Introduction

To understand the importance of documentation, please visit www.mspowell.com and read her comments about documentation.

At this page I share the following: Three important documentation procedures and this link to www.teachertools.org/index.html, which is a teacher-created website of many, many useful teacher forms that help with documentation and other classroom functions.  (Note: Once at this site, please follow the “forms” link for the bank of forms.)

Three Important Documentation-Related Procedures

Documenting Student Behavior Problems

Supporting forms:

1. Student problem-solving record, courtesy of a fellow teacher: MS Word or PDF
2. Gold Slips to document positive and negative behavior and study skills (for grades K-6 and possibly 7-8, depending on the students: MS Word or PDF)

If the behavior warranted an office referral, the referral can function as documentation according to your words as the teacher. It is EXTREMELY important to get documentation in the student’s own handwriting for behavior that is less disruptive yet still disruptive. This can be accomplished by assigning a behavior assignment such as a reflection essay. There are many types of behavior assignments, and teachers share them generously on the web. (Please see www.teachertools.org/index.html and follow the “forms” link for a downloadable behavior form.) You can also find formats for behavior documents in many behavior management books. Make sure to write the student’s name and the date at the top in pen. Some teachers use carbon copy forms for behavior assignments. Request that the student sign the assignment after completing it. After checking to see that the pertinent information is included, you can file this documentation away in your Huge Binder Filing Student Information (please see details and/or view my video clip about one way to build a huge binder of student information, available on the next page).

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