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Discipline From Administrators View (Law) William Allan Kritsonis, PHD
Discipline From Administrators View (Law) William Allan Kritsonis, PHD
FROM AN ADMINISTRATORS
POINT OF VIEW
William Allan Kritsonis, PhD
99.9% of an administrators
time is spent on discipline.
Dr. Arthur Petterway
With administrators, discipline begins with the
Student Code of Conduct. Chapter 37 of the Texas
Education Code identifies what disciplinary
actions should be applied, and the rules and
regulations for applying them.
As far as administrators are concerned, they
would prefer that teachers would do a better job
of classroom management. Then, it would be
easier for them to discipline the really difficult
cases of misbehavior.
WHERE DISCIPLINE STARTS
When a student commits an infraction, the teacher has
several different options to respond.