CHAMPS Classroom Management

Are you looking for a new classroom management system for the new school year?  Try CHAMPS!

CHAMPS stands for:

• Conversation: the voice level at which students should be at
• Help: how the students should ask for help
• Activity: what the students are working on/what they should be doing
• Participation: how the students can participate
• Movement: where students should be, or where they can move
• Signal: how the students will respond to the teacher/attention grabber

CHAMPS can be changed for each subject, class period, activity, etc.

According to Mark Logan of DirectEd Educational Services, "The goal of CHAMPS is to create a learning environment where students are responsible, motivated and focused on a task."

CHAMPS expectations should be clearly posted in the classroom so that students know what to do. This will help with your visual students. For students who are not following CHAMPS, you can quickly reference the display to remind them of the expectations.

If you are looking for a CHAMPS display, check out our CHAMPS product on Teachers Pay Teachers.

I will say that following CHAMPS is time consuming. You will have to take out time throughout the day to go over the CHAMPS expectations. However, being upfront about the expectations for each activity could prevent disruptive behavior.  Once students know the routine, less time will be needed for CHAMPS.