"A Few Behavior Management and Discipline Management Factors to Consider" by Z. Sanders
Here are a few behavior management and discipline factors to
consider:
1. What is your classroom management style?
This
topic is well-addressed in
Setting
Limits in the Classroom, one of the most important behavior and
discipline management books I've read. (See the link
to helpful books to the left under the
Helpful Books
section.)
2. What are the school and district policies for addressing student behavior? What leeway do you as an individual classroom teacher have in this regard?
3. Of the different behavior management philosophies, which one will you personally adopt?
4. Will you use the term “rules” or “expectations”? See a sample of classroom behavior expectations: MS Word or PDF.
5. What will be the steps in your behavior guidance procedure? See this "cheat sheet" of one-liners to guide student behavior: MS Word or PDF. See a problem-solving record sheet for students: MS Word or PDF. (both submitted by a colleague)
6. Will you communicate and celebrate supportive behavior and growth with students and parents? If so, will you do so randomly, weekly, biweekly? Via email? By phone? Teachers from grades K-6 (and possibly 7-8, depending on the students) might consider adapting these Gold Slips for this purpose: MS Word or PDF.
7. There are different categories of behaviors to think about: First there are academic-related behaviors that might be addressed through lesson planning and study/work skills guidance . . .