Managing Student Behavior (TESS 2d) + Dispositions and

Professional Behaviors (AMLE Standard 4, Element d) + Dispositions

and Professional Behaviors (AMLE Standard 5, Element d)

One of the
hardest things for me
to do as a teacher
has to be issuing
punishments to my
students. As I
progressed through
the semester, I found
a method of giving
students
consequences that
didn’t end in them
going to the office.
If I were to send
them to the office it would cede power from myself and the respect that my students have for my
position as their teacher would have been compromised. Using an online website called
classcraft, I am able to create a set of rules where the students know the expectations of the
classroom. Above you can see an example of what this method looks like. In this instance I
specified problem areas that my students were not participating well in and target those areas
when crafting the consequences for choosing to do those actions. After a character’s health
reached zero, they would then receive a punishment where they had to do anything from creating
a poem about the lesson topic to writing a letter of apology to their team members.

When examining this method of operation in conjunction with an AMLE standard I

would have to say that it best fits with Standards 4 element d which states that “Middle level
teacher candidates demonstrate their ability to motivate all young adolescents and facilitate their
learning through a wide variety of developmentally responsive materials and resources.” It also
aligns with standard 5 element d which states “Middle level teacher candidates demonstrate
positive orientations toward teaching young adolescents and model high standards of ethical
behavior and professional competence. They are continuous, collaborative learners who
demonstrate knowledgeable, reflective, critical perspectives on their teaching.” By using modern
technology I am giving students the ability to learn about the expectations they have in a fun and
engaging way, but with real world consequences mixed in. Through this method, I am also able
to model that behavior in the interactions that I have with the characters that they have created.
This method allows me to approach misbehavior in a way that is manageable to me and my
students and have them suffer consequences without it affecting their status with other authority
figures in school.