Welcome back to school
Welcome back to school after what we hope has been a restful, well-deserved holiday break. It is usually tough to get going again especially after what has often been a period of more intense conflict with your more challenging students exacerbated by a myriad of factors that surround the holiday season. So it is a great time to do some renewal with your students. There are many ways but we focus on two in this newsletter:
CREATE A CARING CLASSROOM – Student who challenge our authority need us to be tougher at not giving up on them than they are at pushing our buttons and making us angry. They need to know that we welcome them – warts and all. We recall a teacher who told Bob, a chronically disruptive student: “Bob, since I haven’t yet found a way to help you speak respectfully, I have no doubt that God put you in my classroom to help me become a better teacher. Maybe he’s testing both of us to find a way to get along.” As tough as it might be, use your wisdom, optimism and creative spirit to continue welcoming disruptive students. Doing little things on a daily basis like saying hello, shaking a hand, or offering one appreciative comment each class will dramatically increase the chances of eventually getting better behavior.
REVISIT AND IF NECESSARY ESTABLISH CLEARLY DEFINED LIMITS – Good classroom discipline requires that students understand the rules and that they connect the rules to important educational values. Let your students know what will be necessary to have a successful second half of the school year. Keep things simple. For example, “we’ll need to make sure our rules help us do an even better job so that we TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES; TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER; TAKE CARE OF THIS PLACE.” Invite your students to review various rules and procedures to make sure that these are compatible with the above values. When necessary, model, role-play and teach behaviors consistent with these values.
Dr Allen N. Mendler
Classroom Management
CREATE A CARING CLASSROOM – Student who challenge our authority need us to be tougher at not giving up on them than they are at pushing our buttons and making us angry. They need to know that we welcome them – warts and all. We recall a teacher who told Bob, a chronically disruptive student: “Bob, since I haven’t yet found a way to help you speak respectfully, I have no doubt that God put you in my classroom to help me become a better teacher. Maybe he’s testing both of us to find a way to get along.” As tough as it might be, use your wisdom, optimism and creative spirit to continue welcoming disruptive students. Doing little things on a daily basis like saying hello, shaking a hand, or offering one appreciative comment each class will dramatically increase the chances of eventually getting better behavior.
REVISIT AND IF NECESSARY ESTABLISH CLEARLY DEFINED LIMITS – Good classroom discipline requires that students understand the rules and that they connect the rules to important educational values. Let your students know what will be necessary to have a successful second half of the school year. Keep things simple. For example, “we’ll need to make sure our rules help us do an even better job so that we TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES; TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER; TAKE CARE OF THIS PLACE.” Invite your students to review various rules and procedures to make sure that these are compatible with the above values. When necessary, model, role-play and teach behaviors consistent with these values.
Dr Allen N. Mendler
Classroom Management
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