classroom

WhatAretheCausofClassroomDisciplineProblems?

unately,each

disciplineproblem,likeeverystudent,isindividual,stemmingfromatofcircumstances

twaytorespondtoadiscipline

probleminyourclassroomistounderstandtherootoftheissue.

ProblemsatHome

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studentsareabudorneglectedathome,theirangercanboiloverandleadthemto

tswhocomefromhomeswheretheparentsare

divorcingarealsounderduressandcanactoutinclassasawaytodealwiththeirfear

outinclassisawaystudentswhofeelhelplessabouttheirhome

situationsfeelliketheystillhavesomecontrol.

Peers

oStudentswhoarebulliedbytheirpeersarealsopronetodisciplineissuesinthe

ghmanystudentswhoarebulliedbecomewithdrawninthe

classroomtopreventcallingattentiontothemlves,tudentswho

bullyareabudathome,cas,

studentslashoutandattacktheirclassmatesinclassoreventheirteacher.

Perception

oIfyourstudentfeelsyoudon'tlikehim,you'renotprotectinghimorsupportiveofhim,he

gsofabandonment,lackof

voiceanddepressionaffectstudentswhofeellikeyoudon'

achersnow

renotreachinga

student,hecouldshutdownandactoutinclass.

Disabilities

oChil

disabilitiescanbeclassifiedanywherefromattentiondeficitdisorder(ADD)toautism

cas,studentswithlearningissuesrequireaspecialized

udentswithlearningdisabilitiesareon

onally,studentsforgettheirmedicineandact

outinclassonthodays.

HowtoDisciplineChildrenintheClassroom

Forateacher,esome

guidelinestohelpyouwiththeprocess.

Instructions

irstdayofclass,askthechildrentodevisomebasicrulestheyfeelare

lpsmakethemconsciousofthe

basicexpectationstheentireclassmustmeet.

neachrule,makingsurethestudentsknowthe

erulespostedintheclassroomforeveryoneto

eatalltimes,andgivecopiestothechildren'sparents.

ldwhogetsthemostpointveryweek

ealthyamountofattentiontoeachchild,butdonotaward

preferentialtreatment.

rethatwhenachildbreaksarule,

productivepunishmentsthatemphasizewhathehasdonewrongwhilecreatingpositive

mple,ifachildhasrippedaposteronpurpo,keephimindetention

andhavehimcreateareplacement.

'simportanttobefirm,tswillconstantlytry

totestyourlimits,

thereistrustandacertainlevelofdisciplinehasbeenestablished,youcanappear

dentsmustalwayshavealevelofrespecttowardtheirteacher.

MethodsofDisciplineintheClassroom

Disciplineintheclassroomhelpsteachersmaintainapeacefulandrespectfulatmosphere

wherestudentscanlearnandgrow.

steacherstocreatepeaceful

environmenive

classroomdisciplinecaneliminateproblemscaudbyfoolingaround,lackofattention,

uncooperativestudents,anthat,disciplinedirectsstudents

towardmorepositive,enlearnindifferentways,soitisimportantfor

teacherstoimplementacombinationofdisciplinemethodstomanagetheirclassrooms.

SystemofPunishments

oApunishment-centeredmethodofdisciplineinvolvesatofnegativeconquences,

orpunishments,mple,anelementaryschoolstudentthat

repea

studentsmightbegivenanextrawritingassignment,explainingwhytheyinterrupted

dentshouldbe

hoolsnd

studentstotheprincipal'ment-

centeredmethodsofdisciplinefocusonteachingstudentswhatnottodobyshowing

themthatthereareundesirableconquencesassociatedwiththeiractions.

SystemofIncentives

oUnlikeapunishment-badsystem,anincentive-badsystemofdisciplinefocuson

rewardinggoodbehavior,erthatus

nearntherewardsby

mentary-agedstudents,incentivesmayincludestickersor

starsforcompletingassignments,beinghelpfulorquietinclassandrespectingother

tudentearnsacertainnumberofstickers,hemaybegivenagreater

ivescanbetargetedtoindividualstudentsortotheclass

ermightallowaclassthathasbeenattentivetoleaveafewminutes

canbeespeciallyeffectivebecaupressurefromotherstudents,orthedesiretonot

letotherstudentsdown,canpromptindividualstudentstofocus.

AsrtiveDiscipline

oT

meall

houldbegiveninapositiveway,

explainingwhatstudentsareexpectedtodoratherthantellingthemwhattheycannot

mple,"Notalkinginclass"becomes"Studentswillbequietinclass."

re,however,

conquencesforbreakingrules,whichgetmoreriouachtimearuleisbroken.

