“I received very specific pieces of the ‘how to’ to take back to my school. Everything was transferable to staff AND students, which is completely unique. I began thinking about tangible and actionable next steps that I can actually implement. Everything I learned today can be brought into school.”
— Priya Venkat, Dean of Student Supports,
UP Education Network
In Classroom Reset: Improving Class Culture Through Collaborative Conversations with Students, Maureen Chapman and James Simons share their upcoming book from Solution Tree slated for release on November 20, 2026, offering steps teachers can take to get their classroom cultures back on track. The authors discuss their experiences teaching, leading, and coaching both new and veteran teachers to reset their class cultures through planning and holding collaborative problem-solving conversations with their students. They share common challenges and opportunities for both teachers and coaches to realize the positive and productive classroom environment of their dreams. Attendees are welcome to bring and discuss their own problems of practice related to their class cultures.
About the Book
It is never too late to get your classroom back on course. Authors Maureen Chapman and James Simons provide educators with a manageable manual that puts teachers and students back on the same team. Explore practical self-assessments, reset scripts, and other planning tools to turn conflict and anxiety into student agency—and co-construct the joyful class culture of your dreams.
K–12 teachers can use this book to:
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Reflect on their current class culture and set a goal
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Explore practical strategies for addressing specific behavioral challenges
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Prepare for collaborative problem-solving conversations with a student or group of students
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Transform classroom culture by implementing the Classroom Reset protocol through full-class and individual student conversations
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Develop concrete plans to maintain the reset
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Enhance students’ ownership of the classroom culture
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Cultivate growth mindsets in the classroom, promoting resilience and adaptability
Maureen Chapman is a lifelong educator who taught for 15 years in elementary, middle, and high school classrooms and spent eight years in school leadership. As a Curriculum Director and the head of an Instructional Leadership team, Maureen oversaw curriculum, resources, student data, instructional coaching, professional development, new teacher induction, and career education. Since co-founding Cor Creative Partners, Maureen has leveraged her experience, expertise, and love of education to her work coaching, consulting, and facilitating professional development programs. Maureen is a sought-after public speaker and author on building leadership skills in the academic setting.
Prior to co-founding cor creative partners, James Simons served as a high school principal and dean of students, an instructional coach, a middle and high school English teacher, a visual storyteller, and a writer. At Cor Creative Services, he coaches school leaders and classroom teachers, facilitates team and school level professional development, consults and contributes to a community of thought leaders by speaking, producing videos, and writing. James has presented at local and national conferences, and he and Maureen published Leaders of the Class: Units for Teaching Motivation, Perseverance, Communication, and Collaboration in the Secondary Classroom, this past year.
Join Maureen and James for strategies you can take right to your classroom!
