Classroom Solutions

My plan for my first year of teaching is to laminate the list of interventions in this chapter. :) This is a great tool for teachers because it's so easy to get frustated and deal with misbehaviors in the wrong way. A great quote from this chapter is "No technique can be effective if it is not delivered with genuine passion." I believe that if the student can feel your passion, they will stick with you and change their behavior. I particularly like the order the strategies were in, working their way to more serious interventions. I've noticed that enforceable statements have worked the best for me. I would've liked to have tried the "giving an appointment" strategy in student teaching. I think that would make the student really take ownership to the behavior. Overall, I thought this was a great book and I would definitely recommend reading it before student teaching.