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A teaching matrix identifies the expectations, settings or routines, and skills involved in demonstrating expected behavior within each routine or setting. "Specifically, teaching, prompting, and providing feedback on classroom expectations is associated with improved student outcomes (e.g., Alter & Haydon, 2018; Cook et al., 2018; Faul et al., 2012; Simonsen et al., 2008)." (Creating a Classroom Teaching Matrix, 2022)

Creating a Classroom Teaching Matrix

This brief focuses on how to promote a positive teaching and learning environment by establishing positive classroom expectations, or norms, that reflect the shared values of a classroom community (i.e., educators, students, families). Specifically, this brief provides guidance for creating and using a classroom teaching matrix to explicitly identify, define, and teach (a) predictable classroom routines, (b) positive classroom expectations, and (c) critical social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) skills.

Creating a Classroom Teaching Matrix