Need a Lifesaver?Discipline Strategies for any Classroom!

Are You Treading Water?

• Or Drowning?

Do you feel like this at the end of your day?

Or this?

So How Do We Go From This to This?

Losing our minds!!!Relaxed and in control!

Let’s Work

Smarter, Not

Harder!!!

How Do We Survive?• Being Prepared!• Being Organized!• Being Positive!• By Getting Up! (moving around) • Being Firm, Fair, and Consistent!

Challenging Students Who:• Resist doing the work, work

sloppy, careless• Not prepared for class• Late to class• Get frustrated with the pace

of the class• Resist taking direction or

orders• Daydream• Become super-sensitive to

any form of criticism; cry easily

• Become the “class clown”• Demand good reasons for

why things are done a certain way

• Monopolize class discussions• Become bossy with their

peers and teachers• Become intolerant of

imperfection in themselves and others

• Refuse to conform• Resist cooperative learning• Act out or disturb others• Blurt out answers without

raising their hand• And the list could go on and

on……….

Techniques That Don’t Work!Raising your voice

Yelling

Saying “I’m the boss here”

Insisting on having the last word

Using tense body languageUsing sarcasm

Attacking the student’s character

Backing the student into a corner

Group Punishment

Making assumptions

PreachingRewarding (debate)

Pleading or bribing Nagging/WhiningHolding a grudge

Strategy One

• Modeling!• “Values are caught, not taught”• Teachers who are courteous, prompt,

enthusiastic, in-control, patient and organized provide examples for their students through their own behaviors.

• The “do as I say, not as I do” send mixed messages.

• Treat everyone equally!

Strategy Two• Focus!

• Get their attention before beginning a lesson. How do I do this?

• Get quiet and speak softly (add 3-5 sec.)

• Begin your lesson once the classroom is completely quiet

Strategy Three• Explain!

• Tell the students exactly what they will be doing. (Essential Question)

• An effective way to add to this is to include time at the end of the period for the students to do activities of their choosing.

Strategy Four• Environmental Control!

• Greet them at the door• Be on time• Warm Cheery classroom (less is more)• Organized Room• Have supplies handy• Personal items (students love to know about

you)

Strategy Five

• Monitor!• You have to get up!• Circulate!• Good teachers monitor the activity in

their classroom moving about the room, they anticipate problems before they occur.

• Don’t interrupt the class!

Strategy Six

• Positive Discipline!• List your rules as what you want them to

do, not what they can not do.• Instead of “no running in the room”, use

“move through the building in an orderly manner”; “No gum chewing”, use “leave gum at home”

• Make ample use of praise. When you see good behavior acknowledge it!

• Respect all people and property• Enter class quietly and begin

working• School rules apply at all times• Please bring all materials to class• Eat and drink with permission only• Complete all assignments• Talk with permission only

R E S P E C T

Strategy Seven

• Non-Verbal Cue!• Click a bell, flip a light switch, hand

signals, clap, etc…• Kids will be kids, take the time to explain

what you want the students to do when you use your cues.

Strategy Eight

• Low-Profile Intervention!• Much can be avoided when the teacher’s

intervention is quiet and calm.• Teacher will take care that the student is

not rewarded for misbehavior by becoming the focus of attention.

• Their approach to misbehavior is inconspicuous, others in the class are not distracted.

Strategy Nine

• I-Messages!• Assertive-This is intended to be clear descriptions of

what the student is suppose to do. “I want you to….” or “I need for you to….” or “I expect you to…”

• Humanistic- Include a description of the child’s behavior “When you talk while I talk…”

• Relate the effect this behavior has on the teacher “…. and I have to stop my teaching…”

• Let the student know the feeling that it generates in the teacher “….. which frustrates me.”

Strategy Ten

• Assertive Discipline!• Have a progression of steps• Have rules posted • Be clear• Go over consequences ahead of time• Contact parents

• www.honorlevel.com “Discipline by Design”

Group Activity• Resist doing the work, work

sloppy, careless• Not prepared for class• Late to class• Get frustrated with the pace

of the class• Resist taking direction or

orders• Daydream• Become super-sensitive to

any form of criticism; cry easily

• Become the “class clown”• Demand good reasons for why

things are done a certain way

• Monopolize class discussions• Become bossy with their

peers and teachers• Become intolerant of

imperfection in themselves and others

• Refuse to conform• Resist cooperative learning• Act out or disturb others• Blurt out answers without

raising their hand

10 Tips for Classroom Discipline and Management

1. It’s easier to get easier2. Fairness is Key3. Deal with Disruptions (with as little interruption as

possible)

4. Avoid confrontation in front of students (Discipline in Private)

5. Stop disruptions with a little humor6. Keep high expectations in your class7. Over plan8. Be Consistent9. Make Rules Understandable10. Start Fresh Everyday

Resources• Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom ; Winebrenner,

Susan

• www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_diffinstructudl.html• • www.buzzle.com/articles/classroom-management-and-discipline.

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• www.ehow.com/print/how_5323774_discipline-students-classroom.html

• http://712educators.about.com/0d/discipline/tp/disciplinetips.htm?p=1

• www.honorlevel.com/x46.xml?ss=print

• http://712educators.about.com/od/discipline/tp/confrontational_students.htm?p=1