Assertive Discipline

The Canter Model

BY:
Regina Klotz
Melissa Wannemacher
 Assertive Discipline
• A direct and positive approach making
teachers and student successful
 Model
• Teachers insist on responsible behavior
• When teachers fail, it is typically due to
poor class control
• Firm control maintained humanely is
liberating
• Teachers and students have basic rights
 Teachers Basic Rights as
Educators
• Right to maintain an optimal setting for
learning
• Right to expect appropriate behavior
• Right to expect help from administration
and parents when appropriate
 Students Basic Rights as
Learners
• The right to have teachers who help them
develop by helping them limit self-
destructive and inappropriate behaviors
• The right to have appropriate support from
their teachers for their appropriate behavior
• The right to choose how to behave with
advance knowledge of the consequences
that will logically and certainly follow
 Discipline Plan
• State and teach expectations early
• Persistence in stating expectations with “I”
statements
• Use clear, calm, firm voice and eye contact
• Use non-verbal gestures that support the verbal
statement
• Influence student behavior without threats or
shouting
• Practice the broken record technique rather than
escalating into an argument
 Types of Teachers
• Hostile - hostile

• Nonassertive – wishy washy

• Assertive – calm, firm, consistent

The assertive teacher is more effective than

the nonassertive or the hostile teacher
 Assertive Discipline Steps
• Recognize and remove roadblocks
• Practice the use of assertive response styles
• Learning to set limits
• Learning to follow through on limits
• Implementing a system of positive
assertions
 Rewards
• Personal attention
• Positive notes/phone calls to parents
• Special awards
• Special privileges
• Material rewards
• Home rewards
• Group rewards
 References/Websites
• http://www.humboldt.edu/~tha1/canter.html
• http://www.honorlevel.com/techniques.html
• http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk.gyhsmith.assdis.html
• http://webpages.marshall.edu/~hardest3/disc.html
• http://www.msrossbec.com/discipline.shtml
• http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCI
NTYRE/AssertiveDiscipline.html
• http://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/wagerman/486FOO/ch4%20cant
er.html
• http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/wageman/486F00/ch4%20
Canter.htm
• http://www.ceres.k12.ca.us/caswell/Disc.htm