Guide to School Discipline

1. Guide to School Discipline A presentation for new teachers, veteran teachers, and school administrators © 2005 Mark Karadimos

2. Introduction This tutorial will provide… • teachers with a number of research driven strategies and practical ideas to institute classroom environments conducive to learning, • educational leaders a framework to build successful, cohesive organizations.

3. Reality Therapy (RT) Positive Approach to Discipline (PAD) Teacher Effectiveness Training (TET) Transactional Analysis (TA) Assertive Discipline (AD) Adlerian Approaches Student Team Learning (STL) Various Strategies

4. Form Connections Between Behavior and Consequences Elements: Class Meetings, Clearly Communicated Rules, & Use of Contracts. Reality Therapy

5. Treat with Respect Grant Responsibilities Elements: Developing and Sharing Clear Rules, Providing Daily Opportunities for Success, and Administering In-School Suspensions. Positive Approachto Discipline

6. Differentiate Between Student and Teacher Problems Elements: Teaching Students Problem-Solving & Negotiation Skills. Teacher Effectiveness Training

7. Identify Issues & Make Changes Elements: Reaching Students By Counseling to the Child, Adult, and Parent Components of Their Psyche. Transactional Analysis

8. Define Rules & Clear Expectations Elements: Enforcing Penalty System With Increasingly Serious Sanctions. Assertive Discipline

9. Adlerian Approaches • Understanding Student’s Reasons for Behavior • Helping Students Change Behavior & Meet Their Needs • Elements: Using a Variety of Methods.

10. Focus on Group Learning Elements: Creating Cooperative Learning Environment & Using Team Learning Instruction. Student Team Learning

11. Learning the Strategies • Awareness of Discipline Strategies • Mastery of Styles • Personal Teaching Styles • Population, Learning Environment, & Time

12. Laying a Foundation • Use Short, Clear, & Reasonable Set of Rules • Focus on Positive Events • Be a Role-Model • Maintain Involvement Bell-to-Bell • Manage Conflicts Calmly • Handle All Discipline Problems

13. Preventive Practices • Staff committed to exercising intolerance of conditions that inhibit learning. • High expectations for appropriate student behavior. • Clearly state rules that are developed from all participants within a school, including staff, students, and administrators.

14. Preventive Practices 4) Create a warm environment where educators take an active interest in the personal goals, achievements and problems of students. 5) School leaders are visible, accessible, and supportive. 6) Teachers are expected to handle routine discipline problems. Help from the principal is provided in the form of staff development and assistance for critical situations. 7) Form partnerships with the community.

15. Advanced Strategy Three Key Areas to the Strategy 1) Cultivating Students 2) Documentation 3) Prosocial Skills

16. Advanced Strategy Cultivating Students • Desire to Help Students Grow • Understanding that Students are in Development • Lots of Patience • Time

17. Advanced Strategy Documentation • Individualized Discussions • Get Students to Understand a Problem Exists • Have Students Brainstorm Solutions • Move to Student-Teacher Agreed Solutions

18. Advanced Strategy Prosocial Skills Training • Metacognition • Lifelong Framework for Handling Conflict • Problem Identification • Problem-Solving Skills

19. Conclusion AFT Guidelines • Improvement is a Community Event • Consistency is Crucial • Alternatives to Standard Education • Rigorous Standards

20. Resources • AFT. (n.d.) Tips for Student Discipline. Retrieved on August 7th, 2005 at: http://www.aft.org/topics/discipline/downloads/tips.pdf Cotton, K. (2001) Schoolwide and Classroom Discipline. Retrieved on June 8th, 2005 at: http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/5/cu9.html • ITAA (n.d.) A Summary of Transactional Analysis Key Ideas. Retrieved on August 12th, 2005 at: http://www.itaa-net.org/ta/keyideas.htm • Karadimos, M. (2003) Behavior Identification & Adjustment. Word Document accessible at: http://www.mathguide.com/services/Discipline/BehaviorIDA.doc • Karadimos, M. (2005) Guide to School Discipline. Word document available at: http://www.mathguide.com/services/Discipline/GuidetoDiscipline.doc • McIntyre, T. (2005) Assertive Discipline. Retrieved on August 12th, 2005 at: http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/AssertiveDiscipline.html • Steffins, P. (1995) Positive Approach to Discipline. Retrieved on June 8th, 2005 at: http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/family/g1190.htm • William Glasser Institute (2005) Counseling With Choice Theory: The New Reality Therapy . Retrieved on August 12th, 2005 at: http://www.wglasser.com/thenew.htm

21. Resources • WikEd (2005) Teacher Effectiveness Training. Retrieved on August 12th, 2005 at: http://moodle.ed.uiuc.edu/wiked/index.php/Teacher_Effectiveness_Training • Yorba Middle School (n.d.) Preventive Discipline/Management. Retrieved on June 8th, 2005 at: http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/discipline_research.htm • Churchward, B. (2003) 11 Techniques for Better Classroom Discipline. Retrieved on June 8th, 2005 at: http://www.honorlevel.com/techniques.xml • The Master Teacher (2002) Discipline Help: You Can Handle Them All. Retrieved on June 8th, 2005 at: http://www.disciplinehelp.com/ • McGraw-Hills. (n.d.) Classroom Rules Sample and Suggestion. Retrieved on June 8th, 2005 at: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/downloads/pdf/classroom_rules_example_guidleines.pdf • Wiggins, D. (n.d.) Classroom Management Plan. Retrieved on June 8th, 2005 at: http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~dwiggins/plan.html