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Ok, I have my first year under my belt and have been doing some evaluating to see where I need to strengthen myself, my classes, and my program.

Quick stats: I teach at a small elementary and middle school. I have 46 students in my classes for the upcoming year between the grades of 2nd thru 8th. Before that, I taught 4th grade for 4 years. I have to work with a pullout program and I serve my children for about 1 hour a day (one elem. comes for 75 minutes most days and misses Wednesdays).

I'm going to be implementing principles from Capturing Kids' Hearts with all of my classes, but I still need to have a set list of posted consequences in the rooms. I had a hard time finding the right balance last year with discipline in the gifted classroom. In my regular classroom, I had classroom management pretty well taken care of...but with gifted, it has become a different kettle of fish altogether.

What do you use as consequences? I want them to be meaningful and re...See More
Mr. Ed/7th Gifted SS/GA re: On 7/23/09, Victoria wrote:

Victoria, I have a statement on my wall, above my whiteboard in front of the room that states, "STUDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO LEARN. TEACHERS HAVE A RIGHT TO TEACH!" At the beginning of the school year, keeping in mind that I have 7th grade students who should already be aware of the school rules, I emphasize th...See More
Jul 23, 2009
GT Teacher I had classroom management pretty well taken > care of...but with gifted, it has become a different kettle > of fish altogether.

True. > > What do you use as consequences? I want them to be > meaningful and relatable to whatever the action was. The > things that stand out in my mind from last year are a) name- > callin...See More
Jul 23, 2009


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