Hey everyone,
I have just recently discovered a very interesting classroom management technique.
Concept: A Classroom behaviour rating system that is reset at the beginning of every day, or week depending on your classroom needs. This allows the students and the teacher to see at a glance how the class is behaving. Every student starts off with a GREEN "light", when the student misbehaves you remove the green card and place it at the back of the pile and a yellow one shows up. If the students continue to misbehave then you remove the yellow one and there is a red card. At this point you can decide what is appropriate for your classroom in terms of a consequence for individuals or for the whole class if many students have a RED "light." This is especially useful if you explain the system to a supply teacher so that they can implement the same system in your class and the next morning you can see how your class behaved at a glance.
Location: On a wall or any free space you have in the classroom for a large sheet of bristol board.
Setup: Each student has a pocket on the bristol board (think the old pockets in library books that you would write the return date on). In each pocket there is a Green Card that is always at the front at the beginning of the day. Behind the green card can be several yellow cards (or just one) and then a red card.
Another technique that I have discovered pertains to those students who find themselves in trouble more often than not. If the student continues to make poor behaviour decisions then instead of just calling home and talking to the parent yourself, have the student call his or her parent to explain what has happened. This is very effective when the student has decided to make inappropriate comments to other students in the class. Most children do not want to use vulgar language when talking with their parents and consequently the parents see that the child is capable of making this type of comment. It is not the teacher saying well your son/daughter did this, but instead its the child saying I did this. During this whole process the teacher is of course there to make sure that the student is saying what happened.
I hope everyones first week went wonderfully and continued good luck next week.
Mr. F
4 comments:
That second technique you mentioned is very interesting (making the students themselves call home when they've misbehaved). Where did you hear about that? That'd be a great program for principals to implement in their schools. However, I think the principal or teacher should still have to speak to the parents afterward and discuss how the student's behaviour can be changed. Perhaps a meeting can occur with parent, teacher, AND student to discuss these matters. What do you think about that?!?!
My week was great, I hope yours was as well!
I agree with Miss G...and I wonder if the thought of having to call home would deter students from misbehaving...or if some students simply "dont care" and have parents that "dont care"- thats when classroom management becomes a REAL challange. Those are some great ideas Mr. F!
Good luck! :)
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The first classroom management technique that you presented here seems to be very useful. I have not heard or seem something similar to this technique. This would really allow you to track how the students are behaving on a daily basis (if required).
Thanks for sharing
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