Need a Lifesaver?

1. Need a Lifesaver? Discipline Strategies for any Classroom!

2. 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……….

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

4. Or this?

5. Techniques That Don’t Work! Insisting on having the last word Raising your voice Backing the student into a corner Saying “I’m the boss here” Holding a grudge Nagging/Whining Pleading or bribing Yelling Preaching Rewarding (debate) Using tense body language Using sarcasm Making assumptions Attacking the student’s character Group Punishment

6. Let’s Work Smarter, Not Harder!!!

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

8. 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!

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 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)

12. 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!

13. 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!

14. S E C E T P R • 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

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.”

18. 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”

19. Group Activity 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 • 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

20. 10 Tips for Classroom Discipline and Management 1. It’s easier to get easier 2. Fairness is Key 3. 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 humor 6. Keep high expectations in your class 7. Over plan 8. Be Consistent 9. Make Rules Understandable 10. Start Fresh Everyday

21. 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.html • 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