The behavior management strategy a teacher should follow should be how to cope with STRESS. As a teacher for over 20 years and having taught in elementary, middle, and high school, I understand that teachers are on the frontline with handling in managing the behaviors in their classrooms, not to mention actually teach. Am=n excellent behavior management plan starts at the beginning of the year if you want it to be efficient. However, an outstanding management strategy at the beginning does not guarantee an outstanding middle or ending.
When the behavior strategies do not work, this is when the stress begins. STRESS is what we feel when we are overloaded emotionally. There are three types of stress; episodic acute, acute stress and chronic. I'm going to focus on chronic stress. Chronic stress tears at your body physically. It can result in a heart attack, stroke, or produce cancer among other diseases.
As any teacher has learned, you are to set your standards and boundaries at the beginning, such as your class rules and procedures. How do you want questions answered, how are students to line up to leave the room and how to respect others in the class. As with those procedures you have established in your classroom, you are to establish procedures for yourself to help you eliminate the stress of managing your classroom's behavior. You do not want to die trying to manage your classroom.
Let's face it, no matter how much you thought and worked with your team on your classroom discipline rules and procedures, there will be at least two or three students that are just not going to conform to the rules that you have in place. These two or three students whether in elementary school, and you have them all day, or in middle and high school and they are per class or scattered throughout your day, they are there and they are not going anywhere.
When the students are gone home for the day and the classroom is finally empty, you sit in your desk and reflect on your day, and you look at the desk that the student that has caused your headache and neck discomfort, realize you have stress. As a teacher, to be of a purpose to your learners you must learn to reduce stress. One crucial aspect you need to do is to immediately let that day go. Do not take it home. The day is done and it cannot be relived. On your way home, pay interest to something that is relaxing, such as music, and create in your mind a better day the next day of school. When you leave school, leave the behaviors.
Practice preventive methods to prepare your self for the next day. Make a plan of what you may need to do differently the next day. Ask yourself, is it something that I can do to prevent the behaviors tomorrow? Are the behaviors something that is prohibiting learning and disruption, then you need to correct this immediately as other students are at risk of not learning.
Talk to others. Ask how you can correct the situation in your class. You see, the key phrase here is discuss and ask questions. NOT complaining. Complaining is NOT going to fix anything. Remember, you are in the right place at the most ideal time. Obviously, you are to offer some of your self to your learners. Behavior management is not just for the students, but for the teacher as well. The way you handle the stress of managing classroom behavior in your class will allow you to be a better teacher.
When the behavior strategies do not work, this is when the stress begins. STRESS is what we feel when we are overloaded emotionally. There are three types of stress; episodic acute, acute stress and chronic. I'm going to focus on chronic stress. Chronic stress tears at your body physically. It can result in a heart attack, stroke, or produce cancer among other diseases.
As any teacher has learned, you are to set your standards and boundaries at the beginning, such as your class rules and procedures. How do you want questions answered, how are students to line up to leave the room and how to respect others in the class. As with those procedures you have established in your classroom, you are to establish procedures for yourself to help you eliminate the stress of managing your classroom's behavior. You do not want to die trying to manage your classroom.
Let's face it, no matter how much you thought and worked with your team on your classroom discipline rules and procedures, there will be at least two or three students that are just not going to conform to the rules that you have in place. These two or three students whether in elementary school, and you have them all day, or in middle and high school and they are per class or scattered throughout your day, they are there and they are not going anywhere.
When the students are gone home for the day and the classroom is finally empty, you sit in your desk and reflect on your day, and you look at the desk that the student that has caused your headache and neck discomfort, realize you have stress. As a teacher, to be of a purpose to your learners you must learn to reduce stress. One crucial aspect you need to do is to immediately let that day go. Do not take it home. The day is done and it cannot be relived. On your way home, pay interest to something that is relaxing, such as music, and create in your mind a better day the next day of school. When you leave school, leave the behaviors.
Practice preventive methods to prepare your self for the next day. Make a plan of what you may need to do differently the next day. Ask yourself, is it something that I can do to prevent the behaviors tomorrow? Are the behaviors something that is prohibiting learning and disruption, then you need to correct this immediately as other students are at risk of not learning.
Talk to others. Ask how you can correct the situation in your class. You see, the key phrase here is discuss and ask questions. NOT complaining. Complaining is NOT going to fix anything. Remember, you are in the right place at the most ideal time. Obviously, you are to offer some of your self to your learners. Behavior management is not just for the students, but for the teacher as well. The way you handle the stress of managing classroom behavior in your class will allow you to be a better teacher.
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