I have never used any incentives - I tell the students what I expect and
then I enforce what I said. I ask for please and thank you for every request
and give them the same.
I will speak to a student quietly the first time my expectations are not
met - they are also posted on the wall. The second time I may ask the
student not to return until a certain time period - depends on infraction. I
may use a contract with the student if necessary - for reasons of language -
that is- sexist- homophobic - racist. if need be, I call home to a parent -
although I have not done this in over 20 years. I also don't like to the
refer a student to the VP - seems like a defeat to me. It helps that I am in
a private school where discipline is important and I am backed 100 % by the
administration. I guess my advice is be firm- be fair- be consistent.
Allan
Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo (Brother Donogh Allan, MGC)
Bishop Kearney High School Library
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Rochester, New York 14617
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Power, Amanda" <PowerA@MIDDLETOWNK12.ORG>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 11:04 AM
Subject: TAR: classroom discipline in the library
> Since everyone has been so helpful, I was wondering what those of you =
> who teach do for classroom management/discipline? I am new to my job, =
> and don't have an education background-so discipline is a particularly =
> hard one for me. I do have rules, and have gone over those with each =
> class. So far I have used library game day as an incentive (if they =
> don't get 3 checkmarks for breaking the rules), and (at my one school), =
> magazine reading time at the end of class. There are also negative =
> consequences for when they do get checks But library game day isn't =
> immediate, and I'm wondering if there could be a more "wow" incentive =
> that is positive and immediate, yet not too complicated to keep track =
> of, since I'm in two schools and have almost 700 kids. I also talked to =
> my principal about this, who encouraged me to try a positive system =
> rather than negative.
> =20
> One teacher I knew last year used tickets in her class-the kids could =
> get a piece of candy or something small for a few tickets (she had =
> plastic containers full of stuff, with the required number of tickets =
> written on the side) and then they could save up for bigger rewards, =
> like taking shoes off that day, bringing in a drink or pillow, etc. I =
> have 1st through 5th grade. Ideally, I'd like to use a =
> discipline/reward system that could work for all of them, and wouldn't =
> be too complicated to track/implement or too expensive. But I'm willing =
> to try whatever works. Any thoughts or input?
> =20
> TIA,
> =20
> Amanda Power
> Librarian
> Middletown, NJ
> powera@middletownk12.org
>
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