Getting Off to a Good Start

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Getting Off to a Good Start
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You only have one opportunity to make a positive
first impression
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• I68 from Cooper Rock to Cheat Lake
• Maximum load permitted for the truck
• Need to turn off at the bottom of the mountain
  (requires a full stop)

Discipline is very similar
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Getting Off to a Good Start

• In every classroom, someone is in control
• An administrators greatest concern is
• Discipline
• Discipline/classroom control is essential before
  learning can take place
• You must develop your own style of discipline

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Suggestions

• Assign Seats
• Establish a few important rules and consistently
  enforce them
• Look like a teacher
• Treat students with love and respect

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• Teachers who can control their classes are
  admired by other faculty and students
• There is safety in order
• Children understand and appreciate justice
• Students admire strict teachers
• Motivate students to bring books, paper, and
  pencils to class

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• Discipline directed at objectionable behavior
  and a student will accept its consequences
• Punishment directed at the individual
• Deeply resented by the student