harry wong by amber broach “management is not discipline”
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Harry Wong
By Amber Broach
“Management is NOT discipline”
Who knows Harry?
He received his undergraduate degree from California, Berkley. His doctorate is from Brigham Young University in Utah.
He is a former secondary science teacher and as a classroom teacher, he developed methods which resulted in his having no discipline problems, a zero dropout rate, a 95% homework turn-in factor, and the ability to demonstrate mastery learning for each of his students.
Management is NOT Discipline
Make sure your classroom is prepared. Teachers who prepare their classrooms in advance maximize student learning and minimize student misbehavior. How prepared a teacher is determines their success in the classroom.
Everything the teacher wants done should be done as a procedure.
Effective teacher manages classroom; ineffective teacher disciplines classroom.
Inappropriate behavior is handled promptly and consistently.
Key Ideas
Discipline: Make sure students understand rules, consequences and rewards from the beginning. Create a sense of responsibility in students.
Procedures: Clearly defining what you expect and enforcing repetition of desired action will decrease behavior issues
Routines: allow the students to repeat the routine enough that it becomes second nature.
Teacher Responsibilities
Stay organized
Provide a task-orientated environment
Repetition and familiarity
Record progress
Teach procedures for everything
Make sure students understand your behavior plan
Be consistent with rules
The Three-Step Approach to
Teaching Classroom
Procedures 1.Explain: State, explain, model, and
demonstrate the procedure.
2.Rehearse: Rehearse and practice the procedure under your supervision.
3.Reinforce: Reteach, rehearse, practice, and reinforce the classroom procedure until it becomes a student habit or routine.
Student Responsibilities
The only way to have responsible students is to have procedures and routines for which the students can be responsible for
Students are responsible for understanding procedures and adhering to them.
Rewards and punishments are given based on student actions.
Students take responsibility for their work
Pros & Cons
PROS CONS
•Works well for large groups of students•Works well for K-5•Allows for a chance to create learning procedures fun•Gives students a sense of responsibility
•Rigid•No clear-cut progression of consequences•Requires patience and frequent reinforcement
References
http://teachers.net/gazette/wong.html
http://www.yale.edu/21c/arkansas/documents/Meek_9_25_07_HarryWong.pdf
http://go.hrw.com/resources/go_sc/gen/HSTPR034.PDF