I was just reading over my last post on how to manage the classroom and found that I missed a really big part of it. How do we as teachers intervene without causing more chaos than is already present? Well, there are 3 levels of which we can intervene. The first is a minor intervention. This consists of non-verbal communication, keeping the activity moving, proximity, re-directing, giving direct instruction, being assertive and providing students with choices. The second level is the moderate intervention and this only includes time outs. The last level are the serious interventions. This level consists of the really extreme cases of suspension and expulsion.
I know in my grade school years I never got suspended let alone an expulsion. I never really got in that much trouble actually. Which is kind of surprising looking back at how I acted throughout elementary school at least. I don't think I was exactly the "picture perfect" child most parents want to have. Whenever I did get in trouble it was pretty minor. The biggest consequence I think I ever had was a trip to the principles office in high school
I'm going to try and incorporate these 3 different levels into how I manage my class because I don't want to do something really extensive when it's only a little trouble. That's where we have to use our best judgement and decide where we stand with a lot of things and how we choose to handle them.
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