COMP - About Us (Overview)

THE CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (COMP)

If you are looking for a common sense approach to effective classroom management, you have found it! The Classroom Organization and Management Program (COMP) is a research-based professional development program that can help you learn to create and manage an effective learning environment in your classroom. Throughout the U.S. and internationally, we conduct year-round teacher workshops. Each of these focuses on the ideal conditions for learning, allowing teachers to ultimately foster student achievement and reduce discipline problems.

This federally validated program is a proactive approach that guides teachers in creating effective learning environments for all students K-12 by

learning about research on successful practices in actual classrooms,
reflecting on and analyzing their own classrooms, and
planning specific strategies.

Teachers completing COMP report significant positive changes in

students behavior,
student achievement, and
their personal satisfaction in teaching.

CREATING CONDITIONS FOR LEARNING

COMP is developed by and based on the research of Dr. Carolyn M. Evertson. The program incorporates the findings of 12 studies in regular and special education resource settings, grades K-12, that span 15 years and involve over 4,000 hours of observation in 581 classrooms in 100 schools. Since 1989, the program has served over 60,000 teachers and administrators in 33 states and American territories. Findings from evaluation studies show clearly that teachers who use COMP principles experience a decrease in student misbehavior while enjoying increases in student academic engagement, student achievement, and personal satisfaction in teaching. This web site gives COMP Trainers, COMP teachers, and other professional educators a place to solicit and discuss information about how classrooms work. Click here to request COMP awareness materials.