Behaviour Management: Rewards & Sanctions

A collection of behaviour strategies I have seen in teaching practice.

Have a Class list displayed with space next to the names.

Every time a child displays a positive learning behaviour you award them a sticker which they place on the chart at break/lunch time.

The person with the most stickers at the end of the week wins a prise from the ‘Prise Box’

It is important to be consistent and reward every positive behaviour you see.

This is a form of extrinsic motivation.

Sticker Chart

Every child’s name is displayed on a board along with the traffic lights. They all start on green each day.

If a child displays a negative behaviour there name is moved to amber as a warning.

If they persist in the behaviour they move to red and are given a negative consequence.

(this also works with red and yellow cards linking to football).

Traffic Lights

Noise Meter

Taken from: http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/behaviour/docs/noise_barometer.jpg

Setting time targets for activities such as changing for PE and tidying up can motivate children and reduce teaching time wasted.

Time can gradually reduce and children will have challenges such as ‘can we tidy up in under 5minutes? 3minutes?’

Timers

http://www.merchandisemania.co.uk/productimages/fullsize/1108907/Personalised-Printed-Cesena-Countdown-Timer.jpg

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/eggtimer-countdown/

Every child creates a passport to the playground which stays on their desk.

If they display negative behaviours you take away their passport.

Then at playtime only those with a passport can go.

If yours was taken away you stay to discuss the reasons why it was removes and how we can avoid it in future.

By discussing it at playtime you avoid disrupting the lesson at the time the behaviour occurred, avoiding confrontation.

Passports to the playground