to set expectations later on.

This is fabulous. I am a first year teacher and this info is GOLD. Thank you truly for sharing

So much good info. Thank you so much! I'm going into my 3rd year of teaching 7th graders and I just discovered your channel. Got my notepad and pen out taking down ideas from your videos!!! :)

I am totally going to copy you on so many of these things. :) "Pay attention with ya face!" LOVE THIS!! I also LOVE the behavior reflection sheet. PERFECT! You may have only been teaching for 4 years but you are awesome.

I watch these videos with the child themselves and it doesn't help with my anxiety about starting middle school in 12 days but watching her really relaxes and reassures me!❤❤

Thank you so much for this video! I teach PreK-8th grade ART but only have training with the younger students. I love your specific examples and scenarios you share. I can relate to it all. Even though we are midway through the school year, I will certainly implement these ideas beginning with my 8th graders. Looking forward to trying it out!

This is super helpful! I'm going to be a first-year middle school teacher next school year and this has given me a lot of ideas and tips!

Thank you for sharing. I appreciate this.

Thanks. Even though I am a substitute teacher this is so helpful because I find middle school to be harder than high school and elementary and I often get the same classroom and they already know me so I’m going to have to start setting my expectations 😉 ..good video 👍🏼

Very helpful! Thank you for making this. I can't wait to watch more of your videos. :)

Oh my goodness the clapping stuff! I'm so with you! I can't do it either! That question about what are we doing today.... 😬😬😬

Super helpful Megan. Thanks so much. Creative, firm... You are so right and no one would tell me this. Your videos are making me feel why was I sending thank you notes to all principals that have interviewed me... I answered all their questions, plus shared all awesome ideas of mine; they wrote and nodded a lot, sometimes said: yes, very good.... but when did anyone volunteered this is a good way to set up behavior expectations... etc... And when i heard you say no colleague will be there sharing his/her findings from years past.. oh.. so nervous. Megan... I was a long term substitute of French and Spanish. Have degrees... etc and used to teach at the university.... During the last two years all I did was working as a substitute teacher (I traveled, had surgery, had an accident, a death in the family,, choose other things.... but more or less). HUGE QUESTIONS... I go to interviews saying... or rather, replying to the Principal's questions: What percentage of your class you feel you should be using the target language? I happen to know that realistically or not I should answer 100%. Awesome. I also know on the first days you set the tone for class. I also know from my experience covering for other teachers and for the long assignment that YOUR RULES, ARE A MUST.... I know you will start on a Wednesday and just for 25 minutes but you showed us your syllabus in a visually attractive landscape formatted page for day one, the scavenger syllabus questions for day two... if they brought it signed by parents, you raffle a notebook on each period. Then behavior expectations start... DO YOU DO THAT ON DAY ONE TOO OR STARTING THE FOLLOWING MONDAY? How do I get not to break the 100% target language usage and setting expectations on the first week to minimize disturbances and maximize learning????? please suggest an answer. Merci beaucoup M

We will respect you when you respect us. Let us go to the bathroom whenever, we cant control what times we have to go. Some ppl listen better looking into space, ik I do and whenever a teacher says to listen with ur face it get me annoyed and I cant listen even more.

I can't "like" this video enough! You have so many good ideas :)

This was very useful! I have been interviewing to teach middle school, but had my student teaching in a 1st grade class. I am going to use these! Thanks for making this video.

I use callbacks (current fave is yakkety yak...don't talk back), but I'm definitely incorporating the listen with your face. I love it!

I love your ideas!

I really love your videos, I am still a student teacher so really enjoy seeing how other people teach :)

You are literally my teaching twin!! I have the EXACT same ideas about rules! Love the meme idea!

thank you soooo much for making this video! I'm a newbie in the field and this HELPED a LOT! Thanks!

This was like hearing myself teach. Your rules are exactly the same as mine almost word for word! I teach in a primary school in England (3 - 11) and the rules work equally well. We have a saying 'Don't smile til Christmas' so I was interested in ' Don't smile until Thanksgiving'. I know all your students will like you simply because you are clearly there to teach! x

These are great tips. Thanks for sharing them.

This is what I am looking for! My personality fits with your style. I will borrow it. I gonna present this to my class. Thank you for this video.

Thank you for sharing this video!

I thought this was great and extremely helpful! Love your channel!

Really glad you shared this!

