You are frustrated and not sure what to do. At this point, all privileges are suspended. This is not the same as bribing, threatening, or punishing. It is just that when problems arise, you have to stop everything because you need to deal with the situation before you move on. Suspension of privileges is different from taking privileges away — it implies that the child will have some power in getting the privileges reinstated.
Like a strong spice, this discipline tool should be used sparingly and with care. It is this third type of consequence involving the suspension of privileges that parents struggle most to use and which will be the focus of the remainder of this article.
As part of imposing consequences, you may suspend privileges. But before you can do so, you need to understand what privileges are. Sometimes parents get so caught up in giving to their children that they miss what power they do have. Parental obligations what you absolutely must give your children, such as basic nutritious food, proper medical care, school attendance, and respect.
Privileges what you choose to give to your children, such as special foods that meet their preferences, outings, sports, and activities. The delineation between a privilege and an obligation may be different in different households. The idea is to figure out what in your household is a privilege and as such can be taken away when necessary.
For example, in one family playing a sport may be a privilege, while in another, once registered, it may become an obligation. These privileges are not owed to your children — there should be a give-and-take between you and your children — you give privileges if they earn them by their appropriate behavior.
It may be your pleasure to give your children these privileges, but you also have the right to expect decent behavior in return. If your children do not behave, do not listen to you, or are disrespectful, it is your right and responsibility to help them learn to do better by imposing consequences.
By getting clear about what is a privilege, you can do a better job with discipline and curbing a sense of entitlement in your children. For example, maybe you view playing a sport as an obligation because you want your child to get exercise and learn teamwork and a skill. But being on a travel team may be a privilege. This action is not done harshly. You will need to find your own words, but for example:. If done beforehand during a calm period, you can have your children brainstorm a list of privileges with you.
When you find yourself needing to suspend privileges, you can then have your children put themselves on suspension, picking what privilege they will forego. Is detention an effective solution to class disruptions, or would it spur future problems? Free resources across the internet allow for teachers to weigh detention and all of its possible alternatives.
Young people often rave about how educational institutions take up so much of their time and teach them no real-life skills. They are, after all, full-time students by the age of six. Make sure to praise students for acting appropriately, and consider giving small rewards to students who exceed expectations.
Prodigy Math is an engaging, digital game-based learning platform. Students can create free accounts and go on adventures, collect pets, play with friends — all while answering standards-aligned math questions. Earned a Thumbs Up party and they wanted to go on Prodigy Math. Yes, I already put in an assignment! Use Prodigy Math to track student understanding, practice lesson material and prepare for standardized testing.
Parent involvement is the best indicator of student success — a principle that extends beyond academic involvement. Parents need to understand and align themselves with expectations for classroom behavior.
Keep in touch with parents and send home a letter at the beginning of the school year that details the classroom rules that you and your class have agreed on. Consider taking a few moments from a parent evening to go over student expectations or ask for feedback on what values parents think classroom rules should uphold.
Communication and collaboration with parents means more student success and fewer surprises during the school year. Your colleagues are one of your biggest assets when it comes to establishing clear rules. Students often have more than one teacher throughout the school day, and communicating a consistent set of classroom rules can help reinforce student expectations.
Collaborating with other teachers is also a good way to make sure that your rules are in line with school culture. If the classroom is out of step with what the rest of the school is doing, students can get confused and start to act out.
Speak with a supervisor or trusted colleague if you have any questions, and take their advice seriously. For many teachers, student discipline is a difficult subject to discuss. If every classroom needs rules, then it stands to reason that breaking the rules should come with appropriate consequences. In any classroom, broken rules mean wasted teaching time and emotional exhaustion for teachers.
In one study about classroom discipline , researchers noted that:. With that in mind, here are some tips for making sure student discipline, when necessary, is used as a way to get back to what your students are really there for: learning! Give students hypothetical situations, and ask them to develop consequences based on shared classroom values. If you truly want to build an efficient and positive learning environment, you should always keep the best interests of your students in mind.
Be able to explain consequences when students ask. Take circumstance into account — an unusually egregious offence needs to be escalated more quickly than a small classroom disturbance. Apply the rules consistently so students learn the value of responsibility. These kids are impoverished and have no parental support. A fight breaks out at least once a day. What do you suggest? I recommend spending time in the archive, beginning in the Classroom Management Plan category and going from there.
If then you have any questions, please email me. Do you have advice for paraprofessionals regarding behavior management away from the teacher classroom setting such as during transitions or in a classroom where the management is poor? My approach so far has been to work with the troubled student and try to redirect their behavior but in the hall they are totally zoned out and hard to reach.
My students are special ed. I am in a middle school now and am trying to form relationships as a classroom Para. I am letting my classes down by being inconsistent. I always hope that next lesson will be better, but it never is.
