The Problem (67-68)
Built, nurtured, and sustained
Class culture
These expectations give you flexibility to adjust to new and unique situations.
Broad expectations
Have students create these with you.
Expectations
Sometimes, the best redirection
No direction at all
This makes parents and students uneasy.
A laundry list of unspecific rules
A place where students feel at home
The classroom
Foundation for guiding students toward positive behaviors
Classroom norms
Using this strategy builds a foundation for ownership, empathy, and responsibility.
Have a class meeting.
Focusing on the behaviors you are looking for early in the year
Helps set the tone for other school days
Why kids need rules
To guide them toward the behaviors you want to see
The problem with rules
Often focus on too specific behaviors we want to prevent
The coaching students need to move toward desired behavior.
Guidance
Follow the procedures for class meeting
Circle up; Select a scribe; Students turn and talk; Teacher observes student behaviors; Students share; Scribe records answers.
A system put in place that outlines expectations and consequences
Establish restorative justice
Why we foster positive habits in the classroom
To help students become better community members
An inappropriate rule
One that is not specific
The goals for all students
Hold everyone to the same expectation.
The purpose of class meetings
Support the classroom culture; discuss rules and expectations; build routine.
Steps that keep the class in line in terms of behavior
Preview; Warn; Give consequences
What students learn enforcement of clear expectations
How to behave so they can successfully complete their work; how to behave so that their peers can successfully complete their work.
Students find a way around rules
Loopholes
Replace classroom rules with these.
Classroom expectations
The time frame of a class meeting
Five to fifteen minutes, depending on content
The kind of relationship you have with a student should play no part in this.
How you hold that student accountable
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