1. Teaching and Classroom Management

2. Classroom Management and Discipline
Disciplining yourself
Disciplining children
Routine
Rules and enforcements
Lyudmila Slobodyanik

3. Discipline vs. Classroom Management

4. Teaching and Classroom Management
Discipline… yourself
Prepare your classroom
Comfort
Arrangement
Teacher Desk
Disciplining Yourself
Comfort:
Did you come early? Does it smell good?
Is it warm?
Is there enough space?
Is it cozy/inviting?
Arrangement:
Can everyone see?
Do you have easy access to children?
Did you remove distracting objects?
Are you prepared for activities?

5. Teaching and Classroom Management
Discipline… yourself
Lesson
Props
Technology
Disciplining Yourself
Lesson
Have lesson completely written out
Props
All copies ready: laid out in order
All activities ready: every piece
All needed supplies are ready (Bibles, pencils, colored pencils)
Extra activities prepared
Technology
All Power Points and Videos ready

6. Discipline… Yourself Create a sense of urgency
Make your lesson engaging!
“Change it up”
Make engaging activities
Be excited and interested in your own lesson
Use various techniques to reach all types of learners
Disciplining Yourself
Disciplining Yourself

7. Discipline… your children
Have a lot of structure and routine: Kids want routine
Think through your class time
Come up with a routine
Present routine to the students
Example
Disciplining Children- Routine

8. Disciplining Children- Routine
Morning Procedure
Place your BINDER, BIBLE and CHAPEL NOTEBOOK on your desk. Make sure you have a SHARP PENCIL.
Note your job for the day
Do “Bell-Work” written on board
If finished early, study the current Biblical passage
Disciplining Children- Routine
PROCEDURE EXAMPLE

9. Break Time and Transition in Class
When excused you may go to break: use this time to go to the restroom, drink water, write down a need, etc.
Disciplining Children- Routine
PROCEDURE EXAMPLE
PROCEDURE EXAMPLE

10. Disciplining Children- Routine
Attention Signal
When I need your attention: I will raise my hand
Freeze, quiet and copy
Disciplining Children- Routine
PROCEDURE EXAMPLE
PROCEDURE EXAMPLE

11. Turning papers and books in
Turn in papers into black tray on teacher desk
Pass all books to the end of each row, last person takes the stack and puts it on the spare table
Disciplining Children- Routine
PROCEDURE EXAMPLE
PROCEDURE EXAMPLE

12. Seeking Help and Finishing Early
Raise hand
Continue working on the portion you can do until I can come up and help you
Disciplining Children- Routine
PROCEDURE EXAMPLE
PROCEDURE EXAMPLE

13. End of the day procedure
When excused, quietly gather your belongings
Wipe your desk with a paper towel
Put your chair on the desk and stand by your desk
After prayer do your jobs
Sharpen pencils
Straighten desks
Pick up all garbage
Vacuum
Wipe the board
Take out the garbage
Care for flowers
Snack Helpers
*white rocks
Disciplining Children- Routine
PROCEDURE EXAMPLE
PROCEDURE
IMPORTANT!

14. Come up with your own Disciplining Children- Routine
PROCEDURE
Disciplining Children
Disciplining Children

16. Disciplining Children
Why?
Why do you discipline?
To teach obedience to authority and ultimately to God
Hebrews 13:17 “Obey your leaders and submit to their authority”
Dr. Beka Horton
To instill in children a Christ-like character
Hebrews 12:11 “All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.”
Disciplining Children

17. Disciplining Children
How do you discipline?
Focusing on the HEART
“For out of the heart flow…”
With DEDICATION and LOVE
The children are not yours, they are God’s
Disciplining Children

18. Discipline… your children
Have 3 simple rules
Ask to speak
Ask to move
Eyes on the teacher
Add other rules as necessary
Attitude
Realize God gave you authority; use it!
You are the victor
Have integrity: Say what you mean and mean what you say
*Vacuum Job*
Disciplining Children

19. Discipline… your children
“Nip the problem in the bud”
Disciplining Children
The Key is consistency
Never ignore the smallest disruption

20. Discipline… enforcement
The “teacher look”
Quiet down
Stand by student (remove object if needed)
Say their name/ask question
Show rule number
Tell child to stand/ move seats
Disciplining Children

21. Discipline… enforcement
Tell child to stand outside (in your view): Have firm talk with child
Take away privileges; match behavior to punishment * example*
Talk with parents/ keep after class
Ask administration for help
Disciplining Children

22. Disciplining Children
Discipline Don’ts
Never say “hush, shush or shut up”
Never yell or raise your voice
Never say “ok” or “alright”
Never snap fingers or stomp your feet
Don’t show disgust
Don’t nag (because you chose to…)
Disciplining Children

23. Disciplining Children
Discipline Don’ts
Don’t rely on administration or other teachers
Don’t threaten a child
Hands off!
Don’t bring up the past
Don’t compare to their family
Don’t take it personally
Disciplining Children

24. To sum it up; Disciplining yourself Prepare for the lesson
Disciplining children
1. Have procedures/routines
2. Have simple rules you enforce
3. Do’s and Don’ts

25. “Well done good and faithful servant…”
Teaching it hard but it is worth it to hear;
“Well done good and faithful servant…”