References:
Jones, V. & Jones, L. (2010). Comprehensive classroom management: Creating communities of support and solving problems (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.
Sometimes teachers can unknowingly contribute to students’ misbehaviors because they are too focused on following the school and classroom procedures. “Although most attention is focused on teaching students to follow selected school and classroom procedures, student behavior can often be more quickly and dramatically improved by altering the procedures adults follow” (Jones & Jones, 2010). I believe that it is important for teachers to be flexible and supportive in their students’ needs and expectations. Setting rules as guidelines is important; however, when they are detrimental to student productivity and cause students to misbehave, or make existing behaviors worse, it may be time to explore other alternatives. Teachers who are married to their rules and the schools procedures need to be aware that rules written down on paper, may not always work in application. Slightly adjusting procedure but staying within guidelines may be necessary to maintain students’ behavior. Jones and Jones (2010), “recently worked with an elementary school staff who expressed concern about student behavior both at the end of recess and in the hallways. After considerable discussion about how to teach students to behave more responsibly in these settings, one of the teachers noted that if teachers would develop the procedure of meeting their students outside at the end of recess and walking their students to physical education, music, and lunch, there would be much less chaos and many happier students”. I believe this shows that it is important for teachers to consider changing procedure if students’ misbehavior continues.
References: Jones, V. & Jones, L. (2010). Comprehensive classroom management: Creating communities of support and solving problems (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.
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