Expectations, Procedures and Rules “In an effective classroom students should not only know what they are doing, they should also know why and how.” Harry Wong

What…Expectations Presentation As a team, your mission is to create a procedure presentation to lay the foundation for the school year! You will go over this power point with your students Monday morning, after the morning announcements. It will be reviewed with students each day of the first week, and at least monthly from that point on. CONSISTENCY and FIDELITY of Tier 1, is one of the keys to POSSIBILITY!

A reminder of WHY? The following are excerpts from "First Days of School" by Harry Wong.: (Harry Wong’s words to first year teachers are a good reminder for us all.) Harry Wong   Seven Things Students Want to Know What you do on the first days of school will determine your success for the rest of the school year. Nearly every teacher goes out to teach with no instruction or knowledge and no experience on what to do on the first day of school. Yet there is overwhelming evidence that the first two to three weeks of school are critical in determining how well students will achieve for the remainder of the year.

Food For Thought Seven Things Students Want to Know on the First Day of School 1. Am I in the right room? 2. Where am I supposed to sit? 3. What are the rules in this classroom? 4. What will I be doing this year? 5. How will I be graded? 6. Who is the teacher as a person? 7. Will the teacher treat me as a human being.

How to get things done… How to Have Students Do What You Want Them To Do The number one problem in the classroom is not discipline; it is the lack of procedures and routines. The Difference Between Discipline and Procedures Discipline: Concerns how students behave. Procedures: Concern how things are done. Discipline: Has penalties and rewards. Procedures: Have no penalties and rewards. Every time the teacher wants something done, there must be a procedure or set of procedures. For instance, have procedures for taking roll, exchanging papers, what to do when a pencil breaks, what to do when entering the room, how a paper is to be done, and what to do when you finish your work early. If not, time that should be spent on learning will be wasted getting these procedures done. Every class needs a set of procedures to operate smoothly. Most behavior problems in the classroom are caused by the teachers’ failure to teach students how to follow procedures.

When….   These presentations will be posted in the P drive in the Procedures Power Point folder, no later than August 16th for review.

  Some ideas to include within your presentations may include, but are not limited to: Welcome R.A.N.C.H. Why? Entering the classroom Bell Work After the bell During Instruction Give me 5 While you are working Disruptions After you are done Dismissal Restrooms Lunchroom Hallways Recess Stairways Homework Grading Classroom Rules Unprepared Disrespectful Uniform STAR time Transition