1. Positive DisciplineFred Jones • By: Kimberly Elaine Mitchell

2. The Basics • Prevent misbehavior through routines and classroom environment • Active teaching skills that promotes student participation and attention • Use incentive systems in the classroom • Provide guidance during independent work

3. Examples • “You have to finish your dinner before you get your dessert.” • Dinner -- the task • Dessert -- the reward for completing the task • "As soon as you are ready for bed, we'll have story time." • "As soon as you are done with your homework, you can watch TV." • "As soon as you have finished your chores, you can go outside to play."

4. Pros • Strategies are teachable • Promotes preventing behavior problems • Supports proper behavior • Model can be implemented in steps

5. Cons • Teachers may need specific training to master the techniques • May be difficult to implement in the early grades

6. Skill Cluster #1 • Room Arrangement-Teacher should be able to move around the class freely • Class rules-General and specific • Class Chores-Each student should have a duty in the classroom • Opening Routines- “Bell-Ringer,” should be engaging and focuses on the day’s lesson

7. Skill Cluster #2 • Limit setting through body language • Proper Breathing-stay calm • Eye Contact-Non-verbal to control misbehaviors • Physical Proximity-Walk around to keep students on track • Facial Expressions-Can be positive or negative towards a student

8. Skill Cluster #3-Say, See, Do Teaching • Visual Instruction Plans- Keeps students on task • Say, See, Do Teaching-Students immediately work with the information they have been given

9. Skill Cluster #4 • Grandma Rule-Students do better work and have less misbehaviors if given an incentive after finishing a task • Student Responsibility- Students learn responsibility through the use of incentives • Genuine Incentives-Activities that students enjoy • Preferred Activity Time-Time set aside in planning for learning based games, centers, and workshops

10. Skill Cluster #5 • Helpless Hand Raising-Students will raise their hands to get attention not always when help is needed • Efficient Help-Room organization, visual instructions, minimize the amount of help given to individual students

11. References • http://www.fredjones.com/ • http://www.docstoc.com/docs/66454738/Classroom-Discipline-Strategies • http://www.helium.com/items/956502-classroom-management-techniques-for-elementary-school-classes?page=3 • http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Positive_Discipline