Thoughts on Behavior

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 January 15, 2022


    How do you define behavior in the classroom? What have you seen happen in your classroom? I have some stories of my own. I have been punched. I have been spit on. I have had chairs and classroom items thrown across the room at me. I've had students take their shirt off in defiance. I have stories! I have done it right. I have done it wrong. 

    In my experience, I've learned somethings in the department of classroom management. In fact, I'm not a fan of this so called classroom management. I don't want to manage children. I want to teach them. I want to learn with them. I want those "ah ha" moments. How can that happen when I confine my students to behavior charts and classroom rules?


    A few years ago, one of my teaching besties and I decided to stay positive. Nowadays, I'm the one to find the positive in every situation. I found that hard when I had classroom rules and a behavior chart because both can be supported with negative roles. So I trashed them!

    That's right! No behavior chart in my classroom. No classroom rules in my classroom. Instead, I have classroom values. I haves values that give students an expectation of how to respond to different situations in and out of the classroom. My students have been freed from the good vs bad behavior. They have been given a value to encompass and demonstrate. They have been given a chance to define who they are in society while learning within my four walls. My thoughts on behavior can be classified as an opportunity to introduce values that create characters in which behavior is desired. 

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