Classroom Management

Classroom Management

In the classroom I use several different behavior management techniques.  As a teacher I believe it is important to reward and discipline my scholars. 

Discipline:

Clip System

Buddy Rooms

Clip System

During my first year of teaching I used a clip system.  The clip system worked very well and my scholars respond to it well.  Normally in the classroom there are three colors, a red, yellow and green.  In my classroom we had clips and our colors ranged from orange, blue, white, green, yellow and red.  During the day the scholars have the opportunity to move up and down.  They start on white each day and during the day the choices that they make determine the way their clips move.  At the end of the day the scholars have their final color written on a behavior chart along with comments made by the teacher that coincides with why and how they landed on that color.

Buddy Rooms

Another discipline system that we came up with at our school was called Buddy Rooms.  The whole purpose of buddy rooms was to give the scholars a chance to go to another classroom, which is known as their “Buddy Room”, to calm down and then they could return back to their original class.  The buddy room was a teacher in another grade level that had a cool down space in their class.  While in the classroom the scholar could fill in a behavior form that described what they did, what they could have done differently and if they hurt another person in the process, should they apologize.  The scholar would also have relevant work sent with them to complete for the half day. 

Rewards:

100% Jar

Treasure Chest

Scholar Dollars

100% Jar

The 100% was a way to reward the whole class when caught by myself or another teacher doing the right thing as a class.  For instance if another teacher sees my class in the hallway in hall position and compliments them then they will receive a fuzzy in the jar.  Once we fill the jar up then they are allowed a special prize as a class.  The 100% jar really teaches the scholars how to work together as a class to accomplish a big goal. 

Treasure Chest

The treasure chest is something that I use in my class as an incentive for my scholars to do well and reach for that “orange” behavior.  If a scholar gets on orange for at least 4 days out of the week and has a parent signature then they can go to the treasure chest on Friday. 

Scholar Dollars

Scholar dollars is something that my current school does.  At any time a scholar could receive a scholar dollar.  If a teacher sees phenomenal behavior or if they show enthusiasm when learning all the way to eating all of their food for lunch they could receive a scholar dollar.  At the end of the week a scholar dollar store comes to the class and the scholars can buy different things like pencils, erasers and notebooks.