Gone are the Days "Where One Size Fits All"

Gone are the Days "Where One Size Fits All"

Poll

Do you feel prepared to manage classroom behaviors both virtual and in person?

• yes

• No

Open Ended

What are some behavior road blocks that you anticipate about students returning?

Bite Size Lesson Objective

• Reflect on your personality by taking "True Colors" assessments

• Discussion of meaningful ways to build positive relationships

• Collaborating on useful strategies for Behavior Management

True Colors Personality Test

• Address different learning styles within your teaching. Add some activities that allow for movement and excitement. Allow students freedom to explore topics that interest them.

  
  

• Break out of the routine! If you recognize that some of your “difficult” students may have Green or Orange personality types, do what you can to differentiate your instruction to meet their needs.

  
  

• Be understanding of organizational challenges that your students may face. It can be difficult for Gold educators to understand why students have such a difficult time with organization and time-management. Remember, just because these skills came naturally to you, doesn’t mean they will come naturally to your students.

  
  

• Be accepting of teachers whose teaching style differs from your own. Teachers with different personality types will have different styles of classroom-management and instruction. Just because a classroom is not run the same as your classroom, doesn’t mean it is not an effective learning environment.

“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.” Ignacio Estrada

This Leads us into Building Relationships

• Find small ways to connect

• Simply Listen

• Find out about your students home life and circumstances

• Share a little about yourself. Let them know of some of your social and academic struggles from when you were a child. 

• Laugh with them. 

• Give directives not requests.  

Make Every behavior a Teachable Moment

I.e. Expectations are so important!!!!

Behavior Manangement

• KNOW clearly what your expectations are of them.  THEN make sure that they know and you will have to REMIND them at least weekly until is evident that they know who you are and what your standards are. 

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• BE an ALL-seeing EYE as much as possible. Visually monitor your room like a DEFENSIVE DRIVER

• HOLD them accountable for RECEIVING for the education that you’re attempting to give them with reminders. 

• Do not argue with a student – assert yourself with a commanding posture (not condescending, degrading 

• Private conversations in the hallway with the student --- intentionally stand on opposite sides and not to close to the student. 

Behavior has a function.

There are four basic functions of behavior: Attention, Escape, Sensory, and Access to Tangibles

Attention

• Students may be engaging in this behavior in order to get attention from other students, teachers, or other people

• The attention may be positive or negative

Escape

• An individual may engage in a behavior to escape a situation, task, or person

• May not always be to get out of something, but can be to escape a specific part of their environment

Sensory

• Student engages in this behavior for the internal sensation that is pleasing or removal of an internal sensation that has averse affect.

• Self-Stimulatory

Access of Tangible

• Students engage in this behavior to gain access of an item or activity.

• Students always get access to an item from this behavior which could be a break, or time to sit outside of class.

Poll

Do you have a solid rock? A person that you know you can share your feeling with, learn from, and know it will stay between you and them?

• Yes

• No

Role Play: IF TIME

Thank You!

• We appreciate you spending time with us this session.