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Assertive Discipline Model Overview

Assertive Discipline is a classroom management model developed by Lee and Marlene Canter in response to a 1969 poll showing teachers struggled with classroom management. It is based on the premise that teachers have the right to teach and students the right to learn in an orderly classroom. The model stresses setting clear rules and consequences, using positive reinforcement for good behavior, and consistently addressing misbehavior. It provides a straightforward approach including escalating consequences like warnings, time-outs, calling parents, and sending students to the principal's office.

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Assertive Discipline Model Overview

Assertive Discipline is a classroom management model developed by Lee and Marlene Canter in response to a 1969 poll showing teachers struggled with classroom management. It is based on the premise that teachers have the right to teach and students the right to learn in an orderly classroom. The model stresses setting clear rules and consequences, using positive reinforcement for good behavior, and consistently addressing misbehavior. It provides a straightforward approach including escalating consequences like warnings, time-outs, calling parents, and sending students to the principal's office.

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Background
ThedisciplinemodelofAssertiveDisciplinewasdevelopedfollowingthe1969GallupPollon
Education,whichrevealedthatteacherswerehavingsignificantissueswithclassroom
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publicoutcrythatsomethingbedonetoaddresstheseconcerns,severaldisciplinemodelswere
developed,includingLeeandMarleneCanter'sAssertiveDisciplineModel(Ellis&KarrKidwell,
1995).
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classroommanagementstrategiesandincludedhisownobservationsandconclusionsbasedon
theworkheandhiswifehaddonepreviouslywhileworkingwithchildrenwithbehaviorproblems.
Themainfindingwasthateffectiveteacherswereassertiveintheirinteractionswithstudents,
clearlyexpressedtheirexpectationsandwerefullypreparedtobackuptheirwordswith
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thattheteacherhastherighttoteachinanorderlyclassoomandtoexpectthestudentsto
obey(Baron,1992).Similarly,studentshavetherighttolearninacalm,orderlyclassroom.
(Charles,2008)IntheAssertiveDisciplineclassroom,theteacherisinfullchargeoftheclassand
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properbehavior,andchoosetobreakrulesandmisbehave.(Charles,2008)TheAssertive
Disciplinemodelstressespositivereinforcementforgoodbehaviorandconsequencesfor
[Link],butratherasatool
topreventtopreventitfromoccurringinthefirstplace(Ellis&KarrKidwell,1995).
Atthetimeofit'sinception,assertivedisciplinewasattractivetobothteachersandadministrators
becauseitprovidedastraightforwardapproachtodisciplineandgavecleardirectionsastorule
setting,[Link],intheory,
toholdthekeytorestoringclassroomorderandminimizingdisruption.(Curwin,1989)

ElementsofAssertiveDiscipline
TheAssertiveDisciplinemodelrecognizesathreestepprocessforpromotingpositiveand
appropriatestudentbehavior:
1.Createandteachadisciplineplanwith45rulesandspecificconsequences:The

teachermustfirstidentifyrulesandexpectations,andpresentthemtothestudents,
ensuringthattheyareunderstood.
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reinforcementwouldbetoprovideverbalpraise,rewards,priveledges,gamesorprizes.
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harmfultothestudent.(Baron,1992)
TheCantersalsosuggestafivestep"disciplinehierarchy"ofescalatingconsequenceswhenrules
arebroken:
FirstInfraction:Warning
Second:Studentisgivenatenminutetimeout.
Third:Studentisgivenafifteenminutetimeout.
Fourth:Student'sparentsarecalled.
Fifth:Studentissenttotheprincipal'soffice.
Toaddressseriousruleinfractions(e.g.,fighting),theCantersrecommendincludinga"severity
clause"[Link]
studentdirectlytotheprincipal'soffice.(Wolfgang,2009)
ThefollowingvideoisanexampleofAssertiveDiscipline'sdisciplinehierarchyinaction:

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