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3: BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT PLAN -

In order to achieve a classroom of students who are not only safe, but also ready and
willing to learn, a behaviour management plan will be set up at the beginning of every year. A
successful behaviour management plan must be adaptable to any setting in which you teach,
and should outline clear expectations for appropriate behaviour. Furthermore, it should also
include strategies relating to reinforcing appropriate behaviour and preventing inappropriate
behaviour. In addition to this, monitoring student behaviour and identifying if the desired
outcomes have been reached are also important aspects in a successful behaviour
management plan. Similarly, to my philosophy of teaching and underlying values, I believe
that the most effective way to outline the behavioural expectations for my students and
classroom will be to collaboratively construct a set of classroom rules. By actively outlining a
set of rules and goals to work towards, the students can aim high and work as a team to
implement good behaviour and prevent inappropriate behaviour. Copies of our class made
rules will be placed around the classroom to keep students safe, motivated, focused and
working as a team. Alongside this, in an effort to clearly outline my behavioural expectations,
I will outline my expectations to the class in the form of a class discussion.

As a teacher, I believe it is important to give clear instructions in an age appropriate

manner. Expectations of student behaviour will be enforced at the beginning of the year and
again at any time the teacher feels necessary. The inclusion of fair rules will highlight and
encourage responsibility from individuals and the class as a whole (Rogers, 2011).
Inappropriate behaviour will be addressed depending on the severity of the behaviour
presented. Moderate cases will be treated with corrective consequence, where severe cases
will be addressed through the removal of the student/s from the classroom (Good, 2008).
Students will be given the time to reflect on their behaviour as reflection is an important
aspect in self-regulating behaviour. Student progress will be monitored through observable
notes which will aim to gather information about ways in which students are able to apply
skills to self-regulate their behaviour in a variety of contexts.

Porter (2000) has noted that management methods which exert unnecessary control
over students can provoke behavioural difficulties, where the students attempt to regain the
self-control they feel has been taken away from them. Due to this, it is important for me, as a
teacher to prepare and have available, a crisis plan. The crisis plan outlined below is broken
into 6 steps and will be used in the situations where the aforementioned strategies fail to
alter or decrease the poor and disruptive behaviour.
1. Allow the student time to go and get a drink. By doing so, the child is given the
opportunity to cool off and remove them self from the environment without the
situation intensifying.
2. Determine whether the environment needs to be changed. Changing the antecedent
conditions can be an effective way to reduce the occurring behaviours.
3. Identify what the poor behaviour is trying to communicate. Is there an underlying
need that the behaviour is seeking?
4. Differentiate between overt and covert confrontations. As the teacher, you need to
remove yourself emotionally from the situation and refuse to engage in the students
hostility.
5. Consult with the student when their behaviour has returned to baseline. Discuss
with the student privately and do not attempt to speak to them until you are sure
they have returned to baseline. If you attempt to speak to the student too soon after
the crisis this could re-trigger their previous behaviour to an equal or worse extent.

A behaviour management plan must be diverse and adaptable. It is important for students to
show respect to all teachers and their goals. To ensure that my management plan is diverse
and adaptable within the school context, I will ensure that it aligns with the core values and
beliefs of the school, ensuring that my it is consistent for all students throughout the school.