Strategies for Encouraging Productive Behaviors & Discouraging Undesirable Behaviors

Stacey Frizzell &Janelle Chong

October 14, 2013

Think: What is Appropriate Classroom Behavior?

Students

Teachers

Think: What is Inappropriate Classroom Behavior?

Students

Teachers

Discussion:

What is appropriate?

What is inappropriate?

How Can the Teacher Encourage Students to Be Productive? Always be prepared

If the teacher is not prepared, it shows the students that preparation is not necessary

Avoid overexposure to material Students may become bored

Expect the best behavior Positive reinforcement for good behavior

Roleplay Issues with organization Time management and direction

How Can the Teacher Encourage Students to be Productive? (2) Remain calm at all times

Students will pick up and often mimic emotion

Use humor in the classroom

Give reminders of correct behavior

Learning Styles Incorporation

of mixed learning styles encourages participation from all students

Reinforce ideas in different ways, rather than simple repetition

Encouraging New Behaviors Reinforce behavior that

is similar to ideal Move on by ceasing

reinforcement of “close” behavior, while encouraging behavior that is closer to ideal

Continuing gravitating towards perfect behavior

End with only reinforcing entirely ideal behavior

How Can the Teacher Discourage Undesirable Behavior? Always model positive behavior

Reasonable and consistent consequences Students will test their limits More likely to act out if they believe they can

Avoid behavior discrimination Students should know that undesirable behavior

is never desirable

Punishment

Set specific guidelines for punishment and give explanation

Try to punish privately Avoid placing blame on the student by

focusing on the behavior, not the individual

Monitor the effectiveness of specific punishments and only use ones that work

Coach Carter—Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

V1wAemvxNaM

Discuss observations

Harry Potter—Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doxxfXqpKYA&feature=youtu.be&t=15s

Resources to Help Address Particularly Problematic Classroom Behavior School social workers School psychologists Special education

teachers Student’s former

teachers Administrators Current teachers

(both academic and

elective) SROs Parents/guardians Parole officers Child and Family

Services External social

workers External therapists

Resources http://ows.edb.utexas.edu/site/hicela-m

artinez/appropriate-inappropriate-student-behavior

http://raider.mountunion.edu/~schnelpl/ME200Wwebsite/Disciplinegurustheories.pdf

http://newteachers.tes.co.uk/content/top-10-strategies-encouraging-good-behaviour

http://voices.yahoo.com/5-easy-tricks-stop-bad-behavior-quickly-8686669.html?cat=25

Textbook 301-307