Applying discipline strategies in the

classroom

Natalia Martínez CamachoLinda Lucia Callejas Afanador

Let’s watch a short video…

Would you like to be the teacher of that class?

Were there inappropriate

behaviors?

Do you think students

know that their

behaviors are not

considered appropriate

for that context?

Is it important to let students know what

kind of behaviors are expected from

them?

Would codes of conduct prevent

those inappropriate behaviors from

happening?

That’s why…

Workshop Rules

2. Participate actively and enthusiastically.

3. Raise your hand to participate.

4. Be open to new concepts and ideas.

5. Respect speaking turns.

6. Respect each other’s ideas.

7. Follow instructions.

8. Be supportive rather than judgmental.

9. Confine your discussion to the current topic.

10.Ask questions only for the purpose of gaining clarity and understanding.

11.Stay until the end of the session.

12.Be kind with your words and actions.

13.Share relevant information.

14.Be fully present.

1. Keep phones on silent or vibrate mode during the session.

What we did was…

Done step by step.

PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES

Step 1 Choose your approach.

Step 2Raise

students awareness.

Step 3 Set limits.

Step 4Consequences

Preventive discipline

Preventive Discipline Strategies

It refers to the strategies that teachers use to prevent student misbehavior.

Some preventive strategies are:

Establish classroom rules and consequences with student input.

Establish and teach classroom routines.

Establish effective transition procedures for students moving between activities.

Teach students: anger/stress management and/or conflict resolution skills.

Provide lessons that are relevant and of high interest.

Avoid language that is overly authoritative or condescending.

Deliver warnings and reminders in a calm manner.

SUPPORTIVE STRATEGIES

SUPPORTIVE STRATEGIES

Measures taken to assist students with self-control by helping them get back on task.

C. Community involvement

D. Classroom responsibilities

A. catching student’s attention

B. offering a verbal warning.

TASK: ROLE-PLAY

The student in

class who

persistently

arrives late or

leaves early.

Elementary grade

students exhibiting

undesirable

classroom

behaviors such as

wandering around

the room.

Elementary grade

students with

behaviors such as

temper tantrums.

No 1 No 2 No 3

TASK: ROLE-PLAY

Personalities clash

between students.

Students "bother" their

classmates by poking,

pushing, interrupting,

and ridiculing them.

No 4 No 5

CORRECTIVE STRATEGIES

It refers to consequences deliver to students.

A. Options for distracting behaviorsReinforcement scheduleContractSelf-monitoring

B. Options for Controlling BehaviorsTalking ticketsLet’s chatTokens

C. Options for Anger/Violent BehaviorsChill-Out TimeChat Time With Students

CORRECTIVE STRATEGIES

A. options for distracting behaviors.

B. options for controlling behaviors.

C. options for anger/violent behaviors

Use of profanity or derogatory language.

Use of cell phones or other electronic devices in the classroom .

One child attempted to interrupt with peers from any location in the room.

TASK:

Talking when the instructor or others are speaking.

Frequently entering class late or leaving early.

Eating in class.

Failing to respect the rights of other students to express their viewpoints.

Verbal abuse (e.g., taunting, badgering, intimidation).

Physical violence (e.g., shoving, grabbing, assault, use of weapons).

How do we know that discipline

strategies work?

We carried out a research study.

Research Question

How effective are preventive, supportive and corrective discipline strategies as a way to cope with, avoid and reduce disruptive behavior?

Literature ReviewDisruptive behavior

Disruptive behaviors are attitudes that inhibit the achievement of the teacher’s purposes (Levin and Nolan 1996).

According to Nordahl (1998) the mentioned behaviors can be classified into 4 categories:

1. Behaviour, which influence upon the teaching process and the pupils learning process.2. Social isolation.3. Out acting behavior. 4. Norm breaking and criminal behavior.

Classroom management

Groves (2009) describes classroom management as “your

personal toolkit of policies, actions and words, which you use to

keep your classroom functioning smoothly and your students

working safely and efficiently”.

Literature Review

Discipline strategies

Literature Review

Strategies used to maintain discipline.

1. Preventive strategies

2. Supportive strategies

3. Corrective strategies

Methodology1. Choosing an approach: collaborative approach (rating scale)

2. Selecting discipline strategies: 2.1 Preventive strategy; rationale, setting rules and establishing consequences. 2.1 Supportive strategy; verbal warning and catching students’ attention. 2.2 Corrective strategy; whole monitoring, chat time and tokens

3. Collecting and analyzing data; anecdotal record and teacher’s diary.

Findings

Students considered preventive strategies to be very effective.

Students were able to identify corrective strategies as they occurred in the classroom.

We found out that most of the disruptive behavior decreased when we applied the preventive strategy.

Using supportive and corrective strategies was not as effective as using preventive strategies since with the former students stopped misbehaving just temporarily.

Pedagogical implications

This study is of highly importance to show teachers that

there are certain techniques and strategies to be used

when different disruptive behaviors are presented in the

classroom.

If we expect effective outcomes from the application of

discipline strategies, we must devote some time on

preparing and teaching our students the appropriate

behaviors in the classroom. It is a long on-going process

and we should bear in mind that consistency is the key to

having long-lasting results.

Pedagogical implications

Questions?

This workshop wouldn’t have been possible without the help and support of a very special person…

Thank you Professor Raúl García!

Step 1Choose your approach.

Teacher-centered

Collaborative

Student-centered

Theoretical approaches

to classroom management

Step 2Raise students awareness.

Students should be aware of:

Appropriate/ Inappropriate behaviors

Behavioral expectations

Reason for the expectations

Step 3

Set limits.

Establishing classroom

rules

Work together with students

Limited number of rules

Positive statements

Visible

Consistency

Students’ explicit commitment

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Step 4Consequences.

Establishing Consequences

Rewards

Punishment

Logical consequences

…To take into account…

Step 4Consequences.

Take into account:

School policiesStudents’ age

Consequences should be:

FairAccording to the action