BUT it is so hard to be fair sometimes when in a class of 30, 20 kids are talking etc. My best recommendation is to spend some time in our archive, getting a feel for our philosophy. It sounds to me like you need to start over from scratch. I am preparing to teach piano classes to elementary and middle school kids as part of an after-school program. Classes will be small kids. Kids need to sign up for the class, so they are participating because they want to.
Would you still recommend using the classroom management plan you outline above? It may help you avoid headaches down the line. What should a teacher do when there is more than one student that needs to be put in time out at the same time. You do what you have to do. Although you may only have one desk designated for time-out, you need one or two contingency areas just in case.
I love your tips and they have helped me out so much. With one of my classes, these tips work great. I do use some whole class consequences but they are not that effective. Thank you in advance!! I have this same topic students arguing and not getting along planned for a future article. I have read a lot about your classroom management and rules and consequences and the importance of sticking to these all day for every student. He not only refuses to do any work, he will not sit in his seat nor be quite, disrupting children showing off or being rude to both myself and other students and intimidating students also and attempting, and occasionally successful in bringing others down with him.
Now he just literally does nothing, so there is no chance for success or failure as he probably sees it. He also comes from a very troubled home and has three older brothers who were fairly similar going through primary school and I dare say high school! I have always searched for the tiniest things I can praise this student for an extremely difficult task most days!
There has always been rules for this child and rules for everyone else as he is deemed so out of control. What to do? You can find the answers to your questions in the Difficult Students category of the archive.
I also encourage you to dig deeper into the archive to get a full picture of our philosophy and core principles. The Classroom Management Secret will help in this regard. I have been driving myself nuts for 2 years, unable to understand why it is so hard for them to listen to me.
I have been my own worst enemy. I began implementing your thoughts a month ago with some tweaks for my circumstance and have found my stress lessened, my problems decreased, and my demeanor happier.
I look forward to gleaning all I can from what you say, and slowly becoming what I want rather than what I fear. Hello, What is your recommendation if students break another rule after the third consequence — letter home.
When a student receives a letter home they spend the rest of the day in time-out. The most palpable moment I had reading this was the bit about how no matter what, current classroom behavior is on me. Gone was my last grip on blaming the teacher I stepped in for more than halfway through the year. The next day I apologized as expected, laid out the 4 golden rules, showed them the letter written in English and Spanish and modeled behaviors.
I relaxed immediately and things immediately began to improve. Several weeks later, I am writing a form letter rewarding students for positive behaviors which many many students will be able to take home to their parents. Felt moved to thank you. As a newish teacher, I was thinking perhaps teaching was not my calling. But your suggestions and insights have taken the sting out of classroom management and have cleared the way for more fun in the classroom!
I look forward to he weekly emails! What are my options? We have to give the students green, yellow, and red to for their behavior.. Do these rules and consequences apply to high school classes? If not, how should I approach handling students that are older? They definitely need to be modified depending on your grade level.
Rules and consequences for ninth graders would likely look different than those for seniors. This is a discussion with many variables that takes more time and space than we have here. I hope to write an ebook on the topic in the future. I have yet to find a discipline plan I am happy or successful with. I have a question. Do all the rule breaking moments have to be in the same day? Or if they break a rule one day, and the next they break the same rule, do you then give them the second warning the next day or go back to the first?
I will be teaching a highs school class this year. Are there a different set of rules to be posted then above? Keeping hands and feet to self and giving a time out seem to be geared to younger students. A classroom management plan for high school will look somewhat different. I hope to put out a guide for high school teachers explaining the differences in the near future. Stay tuned. They say I let students get away with too much, and from reading this article I know my problem is in not sticking to my consequences.
BUT one thing that I liked doing and found maybe temporarily helpful was sending students out of class. I know they do not learn out in the hall but in doing so we, the class, could move on in peace. Why and the how this is effective, as well as how it can also be connected to a school-wide detention if applicable , will have to wait for another day. Does the student need to break the SAME rule three times to get to the third consequence? For example, blurting out at three separate times.
Each time they break a rule, whether the same or different, they receive the next subsequent consequence. Thanks for your quick response! Is it effective if they only have a five minute time out? Should the time out be extended into the next day I see the student. I see students twice a week for 45 minutes. Also, thanks for these articles.
Very great and helpful stuff! You may want to read the book for specialist teachers. There are some key differences. This is a small detail, but done right, can add to the effectiveness. Dear Michael, I have been teaching for almost 20 years. I was looking online for a better way to close my school day and stumbled across your website. I fell in love! I made the commitment the first day of school with the same children I had had last year.
Your plan has transformed my class. They are angelic. It has even helped them to get along with each other better and be more thankful. Thank you so much for sharing your secrets.!! I really like your ideas in this article! Or if the student balls up the letter and throws it in the trash. When you get a chance, please read through the Difficult Student category of the archive. Just wondering, if you are familiar with Ed Ford Responsible Thinking and what you think about giving the responsibility back on the student for their behavior?
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