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Discipline That Works is
now available in Spanish
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Preventing
Unnecessary Problems In The Classroom |
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Joyce Divinyi
September 2003
Children and teens need to take some ownership in the
management of the classroom. They need to recognize that
rules are meant to make it possible for everyone to get
their job done in a peaceful fashion.
Suggestions:
Discuss Success With Your Students. Help them realize
that success is full knowledge of the material you have been
assigned to teach them. They will feel successful and proud
of themselves when September 2004 rolls around and they can
move to the next grade and feel smart when they do. Feeling
proud and smart is important to children and teens.
Discuss Their Jobs: Yours is to teach. Theirs is to
learn. Neither you nor can their parents learn for them. It
is a do-it-yourself project.
Discuss What Everyone Needs to Do His or her Job. Get
them to agree on 5 things that will help get the job done.
1) One person is in charge.
2) One person talks at a time.
3) Everyone treats everyone with respect. (Respect is the
one word golden rule). The classroom is a safe place to
come.
4) No one will be allowed to keep anyone who wants to learn
from learning. If anyone tries to do so, they will be asked
to leave.
5) Helping one another gets the job done. Everyone needs
help sometimes.
Ask the class to show hands or vote if the above seem fair
and reasonable and practical. Then ask them to show hands if
they will commit to keeping the above agreements. Now when
rules are broken or students forget the importance of
meeting the goal, you can remind them of their agreement and
direct their behavior to what they need to do.
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