Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to strengthen their understanding of the relationship among classroom environment, classroom behavior, and learning. Specifically, students will gain knowledge of disciplinary and management models and their relationships to degrees of teacher and student control. Online readings and activities will focus on effective decision-making about classroom management and on developing alternatives for preventing and dealing with management and discipline problems. Learners will reflect on designated practices in classroom and behavior management—from organizing time, materials, and classroom space to strategies for managing individual and large group student behaviors, transitions, lab activities, and other arrangements for classrooms in general and in special education. Basic federal and state laws as they pertain to the legal procedures for all teachers, including teachers of students with disabilities and English as a second language (ESL) students, will be presented. This course will prepare the learners to know their professional and legal responsibilities not only on the first day of school, but for the entire school year.