Apr 27, 2015 | Leadership, Teachers
And now it’s time…to say goodbye…(See what I did there with the Disney Theme??) Image credit: Disney To wrap up my 3 previous posts on the topic, here is the simple procedure for returning instructional control back to the teacher following removal for misbehavior...
Apr 21, 2015 | Leadership, Teachers
Image Credit: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Part IIIA In my previous posts I discussed some of the pitfalls with removing students from the classroom and provided simple solutions for preventing the inadvertent reinforcement of maladaptive behaviors. As I noted, the...
Apr 14, 2015 | Leadership, School Turnaround
Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory[1] is predicated on the notion that people tend to develop and learn behaviors by observing others around them. Social Learning Theory is alive and well in any school. Schools are social intensive. People rely on one another to...
Apr 7, 2015 | Leadership, Teachers
Part II In part one of this post, I discussed some of the unintended consequences of removing students from the classroom and provided some simple strategies to consider. In this post I will talk about some more function based strategies when removing students from...
Mar 30, 2015 | Leadership, Teachers
Image credit: Disney Even with the best classroom management, behavior issues may continue to escalate under different conditions. In these situations, teachers may need to request assistance from an administrator or designee. As a result, students are often removed...
Feb 10, 2015 | Leadership
In my first post about hallway duty I discussed the importance of duty as it relates to the functioning of a school. I then discussed antecedent strategies that “set the stage” for staff to be successful while at their post. In this submission I will talk about the...
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