How much would achievement rise if students were on task ten more hours a week?
Every campus loses instruction time to low-level disruption. Academics and discipline are the same problem.
Reclaim the classroom. Raise the achievement.
Mr. Deonte McLean brings Time To Teach classroom management and student engagement training to K-12 schools and districts, with strategies teachers use in their very next class period.
Mr. McLean has trained hundreds of beginning and veteran teachers in colleges and schools in Virginia. Now booking the 2026-27 school year.
On-site training, half day or full day
A printed handbook for every participant
Optional graduate credit through UMass Global
Classroom management is one of the most measurable levers a school can pull.
These are the figures principals bring to the board. Each one has a source.
+20%achievement lift from systematic classroom managementMarzano, 2003
2xthe impact of teacher actions compared with curriculum policy aloneMarzano, 2003
10 daysof instructional time lost each year to disruptionKraft, 2021
0.52effect size, above the one-year-of-progress benchmarkHattie, Visible Learning
Four questions principals are asking right now
If one of these sounds like your campus, the conversation is worth having.
What could you accomplish if discipline challenges dropped by seventy percent?
Strong instruction without a working management system stays undelivered. Mr. McLean puts the system in place, and your teachers carry it forward.
Is teacher retention starting to keep you up at night?
Classroom management, or the lack of it, is the most cited reason educators leave the profession. The fix is teachable, and it is fast.
Did your last PD investment change Monday morning?
Most professional development inspires for a day, then fades. Time To Teach is built around what teachers can use in their very next class period.
This training provided the best logical presentation, on discipline I've ever had in my 23 years of teaching. I have practical ideas I can use immediately.
Hear it from teachers who took the training.
Time To Teach results, filmed by the Center for Teacher Effectiveness.
What your teachers take home
After one day, every teacher leaves with the same playbook, ready for the next class period.
- How to detect and correct problems without stopping teaching
- How to avoid power struggles and set effective limits
- Fifteen desk arrangements for maximum performance
- How to teach students to behave in class and in social settings
- How to never give multiple warnings or repeated requests again
- How to firmly but fairly carry out disciplinary actions
- How to build trust with the most challenging students
A research synthesis of over 100 studies found that teachers' actions in their classrooms have twice the impact on student achievement as school policies regarding curriculum, assessment, or community involvement.
Marzano, R. J. (2003). What Works in Schools. ASCD.
Two programs, one day each
Mr. McLean teaches both Time To Teach programs on your campus, in a half day or a full day, and every participant gets a printed handbook. Schools can book one or both.
Compare the two programsClassroom Management
Five components: self-control strategies, student-teacher relationships, teaching rules and procedures, responding to challenges, and classroom ecology and arrangement.
Student Engagement and Motivation
Five pillars: promoting positive feelings, attention and interest, connectedness and relevance, student self-efficacy, and sharing best practices.
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- From Time To Teach, the program Mr. McLean teaches
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Meet Mr. Deonte McLean
Mr. McLean has spent six years in education and is still in the classroom. He teaches K-12 music, has also taught middle school life science and math, and has taught core and elective classes in four school districts.
He was named Beginning Teacher of the Year for 2021-2022 and has been nominated for Teacher of the Year five times. He has trained hundreds of beginning and veteran teachers in colleges and schools in Virginia.
Mr. Deonte McLeanClassroom Management and Student Engagement Trainer
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- Certified Classroom Management and Student Engagement Specialist
- Bachelor's in Music Performance
- Band, Choir, and Musical Director
- Academic Tutor
- Beginning Teacher of the Year, 2021-2022
What teachers say after Time To Teach training
The classroom management seminar was one of the most immediately useful workshops taken to date. Even after 20 years of education!
I was going to retire this year, tired of all the nonsense and students who don't pay attention. This seminar has given me some great ideas to put into my classroom, I think I will be around a few more years. Thank you!
All the concepts and ideas presented were logical, practical, and had the best interest of all the students in mind. I really enjoyed my day and have a new outlook on classroom management. I recommend this seminar to anyone who works with children!
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