Ms. Orbach's Family Meetings

All rules are displayed in every classroom, children are addressed in assembly everyday and rewarded for good work at the end of the week with pupil of the week, house points, any certificates gained and rewards for good behaviour.

The behaviour policy outlines several procedures for dealing with inappropriate behaviour. Firstly verbal warnings are given, and the child is given chance to apologise and choose to change their behaviour. Sanctions for continued bad behaviour can escalate from time spent on the thinking chair/ missed playtime, to being sent to a senior member of staff. In cases of extreme bad behaviour or physically violence a log will be noted into the class behaviour book and parents will be informed. Sustained inappropriate behaviour may lead to a behaviour agreement, discussed with the parents and child present where the child will promise to change their behaviour. Breaking this agreement, or other very extreme cases may lead to exclusion from school, which will be handled by the head teacher.

She told me about her classroom rules which are mutual respect, attentive listening and appreciations no put downs. She spent the first three weeks of school going over these three rules and afterwards she had each student write their name on colored paper which is their contract, their signature on that paper means they will follow those rules throughout the year. She has another rule in her classroom called “Kelso’s Choices”. Kelso’s Choices are nine different choices they can make on how to solve their problems in class. When the students come to an issue they have to choose two of the choices on the poster before going to the teacher. Some of the choices on there include, walking away, talking it out, apologizing, telling them to stop, etc. I really liked the idea of Kelso’s Choices because it teaches them problem solving as well as social skills. Instead of being unfair or going to the teacher they have the opportunity to solve the issues and be fair towards each other.

Teachers could spank or whip the students or sit them in the corner if they misbehaved.

I did ask many questions to understand the situation and what ideas the teacher had already implemented. This occurred around the thirty second mark. I really tried not to offer advice or suggestions but this teacher did not seem to be aware of various interventions. She had tried standing next to the student or talking with him in class but had not tried a moving his desk, talking to him in the hall or a contract. In addition, she did not understand what a behavior contract is and seemed to have limited experience with interventions in general. I should have gone into more depth explaining this intervention, why it is important while not being overly time consuming for her and how it really does work.

Today Miss Cortes decided to take the children to Lincoln Park for a family day out. It was Ms. Cortes, Mr. Perez (the children's father), Nicholas, Messiah and Jordan. I met the family in front of Project Home at 6pm and then we walked to Lincoln Park. When we got to the park Mr. Perez left to go to the store to get snacks and water and took Jordan with him. He did not came back until 8:15pm. This left Ms. Cortes to deal with Nicolas and Messiah on her own. Before entering the playground area, Ms. Cortes told the boys they were not allowed to get wet and do not leave the play area. They children all wanted to play on different things at first . Jordan wanted to get on the swing, Messiah wanted to play on the train and Nicholas went over to the sliding board. Ms. Cortes found a breach in the middle of the play ground were she could keep on eye on all of them and left her bags. She walked over to Jordan and pushed him on the wing for a few minutes. When he asked to get down she brought him over to the bench. Mr. Perez than walked over and told Ms. Cortes he was going to the

There are specific laws and codes of practice in a school setting. It is important to know about them when you work in an education environment as school staff will relay in them in many different situations.

This may cause the student’s family to have to move and schools might not want them in their district anyway. If someone gets any of these punishments, it will be on their permanent record forever, which might cause problems if they want to get into college or get a job. Breaking the rules can also take away privileges, such as technology.

Today Miss Orbach had to do two things, she has been putting off cleaning the kitchen and mopping the boys floor. I started off by having Susan put Lucas inside his playpen. She was not sure whether or not this was going to work. I told her that it is a possibility that he won't stay in there, because he is used to being able to get to her when he feels like it. I said that and it will also be a distraction to ask one of the other children to watch him, because Lucas is not their responsibility. She as to figure out a way to manage the situation on her own.

Lucas had a bit of a runny nose, but other than that he was coming.

The other example, a child is rejected because he or she does not know how to take turns. This type of conflict happens many occasions and places, preschool, at home, and at play ground. It is a great idea to set up a rule in order to solve a problem. Recently, I had my nieces, Caydence 3 years old and Brooklyn 7 years old at my house for a while. Their mother told me that they always fight over things and do not take turns, which drive her nuts. Then, of course, they started, "No I am playing this!" Brooklyn said, and Caydence is aggressively trying to take a way the toy from Brooklyn. So I set up a rule, "Okay, here are the tickets that you need when you play with a toy, now, Brooklyn, you give me a ticket then you play with this toy, please return the toy when you finish playing. Okay?" and I explained to Caydence, "Here is your tickets that you can play with a toy, you need to return the toy after you play, if you want to play with the toy that Brooklyn is playing, you need to wait until it returned and you give me your ticket for it. Okay?"

As they put the rules in the school, their are less casualties than without the rules in place. There would be less large wounds when the kids fight also, there would be less mentally retarded people on school because they are not abusing drugs or alcohol. And if the rules are there, there is a more higher chance of people not doing drugs because drugs are forbidden in school but there are kids who choose to do drugs. The rules to not bring drugs, alcohol, or weapons are important to keep because without them the school will be full of

A kid must behave accordingly inside the classroom. If not, he will receive a corresponding punishment such as silence game depending on his actions.

I am going to make sure there is only a handful of rules. It is important for students to not to have so many rules they will not remember them. A few rules I may have is, “raise your hand to ask a question” or “no talking when the teacher is talking”. I will make sure I have the consequences displayed around the room too. They may be something like, “First warning – teacher talks to you about what happen. Second warning – note sent home/call home. Third warning – principal’s office.” This will let the students know exactly what is going to happen. I am going to have a reward system that is based on individual bevaior. Each student will not be given points if they have the teacher talk to them throughout the day. This will go with any of the warnings the teacher gives. The students will have a month to get a certain amount of good days. After each month is over, the students will be given a prize that is determined at the beginning of the month. For the students who may not be doing so well, I may have a system that if you get so many good days you get a prize. This will help all the students

Student behavior in the kindergarten class would start off with a song in Spanish about being quiet when the teacher is talking. This song is used as a general procedure for the students to follow, and the students would sing along with it as well. Half of the class would sit properly, but some students needed to be reminded to sit correctly. The teacher had to make sure the students were not talking. If the students behaved, they got to watch a video or play a game. It is also important to make sure the students don’t call out, and also make sure they all get a chance. Students are reminded that they cannot say any random idea that comes to mind when answering a question, and they need to stay on topic. When a video is being shown, it is important that the students remain quiet so everyone can hear the video. In some cases, questions are not allowed unless it is an emergency. Students who sit near a door during rug time are not allowed to play with the door, unless they would want to go back to their seats. Any students who act up will be moved. Playing with the chips that go to bingo boards would result in the game privilege being taken away from the students. The students are required to work together and be nice to each other. Refusal to play bingo would result in the student being sent back to their desk and put their head down. Kids would cooperate well at times. Not everyone can get a turn, and any student who growls will not be picked. All eyes are required to be