Levels Overview

A major problem for any learning system is keeping techniques from going stale.  What worked wonderfully in September can put your students to sleep in December.

To address this substantial difficulty, the WBT classroom management system is set up in levels like a video game.  Every few weeks (or, if possible, months) you move your class up a level.

When you begin the Scoreboard, write “Level 1” on the board.  Before long, your students will be asking, “What’s Level 2?”  What has happened?  You’ve created a classroom management system with built in suspense! 

Stay at each of the following levels for as long as possible.  Remember, it’s a long year.

Level 1:  The Scoreboard
Level 2:  Practice Cards
     -- White Cards
     -- Purple Cards
     -- Green Cards
Level 3:  Guff Counter
Level 4:  Independents
Level 5:  Bull's Eye Game
Level 6:  The Agreement Bridge

Each level is briefly described in articles in this menu, “Levels.”  Additional information can be found in the “Free Downloads” section of this website.

We’ve found that 80% of your classroom management problems can be solved by the first two levels, especially if you go very slowly (weeks at a time) through each of the three Practice Cards stages.