Description

In this episode, Amanda and Jessica discuss some of the most common classroom management challenges faced by instruction librarians and chat about strategies to overcome them. 

Topics Discussed & Takeaways: 

Instruction librarians may not have degrees in education but that doesn’t mean they can’t succeed in classroom management. 

Five areas of classroom management challenges: 

Getting and keeping students engaged 

Getting students to participate 

Engaging distracted students & keeping everyone on task 

Dealing with difficult students 

Handling technical difficulties and interruptions 

Links to resources discussed in this episode (or related to the topic): 

• “When You Get Nothing But Crickets” from The Cult of Pedagogy (August 18, 2019) 
• “Forty ways to survive IL instruction overload; or, how to avoid teacher burnout” by Giovanna Badia in College & Undergraduate Libraries, 2017 
• “The One-Shot Library Instruction Survival Guide”, Second Edition Heidi E. Buchanan and Beth A. McDonough 
• “Classroom Management: Dealing with Difficult Students” from Brookhaven College 

Thank you to the Twitter users we quoted this episode: @Overthrowinged @WoodsieGirl 

This episode's theme music:

Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go

Here's where you can find us: 

Podcast: @Librarian_Guide 

Jessica: @LibraryGeek611 

Amanda: @HistoryBuff820 

Email: InfoLitTeachingPodcast@gmail.com 

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