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I have seen many great classroom management strategies modeled in the classroom. One that I see a lot at the beginning of the year is making class rules and allowing the students to be a part of that process so they are creating the rules, and can be referenced back to when the students are breaking the rules they created. Another thing I have seen work well in classrooms is pointing out the students who are on task or doing what they are supposed to instead of calling out the students who are acting out. The students who are acting out often want attention so getting called out is exactly the response they are looking for. When you call out the kid who is on task, others will follow because they want you to notice them too! Lastly, I prefer positive incentives instead of negative punishments, but these are subjective to the behaviors. If a student does something major and needs a punishment, there is a time and a place, but I try to focus more on the positive behaviors in the class rather than the negative ones. 

Thank you for this! Do you think a behavior chart is good? I know at some districts they do not want it to be known on the wall, but I do believe that it should be written within your knowledge and in case a parent wants to know about their child.