Read the River

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• Read the River

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Discipline in the Classroom

• Good planning
• Effective delivery
• Critical reflection
• Be present in the moment

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Discipline Systems

• Extrinsic
• motivation to comply is based on external rewards
• Intrinsic
• motivation to comply is based on internal values
  and affective gains

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Discipline Systems

• Making it work
• Protocols set high standards for learning
  behaviors
• Clear protocols communicated to students
• Protocols practiced and modeled with logical
  consequences
• Teacher is consistent in adhering to protocols
• Support from administration, colleagues and
  parents

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Discipline Techniques
Do

• Positive pinpointing
• Eye contact
• Voice (volume and tone)
• Body language

• Back to the wall
• Proximity control
• Selective ignoring
• Use student names
• Individualization

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Discipline Techniques
Dont

• Force an apology
• Threaten
• Preach or moralize
• Use physical control

• Ridicule
• Punish group for misbehavior of one student
• Exercise as a form of punishment

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Teacher Language

• Make it clear, simple and direct
• Be genuine and respectful
• Focus on action or behavior
• Show faith in students ability to follow rules
• Reinforcing language, reminding language,
  redirecting language

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Consequences

• What systems and techniques have you observed?

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Consequences

• Consequences can be constructed to give the
  student an opportunity to learn from a mistake
  versus being punished for it
• Consequences are reasonable and relevant
• Help student gain self-control
• Help student reflect on mistakes and make amends

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Consequences

• What to do when discipline systems and techniques
  do not work
• warnings/check system
• time out, take a break or vacation
• student behavior contracts
• send to administration
• contact with parent

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Class Management Articles

• Everyday Rules that Work!
• (http//www.responsiveclassroom.org/articlelibrary
  /everyday_rules.html)
• Article library
• (http//www.responsiveclassroom.org/articlelibrary
  /index.asp)

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Issues Debate

• Begin preparations for issues debate.
• (http//users.rowan.edu/cone/curriculumsp06/issue
  sdebate.html)

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Bulletin Board project

• Note your bulletinboard assigned date.
• (http//users.rowan.edu/cone/curriculumsp06/bulle
  tinboard.html)