Guide to School Discipline

A presentation for new teachers, veteran

teachers, and school administrators

© 2005 Mark Karadimos

Discipline Management

Good Discipline advances learning.

Poor discipline crippling to learning.
Importance of Rules
Types of Rules
Effect of Society
Every Staff Member should be a “disciplinarian” leading by example.
Chain of command in dealing with discipline.
Introduction

This tutorial will provide…

1) teachers with a number of research
driven strategies and practical ideas
to institute classroom environments
conducive to learning,
2) educational leaders a framework to
build successful, cohesive
organizations.
Various Strategies

Reality Therapy (RT)

Positive Approach to Discipline (PAD)
Teacher Effectiveness Training (TET)
Transactional Analysis (TA)
Assertive Discipline (AD)
Adlerian Approaches
Student Team Learning (STL)
Reality Therapy

Form Connections Between

Behavior and Consequences

Elements: Class Meetings,

Clearly Communicated
Rules, & Use of Contracts.
Positive Approachto Discipline

Treat with Respect

Grant Responsibilities
Elements: Developing and
Sharing Clear Rules,
Providing Daily
Opportunities for Success,
and Administering In-
School Suspensions.
Teacher Effectiveness Training

Differentiate Between
Student and Teacher
Problems

Elements: Teaching
Students Problem-Solving
& Negotiation Skills.
Transactional Analysis

Identify Issues & Make

Changes

Elements: Reaching
Students By Counseling to
the Child, Adult, and Parent
Components of Their
Psyche.
Assertive Discipline

Define Rules & Clear

Expectations

Elements: Enforcing
Penalty System With
Increasingly Serious
Sanctions.
Adlerian Approaches

Understanding Student’s Reasons for

Behavior
Helping Students Change Behavior & Meet
Their Needs

Elements: Using a Variety of Methods.

Student Team Learning

Focus on Group Learning

Elements: Creating
Cooperative Learning
Environment & Using Team
Learning Instruction.
Learning the Strategies

Awareness of Discipline
Strategies
Mastery of Styles
Personal Teaching Styles
Population, Learning
Environment, & Time
Laying a Foundation

Use Short, Clear, & Reasonable Set of Rules

Focus on Positive Events
Be a Role-Model
Maintain Involvement Bell-to-Bell
Manage Conflicts Calmly
Handle All Discipline Problems
Preventive Practices

1) Staff committed to exercising intolerance of

conditions that inhibit learning.
2) High expectations for appropriate student
behavior.
3) Clearly state rules that are developed from all
participants within a school, including staff,
students, and administrators.
Preventive Practices

4) Create a warm environment where educators take an

active interest in the personal goals, achievements and
problems of students.
5) School leaders are visible, accessible, and supportive.
6) Teachers are expected to handle routine discipline
problems. Help from the principal is provided in the
form of staff development and assistance for critical
situations.
7) Form partnerships with the community.
Advanced Strategy

Three Key Areas to the Strategy

1) Cultivating Students
2) Documentation
3) Prosocial Skills
Advanced Strategy

Cultivating Students

Desire to Help Students Grow

Understanding that Students are in
Development
Lots of Patience
Time
Advanced Strategy

Documentation
Individualized Discussions
Get Students to Understand a Problem
Exists
Have Students Brainstorm Solutions
Move to Student-Teacher Agreed
Solutions
Advanced Strategy

Prosocial Skills Training

Metacognition
Lifelong Framework for Handling Conflict
Problem Identification
Problem-Solving Skills
Conclusion

AFT Guidelines

Improvement is a Community Event

Consistency is Crucial
Alternatives to Standard Education
Rigorous Standards
Resources
AFT. (n.d.) Tips for Student Discipline. Retrieved on August 7th, 2005 at:
http://www.aft.org/topics/discipline/downloads/tips.pdf Cotton, K. (2001) Schoolwide and Classroom Discipline. Retrieved on
June 8th, 2005 at: http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/5/cu9.html
ITAA (n.d.) A Summary of Transactional Analysis Key Ideas. Retrieved on August 12th, 2005 at:
http://www.itaa-net.org/ta/keyideas.htm
Karadimos, M. (2003) Behavior Identification & Adjustment. Word Document accessible at:
http://www.mathguide.com/services/Discipline/BehaviorIDA.doc
Karadimos, M. (2005) Guide to School Discipline. Word document available at:
http://www.mathguide.com/services/Discipline/GuidetoDiscipline.doc
McIntyre, T. (2005) Assertive Discipline. Retrieved on August 12th, 2005 at:
http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/AssertiveDiscipline.html
Steffins, P. (1995) Positive Approach to Discipline. Retrieved on June 8th, 2005 at: http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/family/g1190.htm
William Glasser Institute (2005) Counseling With Choice Theory: The New Reality Therapy . Retrieved on August 12th, 2005 at:
http://www.wglasser.com/thenew.htm
Resources
WikEd (2005) Teacher Effectiveness Training. Retrieved on August 12th, 2005 at:
http://moodle.ed.uiuc.edu/wiked/index.php/Teacher_Effectiveness_Training
Yorba Middle School (n.d.) Preventive Discipline/Management. Retrieved on June 8th, 2005 at:
http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/discipline_research.htm
Churchward, B. (2003) 11 Techniques for Better Classroom Discipline. Retrieved on June 8th, 2005 at:
http://www.honorlevel.com/techniques.xml
The Master Teacher (2002) Discipline Help: You Can Handle Them All. Retrieved on June 8th, 2005 at:
http://www.disciplinehelp.com/
McGraw-Hills. (n.d.) Classroom Rules Sample and Suggestion. Retrieved on June 8th, 2005 at:
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/downloads/pdf/classroom_rules_example_guidleines.pdf
Wiggins, D. (n.d.) Classroom Management Plan. Retrieved on June 8th, 2005 at:
http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~dwiggins/plan.html
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