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Classroom Violence
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Posted 16 days ago I'm teaching in an urban public school that believes in positive reinforcement, and only. This is all great in theory, however, there has been an increasing number of incidences involving extrememe violence (read as multiple class room fights and threats against staff) and the school is not responding in an appropriate manner. In regards to my actual classroom, I have (knock on wood) minimal issues regarding behavioral issues. My problem is how to get the school more proactive regarding actually inforcing a discipline problem, and getting the students to see how their negative behavior is snowballing and effecting both their education and the education of others. |
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| Posted 14 days ago Just so we can get a clear picture of the playing field and your perspectives on it, tell us what you think the school admin should be doing differently so that it is responding appropriately. If the second paragraph of your post is accurate, it means that the implementation of PBIS or whatever method of positive approaches your school adheres to, is being carried out ineffectively. Positive methods **are** the (only available) answer, but not in isolation, and clearly not without a real understanding on the part of all staff members who are part of the process. |
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| Posted 14 days ago The administration should be consistent with its policies. Giving someone a suspencion for fighting and then revoking it sends a message to the students that they can pretty much do whatever they want with out having to worry about the consequences. There should be some sort of discipline system in place that makes it clear to the students that jeopardizing staff and student safety will not be tolerated. |
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| Posted 14 days ago So in your school, does out of school suspension actually work to prevent or minimize the frequency of violence? Because if it does, you work in a very rare urban environment indeed. What are the specific methods of positive intervention that your school is using? Is it PBIS? Do you use RTI? Something else? Or is it some nebulous policy that hasn't been well articulated to staff? |
