DISCIPLINE STRATEGIES & INTERVENTIONS FOR THE

CLASSROOMYour Guide- Debbee Straub

Please group set yourselves in groups of 4

Group NORMS (5)

Treat each other with dignity and respect. Be genuine with each other about ideas, challenges, and

feelings. Trust each other. Have confidence that issues discussed will be kept in

confidence. Group members will practice a consistent commitment to

share information and participate. Listen very carefully & be open-minded to others’ ideas. Respect and Support one another. Develop a sense of

team Speak and act as a team, be inclusive. Be honest         Keep a sense of humor         Limit distractions (cell phones–unless special issue–turn

off/put on vibrate) Emphasize respectful behavior when we are apart       

THE FOUR AGREEMENTS

Use the Four Agreements: Be impeccable with your word.  Don’t take anything personally.  Be aware of internal assumptions. Always do your best. 

Introductions (15)

A little about Debbee A little about you with Interviews

Find a person to interview. Both will interview the other and present Ask the following and when interview is over

present each other

What is your name? Where do you teach? How long? What are your hobbies? What was your summer highlight this year?

Learners Inventory (10)

Knowing your students & how they learn to know how to engage the class as a whole

Stand-up

Sticky note graffiti

Discipline Scenarios (15)

Group Scenarios

Share out – What will your group do? Explain

Foundation for Positive Discipline in the classroom (15)

Relationship Building/Connection/Class Meetings/Life & Social Skills

Establish and Consistently follow Expectations, Rules, Norms, & Procedures Allow student voice Allow time to establish at the beginning of the

year Allow time to teach and reinforce Effective long term & short term

Model/Mirror Reinforce

Foundation for Positive Discipline in the classroom

Student Engagement/Movement/Culturally Responsive Teaching/Group Work

Seating Positive/Respectful Environment (Kind yet Firm) High Expectations for all Intrinsic Rewards

Positive Discipline Strategies Yield Quick Results

Stroke, Sting, Stroke Strategy

Break for 10 minutes

Problems in the Classroom (10)

Group List

Characteristics, Qualities & Gifts (10)

A group list of what you would like to instill in your students.

Classroom Discipline (15)

STICKY NOTE THOUGHTS

What works for your class? (yellow) What are your challenges? (pink) What are your goals for this school year?

(green)

Share ~ partner/small group/large group (post on posters… gallery walk)

DEVELOP CLASS NORMS EXPECTATIONS RULES PROCEDURES NORMS FOR SPECIAL ACTIVITIES (I.E.

GROUP WORK, SPECIAL GUESTS, VIDEOS, ETC..)

INDIVIDUAL/SHARE

HOW WILL YOU GIVE STUDENT VOICE? HOW DO YOU DISPLAY IN YOUR

CLASSROOM?

Relationships

Building Community & Relationships in your classroom

Group come up with 2 activities to use

Large Group Share & Demo

Break for 10 minutes

Tips/Reminders Set The Tone and Atmosphere the Classroom (10)

Tricks to calming the class Getting 100% Attention

Share your tricks that work in your group Share out to larger group

Basic Principles For Positive Discipline Outcomes (15)

Establish a school-wide behavior support system

Assist students with resiliency skills Assist students with positive social skills Develop & follow administrative

procedures and policies for behavior challenges

Provide prevention, intervention and postvention.

Teacher is conscientious about verbal communication.

Teacher is aware of nonverbal communications.

Basic Principles For Positive Discipline Outcomes (10)

GROUP TALK/SHARE/LIST- What do you have in place at your

school? (PBIS or ???) What works? What does not?

Quotes

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”

~ Plato

“Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating or doing better?”

~Jane Nelson

Positive Discipline

Teaching Fellows Institute @ Charlotte Part 1 (28:57)

Part 2 (37:57)

Edutopia’s 10 Big Ideas to Improve Public Education (18 min)

Resources

http://faculty.washington.edu/dcheney/EDSPE503ClassroomManagement/Readings/NelsenChapter.pdf

http://www.tvtip.org/resources/DebbieCMresources/A9_Seven%20Models%20of%20Discipline.pdf

https://www.jmu.edu/kinesiology/hpainstitute/documents/Positive%20and%20Not%20So%20Positive%20Discipline%20Techniques.pdf

Resources

http://www.edutopia.org/classroom-management-relationships-strategies-tips

http://unesco.org.pk/education/icfe/resources/res10.pdf

http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/specedu/beh/pdf/6.pdf

https://readingrecovery.org/images/pdfs/Conferences/NC08/Handouts/Hayes_Remarkably_Effective_Classroom_Strategies.pdf

Resources

http://www.odessa.edu/dept/govt/dille/brian/courses/1100orientation/learningstyleinventory_survey.pdf

Teachingfellowsinstitute.org