How to Prevent & React to Discipline Problems


How to Prevent & React to Discipline Problems
By Dr Raghvendra Kumar Dwivedi
Principal ,
DLMIA VIDYA MANDIR RAJGANGPUR
Student behavior problems may be the single biggest reason teachers get stressed and leave the teaching profession. Too often, teacher preparatory programs send smart, qualified teachers into classrooms with little or no skills for handling behavior disasters. Student teaching may prepare teachers for real-life teaching, but more often than not, the student teaching environment may not represent the actual teaching placement.
Every student is unique, and that means every class is its own dynamic. Throughout the year, students have experiences with you or their peers that may trigger behaviors and make conducting class seem impossible. If you feel overwhelmed, it’s time to step back and take a hard look at your approach to behavior.
Two Key Strategies
There are two main strategies teachers need to maintain order in class.
1. Proactive approach to discipline. These are things you can do before an issue flares up in your class.
2. The second strategy is reactive. These are appropriate responses and plans teachers use after a bad behavior has emerged in class.
Be Proactive:   Plan Sponge Activities & Transitions
“The key to engaging students in learning from the moment the bell rings is excellent and comprehensive preparation for the class by the teacher. Over-plan the day and leave no time for distraction. It’s not impossible to start off right and stay on-task for the entire class period or school day even with the most difficult populations of students.
Students walking into the classroom should find the sponge activity written on a whiteboard or clearly and consistently visible somewhere obvious in the classroom. The activity should be self-directed by an individual or small group. It should also be timed somewhere around 10 minutes or less. While the students are working the teacher can check attendance and complete any of that oh-so-important preparation for class.
Be Proactive: Don’t Give Empty Threats
“If I tell a student that something will happen, I have to be sure that it will. The exception is listed below. If you tell a student they will lose X privilege, they will lose it. On the rare occasion that I make this exception, I will talk with the student privately and explain to them that they totally do not deserve to do X because of their misbehavior. I then introduce the concept of grace — getting something we do not deserve. I will then go on to explain how my allowing them to do X is an example of grace given to them. I make sure they know I respect them and know they will not let me down again.”
Be Proactive:
8 Steps to Setting the Scene
“I am convinced that classroom management is the key to success in teaching.    It is something about which I have become passionate. Why? Because poorly managed classrooms waste the time and the lives of everyone involved. As a teacher, I hate it when I allow my students to be out of control. As a student, I don’t learn as much as I should. Either way, it is a no-win situation.”
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1. Accept responsibility
2. Establish procedures
3. Identify authority
4. Avoid arguing at all costs
5. Over Explain
6. Over Prepare
7. Raise Expectations
8. Communicate
Be Proactive: Teach Self-Discipline
“If things have been going well, our classes are headed towards self-discipline. Although it would seem that this is something that should happen at the second class meeting when we explain our policies, rules, and procedures, but experienced teachers know for certain that it takes endless patience and plenty of reteaching before we can declare that a student is self-disciplined—if even only for a day.
It is worth all the thought and effort on our part to continue to push our students to be self-disciplined learners no matter what their age or gender or ability level or ethnicity. When a classroom is filled with students who make good decisions for themselves on a regular basis, then learning is paramount.

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