QUESTION:

I teach two 8th grade “behavior modification classes,” mainly composed of students sent to us from alternative school or juvenile hall. I like the suggestion in your discipline book about holding class meetings but the ones I’ve tried so far have been a disaster. There is no way that I know of to keep the students from all talking at the same time.

DR. MARSHALL’S RESPONSE:

This indicates that PROCEDURES for the class meetings were not explained, practiced, and reinforced. Many problems, such as the one you mention–all the students talking at once–may seem as if they are related to discipline, when in effect, they are actually more related to classroom management.

Print out the section on classroom meetings and study it carefully–especially the part re: establishing procedures.

 

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Posted In: J. For Middle Schools, Procedures in the Classroom
posted On: July 6, 2008: 11:28 am: By Kerry Weisner
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