DISCIPLING IN CLASSROOM:
AN ALTERNATIVE TO
PUNISHMENT THAT WORKS.
BY [Link]
STAFF TRAINING 2023
TERMTWO
•Discipline: A practice of training people to
obey rules or code of behavior.
•Punishment: Act of imposing or applying
sanctions to an offender.
•Classroom: A room where pupils are taught.
HOW TO IMPLEMENT CLASSROOM
DISCIPLINE
•Develop a Code of Conduct
Describe the behavior you want to see from your pupils in four to five sentences. Keep
your statements positive and as detailed as possible. Example: Pupils will work to the best
of their ability and allow others to do so.
•Teach the behaviors you want your pupils to demonstrate:
If you want them to be respectful to one another, teach them how to do it in a formal
lesson. Describe what it looks like and what it sounds like. Do this for every behavior you
want your learners to demonstrate.
Practice the skills often
Sometimes pupils will need to practice the skills often before they are successful. Allow
them the opportunity to practice your expectations as needed.
Be consistent:
Impress upon your pupils that these behaviors are to be demonstrated at all times in
the classroom.
Correct your pupils when they are not demonstrating the behavior
Refrain from punishing them for not meeting your expectations. Instead, correct them and
have them repeat it the proper way. Example: A pupil enters the classroom in a disrespectful
way after breakfast Remind the pupils of the expectation and have them leave the room
and enter again while following the expectation correctly.
Provide active supervision
pupils will meet your expectations if they know you are
guiding them and leading them along the way.
•Recognize their efforts
When you see a pupil meeting the expectation, praise them
verbally by describing how they are meeting your
expectation. EXAMPLE:{from staff}
HOW TO MAINTAIN CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE
Decide which rules are most important:
Think about which rules will keep your class a safe and fun learning
environment. Design rules to reflect this goal. These rules will be different
depending on the ages of the pupils and the type of class you're teaching.
Choose no more than 5 rules for your classroom:
This will make it easier for pupils to remember them. These rules will
guide behavior in a variety of circumstances so that you don’t need to spell out
rules for every scenario. Some sample rules might include:- Always greet your
teachers when you come to school.- Treat others with respect.- Take care
of yourself.- Take care of classroom property.
Make sure pupils know the rules:
Take time on the first day of class to cover your classroom’s rules.
Explain what each rule means. Give examples of how rules are followed or not
followed.
Outline consequences:
Tell pupils about consequences for breaking the rules.
These might occur in stages, such as a warning, not going out during break, then
staying after class, then detention, then visiting the office, and so on.
Post the rules:
Make a rules poster and hang it in the classroom. Phrase the rules in positive
ways. For example, instead of saying, “Don’t push other people,” you can
write, “Treat others with respect.
Use non-verbal communication:
•Using hand signals, body cues and other tactics can be
•helpful in getting pupils’ attention.
Praise pupils for acting appropriately:
•Make a positive example of pupils behaving properly by letting pupils know when they
have followed the rules. By showing pupils what good behavior looks like, they will know
how to model the behavior.
NOTE: Make sure to praise different pupils. Don’t always praise
the same pupils.
EFFECTS OF PUNISHMENT INSTEAD OF DISCIPLINE
Traditional punishment with these pupils only escalates power struggles and conflict
cycles, breeding an increased stress response in the brain and body.
Punishment is used to try to force compliance, it does not change their behavior, it often
escalates more problems.
It causes a high decrease in their academic performance
It makes pupils least concerned to do work in class because they will have the mentality
that there must be punishment.
•They will get used to it and when they do, it becomes more
difficult to take away a bad behavior than control it.
• The negatively behaved pupils will eventually influence the
positively behaved pupils.
• It makes them not have the desire to be in school or come at
all.
IMPORTANCE OF DISCIPLINE INSTEAD OF PUNISHMENT
• Name-calling: Having the pupils create a book of positive
affirmations for the class, or have them create a list of “kind words”
makes them positively minded.
• Low-level physical aggression (pushing, kicking, hitting): It
makes them gentle and gives them more urge to learn and be in
class.
•Since discipline involves practice, the pupils will be actively
involved and it gives room for teamwork.
•It makes the pupils respect themselves and one another.
•It makes the pupils law abiding.
•After praising the pupils, it gives them the urge to work
harder academically.
•After praising other pupils, the rest would want to be praised
too, so they will put more effort to their academics.
CONCLUSION:
“Expectations and routines are necessary for
proper classroom management. The more
consistent you’re ;the more consistent your
pupils will be:”
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