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Re: Rules and Consequences
Posted by Maureen on 8/15/08
Wow......what great advice......on all counts. I never thought
about some of these scenarios you presented. I'm so glad I
asked....thank you so much for taking the time to share your
wisdom. Words cannot express my appreciation.
Maureen
On 8/14/08, Posting consequences can come back to haunt you
wrote:
> When you need to get a seriously unruly student out of the
> room, you don't want to hear "You can't send me to the
> principal. You haven't moved my seat yet! I still have two
> chances!" etc.
>
> When students are chronically misbehaving, be sure to call the
> parents! That's time well invested, and it lets the students
> know you're serious. But don't include it on a List Of
> Consequences. Otherwise they'll just go home and erase the
> message machine once they've hit Offense Number 2. Calling
> home should generally be a guerrilla action -- no warning,
> just pick up the phone. HS students are old enough to learn
> the value of expecting the unexpected.
>
> Unless you've found detention to be a worthwhile experience,
> I'd skip that one. Detention punishes you!
>
> It's worthwhile to spend maybe half an hour going over rules.
> By the time they reach high school, most of them know the
> drill. The students who plan on behaving with self-respect
> really won't need a lot of rule reinforcement. The rest will
> largely ignore the discussion anyway. And if the kids have
> five or more classes, they're not going to want to hear "Class
> Rules" after about lunchtime on the first day of school.
>
> On 8/14/08, Maureen wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have read that it is advisable in the first days of
>> schools to go over all the rules and their consequences -
>> is that really applicable to the high school level; it
>> seems like that would be tuned out by rule 10.
>>
>> My general protocal for consequences are warning, 2nd
>> time....move seat, reduce participation points, 3rd time
>> detention........does this seem too lenient - suggestions
>> will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Also, what are appropriate positive rewards for this
>> level? I am second year and still working out the kinks
>> from last year. Thanks!!
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Rules and Consequences, 8/14/08, by Maureen.
- Re: Rules and Consequences, 8/14/08, by Posting consequences can come back to haunt you.
- Re: Rules and Consequences, 8/15/08, by Maureen.
- Re: Rules and Consequences, 8/20/08, by Sara.
- Re: Rules and Consequences, 8/21/08, by lynne/ca.
- Re: Rules and Consequences, 8/23/08, by zodea.
- Re: Rules and Consequences, 8/24/08, by lynne/ca with a question for zodea.
- Re: Rules and Consequences, 8/29/08, by zodea.
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