Behavior Plan

This year we will use the Responsive Classroom approach to discipline.

The Responsive Classroom approach consists of a set of practices that build on academic and social-emotional skills.  This is an evidence-based education approach that is associated with greater teacher effectiveness, higher student achievement, and improved school climate.  

Goals for responding to a child's misbehavior are as follows:

-To stop the rule-breaking behavior

-To maintain a safe and orderly classroom

-To help students recognize and fix their mistakes

-To help students develop internal control of their behavior

-To preserve the dignity of the child and the group

A wide variety of strategies will be used to respond to misbehavior, including visual and verbal cues, increased teacher proximity, reminding and redirecting language  and logical consequences.  Our class will also use a time-out spot that we will refer to as our "Think Chair."  Students who are beginning to go off track with their behavior will be asked to go sit in this spot for a few minutes until they are ready to return.  This spot is not a punishment and the goal is that students will reflect on their choices and return to the group ready to work!  Keep in mind that everyone, even adults, sometimes just need to get away for a moment.  If the "Think Chair" does not calm the child, or help fix the behavior, then another approach may be warranted.  

Students in second grade do receive a conduct grade at the end of each quarter.  To help me determine their conduct grade, I will reflect on their choices throughout the quarter and use the following rubric to determine their grade: