Jerrid Gift

EDU 240
Prof. Brandel
Classroom Management
During my early elementary years, teachers used various management and discipline
plans. However, many of the teachers used similar plans. For classroom management, teachers
would go over the rules and expectations the very first day of school. During the first couple
weeks of schools, we would then slightly review and go over those rules and expectations. This
was very effective in my opinion. It set the ground rules right from the start. Then reviewing
them each day helped us fully understand what the rules meant and what the teacher expected
from us. Most of my elementary teachers discipline plans were set up with a three-step strategy.
For example, the first action taken if a student broke a rule or was misbehaving was a verbal
warning, which would be symbolized by a green card or one strike. If the student broke a rule for
a second time or kept misbehaving, the action taken would be another verbal warning and maybe
a note sent home for parents to sign. This step would be symbolized with a yellow card or two
strikes. After that, if the student was still breaking rules or misbehaving, he or she would be sent
to the office to talk to the principal and to maybe even call their parents to inform them what
they did. This was a red card or three strikes and youre out. I thought that this strategy was very
effective positively. It gave us students more than one chance to correct a broken rule or to start
behaving before being sent to the office. The colored cards or strikes helped remind us to not
break another rule and to start acting appropriately.