I was a little bit alarmed by chapter two because my cooperating teacher did not have a behavior plan with the class and when things started to get out of control, I immediately came up with one that involved informing the students of the consequence. Although I made sure to involve the students in the rule-making process, I also made sure they were rules about what to do rather than what not to do. I have a pretty simple system in which the consequence is always the same for any offense. Of course, if the student is being harmful to themselves or others more serious measures need to be taken. So now I am reconsidering how to approach this. I like the idea of having students let you know if they think the consequence is unfair.
My current system uses somewhat of a delayed discipline. When the student is misbehaving, they move the popsicle stick with their name on it to the 5 minute cup, which means they will be staying in for five minutes at recess. I also have a 10 and 15 minute cup. During this time, they must sit quietly and before they leave we discuss what they did, why it was wrong, and how we could change the behavior. One problem I've come across is that on homework days, the students who didn't get their homework done stay in during recess. Usually it's the same kids who have to move a popsicle stick so they're already staying in at recess. Any suggestions on how I could change my consequence?
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