As part of the Early Career Development Program at the Institute of Teaching and Learning Excellence, colleagues presented a segment entitled Managing My Course. Among the key points was the notion that effective classroom management helps provide time for instructors to engage in more valuable types of activities. Reducing time spent on management permits an instructor to offer more formative assessments, provide rapid and more informative feedback, spend more time engaged with students, and perform many other tasks. Establishing and communicating class rules and expectations clearly can reduce distractions that detract from the teaching-learning experience.