DisciplineWithDignity

oDisciplinewithdignityisacontroversialmethodofdisciplinebecauitdoesnotrelyon

d,studentsareoftenallowedtochoothe

rswhouthismethodbelievethatfairdiscipline

tsshould

betreatedwithdignityatalltimes,withteachersattemptingtounderstandtheir

students'thodofdisciplineisbadonacontract

betweenstudentsandteachersinwhichrulesandexpectationsaremadeclearto

lesarebroken,theproblemisaddresdprivatelybetweenthe

thisdiscussion,theteacherandthestudentdecideona

fairconquence.

ClassroomDisciplineTechniques

Createapleasantandproductiveclassroombyusingeffectiveclassroomdiscipline

techniques.

Formostteachers,andespeciallythowhoarenewtotheprofession,classroomdiscipline(or

behaviormanagement,asitisoftencalled)ostcollegeclass

focusonlessonplanning,timemanagementandstudentpsychology,manyclassskiphowto

y,classroomdisciplineisnotdifficulttomasterwhenyou

followthetechniques.

thePositive

oSearchfor,notice,andrewardthepositivethingsyouehappeninginyourclassroom.

eclassisworkingtogether

inpositiveway,achersplacemarblesintoajarevery

timetheynoticethewholeclassfollowingtherules,andwhenthejarisfull,thestudents

alsoplacestickersonagraph,

applesonapocketchartoranythingelthatthestudentscane(whichkeepsthem

motivated).Startyourdayeachmorningbyreinforcingthepositive;doingthiswill

reducedisciplineissues.

ishConquences

hefirst

techniqueinaclassroomdisciplineplanshouldbetofocusonthegood,itiqually

importanttohaveafirmgameplantofollowwhenastudentmakesapoorchoice.

acherscreateapocketchart,

eachstudent'spocketarecoloredcards.A

wcardmeanstheyhave

ome

teachershavemorethanthreecardsperstudent,onewarningisusuallyplentyformost

sthestudentscanchoobetweena

callhome,utthatyourervetherightto

changeapunishmentifthemisbehaviorisvere.

Through

oFollowthroughonbothyourpositivepromisandyourconquencesforbadbehavior.

Ifyoufillupthemarblejar,donotwaittwoweekstogivethestudentstheirreward,

egoesformisbehavior.

Whileitissometimeasiertoignore,udents

whodotendtomisbehavewilltestateacherearlyintheschoolyear,soitisimportant

tobecalm,llmaketherestoftheyeargoalotmore

y,udentsmisbehave,shrugandnotethat

otherhand,whenusingpositivereinforcement,beaspersonalaspossiblebypraising

thatstudent'scharacter,hardworkethicandcommitmenttofollowingtherules.

DifferenceBetweenClassroomManagingandDisciplining

Adisciplineprocedureispartofeffectiveclassroommanagement.

rsmustestablishclassroom

managementproceduresandroutinestofollowconsistentlysostudentsknowhowtoactand

oomexpectationsandconquencesarepartofadisciplinesystemthat

rswithmanagementsystemsinplace

willbeabletohandledisciplineproblemsproactivelyandefficiently.

ClassroomManagement

oManagingaclassroomincludeverything,fromhowtheclassroomistuptostudent

rsmust

tsmustbetaught

whattodowhentheyarriveinclass,wheretoaccesssupplies,whattodowhenthey

haveaquestion,wheretosit,howtoleavetheclassroomifnecessaryandthe

classroomrulesandconquences.

Discipline

rsmustdevelopacleartofrules

onsistentand

fairclassroomenvironmentistablished,

effectiveclassroomdisciplineinclude:beconsistent,beproactive,givestudentsone

warningandthendisciplineappropriately,andavoidreprimandingindividualsinfrontof

therestoftheclass.

ClassroomClimate

oTeachersmustalsoestablishapositive,mate

oftheclassroomshouldbedeterminedbadonateacher'spersonalpreferences,

rsmustdeterminehowtoatthestudents,

wheretodisplaythestudents'work,thegeneralcleanlinessoftheroom,whichareasof

theroomstudentshaveaccesstoandhowtodecorate.

Efficiency

oAnefficientclassroomenablesstudentstofocusmoretimeontheirworkandgives

esand

proceduresmustbereheardbythestudentsuntiltheycanperformthem

ingontheageofthestudents,teachersmightneedtospenda

lotoftimeonthisatthebeginningoftheschoolyear,butitwillpayoffintheend.