1. Chapter 4: Creating Environments that Prevent Discipline Problems Spring Semester 2010 February 18, 2010

2. How to Create a Caring Community? Building Relationships Building Relationships 1. Teacher-Child – To build an effective relationship here, you need to get to know your students. One of the ways to do this is to listen to your students talk with each other, what are their interests, and share some of your own interests outside of school. 1. Teacher-Child – To build an effective relationship here, you need to get to know your students. One of the ways to do this is to listen to your students talk with each other, what are their interests, and share some of your own interests outside of school. 2. Peer-Peer – a child who is aggressive towards other children may just want attention because they are lonely and don’t know how to relate to others. Children must have time to interact with each other. 2. Peer-Peer – a child who is aggressive towards other children may just want attention because they are lonely and don’t know how to relate to others. Children must have time to interact with each other.

3. Relationships Cont. School – Family – Knowing the parents of children is an effective way of reaching your students. Families have an enormous impact on how students will be successful. Find out things like do they have a favorite pet, what is their favorite music, what do they do at home, etc. School – Family – Knowing the parents of children is an effective way of reaching your students. Families have an enormous impact on how students will be successful. Find out things like do they have a favorite pet, what is their favorite music, what do they do at home, etc.

4. Mutual Respect What kinds of things gets teacher’s respect in the classroom? – Work with a partner and come up with a list of 10 ways a teacher gets respect from their students. We will then compare with the other groups to see if there are any links? – On this list as well, at least one of the ways should include how to get respect from kids even though they are all different than you. What kinds of things gets teacher’s respect in the classroom? – Work with a partner and come up with a list of 10 ways a teacher gets respect from their students. We will then compare with the other groups to see if there are any links? – On this list as well, at least one of the ways should include how to get respect from kids even though they are all different than you.

5. Emotional Needs of Children 1. Promote friendships between students: The first thing to building friendships is to encourage students to work together for a common goal. 1. Promote friendships between students: The first thing to building friendships is to encourage students to work together for a common goal. 2. Recognition: Individual communication from the teacher to the student is an effective way to let the student know how they are doing and what they can improve on. 2. Recognition: Individual communication from the teacher to the student is an effective way to let the student know how they are doing and what they can improve on. 3. Success: You want to foster an environment where kids work cooperatively toward a common goal and not be in competition with each other. “Beat the Clock Game” 3. Success: You want to foster an environment where kids work cooperatively toward a common goal and not be in competition with each other. “Beat the Clock Game”

6. Emotional Needs cont. 4. Choice: Provide choices of academic activities that will reach the same goal but keep in mind the student’s learning differences. 4. Choice: Provide choices of academic activities that will reach the same goal but keep in mind the student’s learning differences.

7. Positive Expectations Whatever your expectations of the room are, that is where the level of your student’s performance will go to. There are some ways to let your students know what your expectations are. Whatever your expectations of the room are, that is where the level of your student’s performance will go to. There are some ways to let your students know what your expectations are. 1. Clear Guidelines – Students need to know what behaviors are acceptable and not acceptable in your classroom. They also need to know what happens when they step over that line. 1. Clear Guidelines – Students need to know what behaviors are acceptable and not acceptable in your classroom. They also need to know what happens when they step over that line.

8. Expectations Cont. Meetings: Hold meetings in your classroom to discuss with your students what is coming up, what things you see that are improving, and things that you need to work on as a class. Meetings: Hold meetings in your classroom to discuss with your students what is coming up, what things you see that are improving, and things that you need to work on as a class.

9. Can the Physical Environment Cause Behaviors to Occur? Absolutely! Here are some of the ways this can happen. Absolutely! Here are some of the ways this can happen. 1. Consistency – Is the way the classroom arranged and decorated consistent with the expectations of the students? 1. Consistency – Is the way the classroom arranged and decorated consistent with the expectations of the students? 2. Traffic Patterns – Is your classroom set up to prevent your activity centers from having a lot of traffic going by? 2. Traffic Patterns – Is your classroom set up to prevent your activity centers from having a lot of traffic going by?

10. Physical Environment Cont. 3. Movement: Do the kids in your classroom sit too long or can they move around during the class period? 3. Movement: Do the kids in your classroom sit too long or can they move around during the class period? 4. Privacy: Do you get tired of being with people all day? So do kids! This might be why children get crabby at the end of the day? Don’t we get crabby sometimes as the day goes on? 4. Privacy: Do you get tired of being with people all day? So do kids! This might be why children get crabby at the end of the day? Don’t we get crabby sometimes as the day goes on?