I’m Proud I’m

A Teacher

Parts of a Discipline Plan

1.Rules

2.Consequences

3.Rewards

If you don’t have a plan, then you’re planning to

fail.

TEACHER BEHAVIORS

Student in Charge

• Sid Simon

Values Clarification

Teacher in Charge

• Lee Canter

Assertive Discipline

The number one problem

in the classroom is not discipline; it is the lack of procedures and

routines.

DISCIPLINE: Concerns how students BEHAVE

PROCEDURES: Concern how things are DONE

Discipline v. Procedures• DISCIPLINE: Concerns how students

BEHAVE• PROCEDURES: Concern how things

are DONE• DISCIPLINE: HAS penalties

and rewards• PROCEDURES: Have NO penalties or

rewards

A rule is a DARE to be broken, whereas a

procedure is not.A procedure is a DO, a step to be learned.

Discipline = Behavior

Procedures = Doing

An Effective teacher MANAGES a classroom.

An ineffective teacher DISCIPLINES a classroom.

Student achievement at the end of the year is directly related to

the degree to which the teacher establishes good control of the classroom

procedures in the very first week of the school year.

It is the procedures that set up the class for achievement to

take place.

To Effectively Manage Your Classroom

Clearly define classroom procedures and routines

Effective teachers spend a good deal of time the first weeks of the school year introducing, teaching,

modeling, and practicing procedures until they become

routines.

PROCEDURE: What you want students to do

ROUTINE: What the

students do automatically

Procedures must be

rehearsed.

Procedure for GettingStudents’ Attention

1. Freeze

2. Turn and Face Teacher

3. Pay Attention

Procedures must be rehearsed

again and again until they become

routines.

The first fewdays of school,

teachonly those procedures

necessary for thesmooth

opening of class.

Give Me Five!1. Eyes on speaker

2. Quiet

3. Be still

4. Hands free ( put things down)

5. Listen

To establish a procedure for gaining students’

attention, ask yourself:

1.Where are my students?

2.What signal will I use?

3.How many steps will I need?

Other Ways to Gain Students’ Attention:

•“Gentlemen”•Finger to lips•Orange card•SALAME•Rhythmic clapping

SALA(ME)

• S STOP

• A AND

• L LOOK

• A AT

• M ME

• E

Second Grade Morning Procedure

1. Pick up scratch paper; deposit homework2. Begin seat work3. Pass in seat work4. Pledge to flag5. Recite class’ mission statement6. Sing “ America the Beautiful”7. Explain calendar for the day8. Correct seat work9. Reflect on general question10.Begin lesson for the day

Heading for All Papers

• Subject Name

• Assignment Date

The only way you canhave responsible students

is if you haveprocedures and routines

to which the studentscan be responsible to.

As you are dressed,so shall you be

perceived.And as you are

perceived, so shall you be treated.

You seemingly waste a little time at the beginning

to gain time at the end.

- Lim Chye Tim

The Ineffective Teacher

Begins the first day of school attempting to teach a subject and spends the rest of

the school year running after the students.

The Effective Teacher

Research shows that effective teachers spend most of the first week teaching

students to follow classroom procedures.

You cannot be exciting and

informative unless there are procedures

and routines.

When students knowhow the class is run

they will morewillingly do whateveryou want them to do.

When teachers knowhow to manage the

class, the student will do whatever the

teacher wants the students to do.

EFFECTIVE TEACHERSdo not say, “And the rule is,

and the rule is…”

EFFECTIVE TEACHERS

Say, “And what’s the procedure, please?”

Students riskfailure because oflack of structure.

Procedures & Routines =

STRUCTURE

PROCEDURES TO REHEARSE WITH STUDENTS

• Entering the classroom• Getting to work immediately• When you are tardy• End of period class dismissal• Listening to responding to questions• Participating in class discussions• When you need pencil/paper• Keeping your desk orderly• Checking out classroom materials

• Indicating whether you understand• Coming to attention• When you are absent• Working cooperatively• Changing groups• Keeping your notebook• Going to the office• When you need help/conferencing• Knowing the schedule for the day/class• Keeping a progress report• Finding directions for each assignment

PROCEDURES TO REHEARSE WITH STUDENTS

• Passing in papers• Returning student work• Getting materials without disturbing others• Handing out playground materials• Moving about the room• Going to the library/career center• Heading of papers• When you finish early• Returning to task after interruption

• When asking a question• When a school-wide announcement is

made• Walking in the hall during class time• Responding to a fire drill• Responding to an earthquake• Responding to a severe weather alert• When visitors are in the classroom• If the teacher is out of the classroom• If you are suddenly ill• Saying, “Thank you”