1.
Praise good behavior
and ignore as much of the bad as you can.
2.
Call a parent or
guardian to get help.
3.
Hold a conference with
the child.
4.
Listen to the student’s
version of an incident before taking action.
5.
Determine on a course
of planned ignoring to extinguish misbehavior.
6.
Ask the offending
student what the consequences should be.
7.
Never allow “free
time.”
8.
Ask students to tell
you alternative actions they should have taken.
9.
Move the student to a
time-out area to cool off and prevent further trouble.
10.
Reward, reward, reward.
11.
Make students feel
worthy of trust.
12.
Post and teach your
class rules, routines, and expectations
13.
Keep your students busy
from door to door.
14.
Discuss class rules
periodically—daily at first.
15.
Smile at a student who
is getting ready to misbehave.
16.
Give a potentially
troublesome student a position of leadership in class.
17.
If a child is
perennially fidgety, work out ways to channel that energy in productive ways.
18.
Consider putting
friends close together so that they can help each other.
19.
Always have a backup
plan for your backup plan.
20. Appeal to as many learning styles as possible.
21.
If an exciting school
event is causing your class to be out of control, go with the flow. Plan
assignments that can channel that energy productively.
22.
Arrange a lending
system for those students who do not have materials.
23.
If an infraction is
caused by a student’s minor slip of judgment, offer reassurances that you now
it won’t happen again.
24.
Make sure to build
motivation into every lesson.
25.
Create a reasonable
policy for students to leave the room. Enforce it.
26.
Set behavior goals for
the entire group and reward them when they reach their goals.
27.
Offer tangible rewards
for good behavior at unpredictable times.
28. Be emotionally accessible to your students. Grouchy
teachers have more problems than positive ones.
29.
Give a child a second
chance. Sometimes a warning is all that is needed.
30. Remind students of their future goals to help them
remain focused on what’s important.
31.
More closer to a
student who is misbehaving.
32.
Enforce the school
rules.
33.
Model the behavior you
want.
34.
Don’t waste time in
debate when an infraction is clearly an infraction. Avoid being manipulated.
35.
There is nothing wrong
with being strict or in having high expectations.
36.
Time your
students. When you say, “You have two
minutes to finish, students will work with purpose.
37.
Use inspiring messages
and mottoes.
38.
Be so polite that your
students would have problems being rude to you.
39.
Give students as many
options as you can.
40. After an incident has happened, examine your own
actions. What did you do to cause the problem?
41.
Control the pace of a
lesson. Lessons that are too hurried or that drag cause problems.
42.
Move students to other
seats.
43.
Use seating charts from
the first day onward.
44.
Meet students at the
door and greet them. Pass out handouts at this point in the day if you can.
45.
Stay on your feet and
move around. Monitor.
46.
Make sure your students
know the consequences of their good and bad behaviors.
47.
Accept no excuses for
rude behaviors.
48. Make sure students understand the criteria for
success on an assignment.
49.
Tech your students the
“whys” of an assignment or rule.
50. Consider traffic flow issues. Keep student movement areas safe for
everyone.
