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'I understand' method - Way to respond to protests and inappropriate remarks
5 skills for effective behavior management - Skill One: The ability to get and
keep students on-task.
Skill Two: The ability to maintain a high rate of positive teacher-to-student
interaction and risk-free student response opportunities.
Skill Three: The ability to teach expectations.
Skill Four: The ability to respond non-coercively.
Skill Five: The ability to avoid being trapped.
After leaving office and before entering classroom - Find restrooms, gym,
cafeteria, and auditorium
Alternative Teaching Strategies - History
Reenact a battle
Write a commercial for that time period
Do a mock interview of an historical person
, Compose a song to help remember a formula
Keep game score using roman numerals or fractions
Ask office - Keys, extra nurse passes and office referrals, how to send
students to office, attendance procedures
At the end of the day - Gather supplies, review lessons of the day, remind
students of homework, clean up
Brainstorming tips - set a short time limit
D on't judge ideas yet, evaluation is later
O riginal and unconventional ideas encouraged
V olume of ideas important
E veryone participates
Common Sense Trap - Trying to persuade students via logic instead of by
restating expectations, facts, and consequences
Consequential Behaviors - Those which disrupt the learning environment
Corrective methods - If the behavior is inconsequential, ignore at first, then
redirect students to constructive behavior and they will probably stop without
having to be faced with a consequence.
Day before - Have section of your closet devoted to entire subbing outfits at
the ready for a last-minute assignment.