Classroom Management
Rules, Consequences, and Rewards
Rules:
-Listen when others are talking.
-Follow directions.
-Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
-Do your best work.
-Be kind and polite.
-Clean up after yourself.
Consequences:
1. Verbal Warning.
2. Verbal Warning and removal from the activity to calm down.
3. Removal from the activity to the "Calm Down Spot" and complete a behavior self-reflection form.
4. Parent Contact
5. Loss of Friday Fun Activity (STEM, GeniusHour, Reading Buddies)
6. (Or major offense) Office Referral.
Rewards:
Individual: Privilege of Being "Leader of the Week"
Table Groups: Table groups with the most "Positive Behavior Points" at the end of the two weeks will receive a small prize.
Whole Class: Fun Friday!, Whole group reward for good behavior in specials/filling compliment jar
-Listen when others are talking.
-Follow directions.
-Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
-Do your best work.
-Be kind and polite.
-Clean up after yourself.
Consequences:
1. Verbal Warning.
2. Verbal Warning and removal from the activity to calm down.
3. Removal from the activity to the "Calm Down Spot" and complete a behavior self-reflection form.
4. Parent Contact
5. Loss of Friday Fun Activity (STEM, GeniusHour, Reading Buddies)
6. (Or major offense) Office Referral.
Rewards:
Individual: Privilege of Being "Leader of the Week"
Table Groups: Table groups with the most "Positive Behavior Points" at the end of the two weeks will receive a small prize.
Whole Class: Fun Friday!, Whole group reward for good behavior in specials/filling compliment jar
Positive Discipline
My goal is always to create a classroom environment were children feel safe, supported, challenged, and happy. This means setting high expectations for academic performance and behavior for all students. My classroom management plan is based on the Positive Discipline in the Classroom program developed by Jane Nelson, Ed.D., Lynn Lott, M.A., and H. Stephen Glenn, PH.D. In my classroom, students will develop a sense of mutual respect, cooperation, and responsibility through participating in community-building activities, creating classroom goals, and working as problem solvers during daily classroom meetings. Rather than focusing on “behavior management,” which deals with the short-term, my focus is on “behavior guiding,” which deals with teaching children the skills they need to change their behaviors and become healthy members of a community.
In the first few weeks of school, students will engage in daily lessons where they learn routines and expectations for the classroom and in activities where they will learn to cooperate with their classmates and learn techniques for managing their own behavior and solving conflicts with others. Following these initial lessons, we will hold daily class meetings where students will be allowed to work together to solve problems they are having with other individuals or that the class is having as a whole. When class meetings do not seem to solve a problem and a misbehavior continues, students will be asked to complete a reflection sheet which they will bring home to be signed. Repeated or major misbehaviors will addressed with parents promptly and will be handled on a case by case basis.
While the Positive Discipline approach does place the responsibility of managing behavior on the student, it is not a permisive behavior management style. It is simply a plan that guides student behavior while holding students to high expectations, teaching self-regulation and responsibilty, and treating each student respectfully.
More information about the Positive Discipline approach can be found in the video below or by following this link: https://www.positivediscipline.com/
In the first few weeks of school, students will engage in daily lessons where they learn routines and expectations for the classroom and in activities where they will learn to cooperate with their classmates and learn techniques for managing their own behavior and solving conflicts with others. Following these initial lessons, we will hold daily class meetings where students will be allowed to work together to solve problems they are having with other individuals or that the class is having as a whole. When class meetings do not seem to solve a problem and a misbehavior continues, students will be asked to complete a reflection sheet which they will bring home to be signed. Repeated or major misbehaviors will addressed with parents promptly and will be handled on a case by case basis.
While the Positive Discipline approach does place the responsibility of managing behavior on the student, it is not a permisive behavior management style. It is simply a plan that guides student behavior while holding students to high expectations, teaching self-regulation and responsibilty, and treating each student respectfully.
More information about the Positive Discipline approach can be found in the video below or by following this link: https://www.positivediscipline.com/