1. Prevention-60%
This should be a major (60 percent) investment initially and diminish over of time time. Use prevention to do the following:
• establish a learning climate
• develop procedures
• create rules with student buy-in
• use smarter instruction engage with rituals
2. Intervention-30%
This is ongoing. Much ofthis domain will be effortlessly and silently embedded into your instructional time. Use intervention to achieve the following:
• embedded strategies
• refocusing on specific procedures
• fair and consistent consequences
3. Personal growth-10%
Here students move to a higher level of awareness and responsibility This will initially begin near 0 percent and grow until it becomes 10 percent. It will then remain a small but important portion of your class time. The personal growth aspect of your classroom management should focus on the following:
• student participation
• self-governance
• restitution
As you can see, this is a bit different than a simple rewards and punishme system or a "What do I do on Monday?" system. The reality is that any system that incomplete ultimately show its holes. Discipline problems a not the real fact, they can be a gift to you. If you went to to have an annual examination and your doctor said you have a calcium deficiency, would you be mad doctor? Of course not! When a student misbehaves, he or she is letting you know that a teaching deficiency may exist. You may bave neglected to build relationships, institute a procedure, manage emotional states, or implement an instructional strategy. Something is off, and it's not the kids. The reality is that you have the power to influence your leamers. But they will quickly figure out what you're doing, and they will exploit any classroom management program that has the smallest weakness. You need a "full-service" program. And although that program could fill a whole book, here we'll walk through the key features that make for solid, positive classroom management. Prevention Forget having to deal with every single rule infraction or misbehavior without a plan. It would fill your day with disruptions, chaos, and chronic stress. Your pre vention system must be airtight watertight, and well thought out. It needs to work against, the way our brains naturally work. Your system must leave no wake in its pat avoid running your elass moothly at expense of emotio having students dislike you, hate learning or abhor school. Students need to buy o the system, participate in it, and see that works, or it won't last very long Here are the five core prevention steps you should take
1. Establish a learning climate.
2. 2. Develop procedures.
3. Create rules with student buy-in
4. e smarter instruction
5. Engage with rituals (5 to 10)
Let’s now focus on deeper understandings and specific strategies for each of these five areas. With