My high school was a very laid back charter school (loved it!) that gave students a lot of independent freedom, but through out my senior year I recognized that because some of our teachers allowed us to speak without raising hands or filtering our thoughts, the more quiet and sensitive students were often left out of important class discussions. After watching your video, I understand why there should be certain rules in place: a child's education is the top priority, and someone should never have the right to disrupt someone else's learning. I taught a sign language class for my senior research product and tried my best to implement some of these rules to seventh-twelfth graders! I'm going for my associates in education this fall and hope to start substituting as well. I can't wait to become a teacher and use your #iteachtoo tag! I love watching your videos, and I aspire to be the kind of teacher who understands the importance of a quality education for all. - Hannah

I absolutely love your videos! I am an elementary education major, and your videos make me so excited to start teaching! :)

Loved this! That giraffe cracked me up!😻😂💕💖

Love this! Sooo helpful!

Yes!! Love it!!! The meme's are good!!

Best video I have found over Jr. High behaviors!!!!

I just adore your sense of humor! You have to be relatable to middle schoolers and you truly are!!!! I may use the giraffe meme with my husband and kids!!!😂😂😂😂

Thanks so much for the ideas! I'm teaching 6th grade this year for the first time, so I love the idea of incorporating the memes with the classroom expectations.

Love this!

Love your style.

with yo faceeeee!!! haha I love this. Using memes for behavior expectation is great.

I love this! I'm just finishing my CA teaching credential this semester and I'm always looking for creative ways of explaining class rules. When I start my teaching job in August I'll definitely try the meme idea! :)

Thank you very much!! I’m entering the teaching field next fall in Middle Grades English Language Arts. I’m going to use your wisdom

Perfect!!! Sooo finally a real teacher!!!

Wow really clever with the behaviour reflection sheet! (especially if the parents are involved and its in the student's handwriting!)

I respect your classroom management style.

I like how you are to the point with the kiddos. They need clear cut instructions to follow or they are squirely. BTW, I love your background!

Excellent. You remind me of my teaching years and management style.

Thanks for sharing this I need to see this and I will definitely implement this in my future classroom.

I'm a substitute teacher for middle and high school. There are a lot of good, helpful ideas here, thank you. I'm considering teaching 8th grade English (a position just opened up at the school where my cousin teaches), but I sometimes get exhausted with just subbing. Seeing videos like yours give me some positivity and solidity for how I could regulate my classes, simplify my processes so we can learn more. Thank you!

hi! okay so i have like 10 of your videos in my "watch later" playlist. i'm an english teacher (in france) and your videos are so so so interesting. also i love your energy :) thank you for inspiring me to be an even better teacher!!! all the best :) x

I like that you clearly state your expectations. You mean what you say, and the students had better follow.

And hands and feet to yourself is very relevant in pandemic 2020! Thank you for your clear management strategies! from a returning teacher to middle school 😄 Melodie

Love your videos! I finish my teaching degree next year and would like to teach middle school Science. You share great advice and useful tips. THANKS!

You must have so much patience and ability to communicate to pre-teens. They can be so difficult! Kudos to you :)

This video was amazing! So much useful information. I'm starting my undergrad in English to go on to Grad school for my masters in Education, and I'm trying to find out as much as possible. I'm so glad I found your channel!

REALLY looking forward to that classroom tour, since I wasn't sure how to decorate my 7th grade room this year!

This video is really helpful! Thank you!

I realize this is a really old video but I just found it and wanted you to know how helpful it still is! I taught 4th grade last year in an elementary school and I am teaching 5th grade this year in a middle school. I was wondering how to present expectations and this is perfect! Thanks!

Oh I love it! I'm also super strict at the beginning of year... seems to help the end go so much smoother... I love your slideshow. I may have to do some posters for my room this next year.... one rule I have cause in 5th pencils disappear over night.... I keep 2 boxes of pencils and only give out one for those who "forgot" there's on Monday. You better hope you keep up with it or another teacher gives you one cause we don't borrow from each other either!!!

I just made a really great presentation with our class rules with help from this, I'm sure with my funny pictures they will definitely remember it! Thank you.

So clear and very helpful thank you

Thanks for this... I'm just learning the importance having this known to them in the being of my day as a substitute

I just did a long-term sub and I got the job🎉. This video is life and encompasses everything I encountered. I can't wait to implement all of these rules❤.

this was so helpful! I can't do the "don't smile till Thanksgiving" method either!

great video! lots of great ideas

Thank you for this! Really struggling as a first year teacher but found your tips really interesting and can’t wait to try them! I teach History for 6th and 8th grade too! ☺️

Watching this in 2021 and it is brilliant!

I couldn't agree with you more on this! I'm an elementary school teacher, and I feel like this can be implemented in any classroom for any grade. These behavior issues and bad habits are starting to be seen more and more at a younger age now too, and they need to understand that they are in school to learn and not just socialize or play around.

This is great!!! I am the same type of teacher. The kids love that I can be fun but they understand that I have rules. I wish I could observe your class!!!