COMP is based on four premises:
- Effective classroom management that is proactive, not reactive.
- In effective classrooms, management and instruction are interwoven.
- Students are active participants in the learning environment.
- Teachers working together synergistically help one another.
COMP attempts to bring these principles together in a workshop experience in which teachers can develop a framework that helps solve problems and make decisions that work with their own students. Because there is no single management plan, format, or strategy for all teachers and all classrooms, each teacher integrates research findings along with his or her own experience and knowledge of academics and students.
COMP is delivered initially as a training-of-teachers program. Teachers who have successfully implemented the program may then participate in a training-of-workshop-leaders program to deliver COMP within their districts. For teachers, the format is three days of workshop, preferably a three-day session (18-24+ contact hours) followed 6-18 weeks later by a single day; a fourth day of advanced level work is optional. For workshop leaders, a five-day workshop is required.
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How much does it cost to get started in the COMP Program?