Elisabeth Dachniwskyj

Classroom Behavior Management Plan

Grade Level: First Teacher Candidate Name: Elisabeth Dachniwskyj
Purpose Statement

A statement written
to meet the criteria
established in
Module #1
In this classroom, students will work together to learn about the world
around them. Students will develop their academic skills while discovering
their potential as students. Our classroom is a safe, friendly environment
where students will learn how to respect themselves and others.
Procedures

Three procedures
(minimum)
appropriate
to the class
demographics

When students enter the classroom in the morning, they are to enter
quietly (having already put their backpacks and coats away in their
hallway cubbies) and get out their writing journals. They then are to
begin answering the question of the day.
When students are dismissed from their tables to go to the carpet,
SMART Board area, or to line up to leave the classroom (or when
being dismissed from these areas to return to their tables), the
designated line leader or helper for the week has the
responsibility of dismissing other students who are quietly waiting to
be dismissed (if time is a factor, the student can also dismiss whole
tables or color sections of carpet).
If a worksheet needs to be distributed, the designated paper-passer
for the week has the responsibility of handing out the worksheets.
For any tests or special papers that require prompt attention by the
teacher (spelling tests, etc.), there is a designated paper-collector
for the week who has the responsibility of collecting papers.
When students are going into the hall, they will line up
alphabetically, with the line leader/helper in the front of the line
and the line follower at the end.
At the beginning of the day before the Morning Meeting, students
have the opportunity to say the Pledge of Allegiance. This is led by
the designated weekly pledge-leader.
At the end of the day, many students have jobs to do around the
classroom. These include table washer, chalkboard/dry-erase
board washer, garbage collector, class librarian (who tidies up
the book area), pencil sharpener, and mail sorter (who is
responsible for putting any corrected work or letters home in the
appropriate mailboxes). Other jobs throughout the day include milk
helper and calendar duty (along with many others discussed in
procedures above). All of these jobs are to be done at the end of the
day and should not need to be done before then (for example there
are enough pencils available at each table so students should not need
to be sharpening their own pencils throughout the day).
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Classroom Behavior Management Plan
Any work that has been completed in class and checked by a teacher
can be put in the students mailbox. Any work that is completed (to
the extent expected for any time constraints) but not checked by a
teacher can be placed in the turn-in box.
Rules

Rules appropriate to
classroom
demographics
(number of rules age
appropriate)
1. Use only nice and kind words when talking to or about yourself,
other students, and teachers.
2. Get permission before taking or touching something that is not yours.
3. Keep all parts of your body in your personal space.
4. Listen quietly while others are talking.
5. Listen to and follow all directions given by teachers.


Consequences

Appropriate to
classroom
demographics and
linked to rules if
necessary

Positive Consequences:
Free and Frequent: Intermittent: Strong and Long Term:
* Smiles * Being used as * Student of the week
* Verbal praise example of doing the * Receiving an award at
* Thumbs-Up right thing a school-wide assembly
* Verbal recognition * Good Slips (later) * End-of-the-week prize
* Good slips (earlier) * Letters home (drawing of Good Slips,
* End-of-the-week prize every so often after the
(drawing of Good Slips, first month)
each week for the first
month)


Negative Consequences:
Level 1:
General class reminder
Level 2:
Reminding general class to model how [a student doing the correct behavior]
is doing the behavior
Level 3:
Individual reminder
Level 4:
Asking individual student to find a different area in which to work
Level 5:
Time-out
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Classroom Behavior Management Plan
Level 6:
Call a parent
Level 7:
Send to the office
Action Plan
Steps to be taken to
communicate plan
(see Module #1)


Toolkit
What How When
Develop rules
and procedures
Create list of rules
Create procedures for
o classroom entry
o exiting classroom
o handing out papers
o collecting papers
o dismissing students to different
areas of the classroom
o any other jobs that need to be
completed.
Set up list of possible jobs for students
Prior to start of
school
Post rules and
procedures
Post rule-reminders throughout room
Post procedures in appropriate/useful
areas
Prior to start of
school
Create display
for classroom
jobs
Create area to display student jobs
Create enough classroom jobs to assure
that every student will have one every
week
Prior to start of
school
Create and send
a welcoming
note home to
parents
Create a note to parents which opens a
positive line of communication
Send note to all parents and new first
grade students
Prior to start of
school
Create a note for
parent contacts
Design a note that can be sent home to
parents when positive behaviors occur
Prior to start of
school
Create a prize
system for Good
Slips
Create a system for drawing Good Slips
and distributing prizes
Prior to start of
school
Teach the plan to students
What How When
Teach rules,
procedures, and
consequences to
students
Review rules and procedures with students
each day as they come up
Liberally give out good slips for
following rules and procedures
First month of
school
Disseminate the plan
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Classroom Behavior Management Plan
What How When
Share with
colleagues and
assistants
Meet with principal to discuss the plan
Discuss plan with anyone who will be
working with the class
Provide a copy for substitutes when
necessary
Prior to start of
school
Throughout the
year, as needed
Throughout the
year, as needed
Share with
parents
Send information home on first day of
school
Review plan at Open House

First day of
school

Open House, as
new students join
class
Review the plan
What How When
Review the plan
with students, as
needed
There may be times when the rules and
procedures need to be reviewed. This
needs to be flexible, especially with first
grade students.
Extra review may be required whenever
there is a break longer than two days (long
weekends, extended holiday breaks,
illnesses, etc.)
Throughout the
year, as needed
Reassess the
plan as needed
If at any point a rule or procedure
becomes unnecessary, it can/should be
modified, removed, or replaced
If new necessary rules or procedures are
discovered, they can/should be added
Throughout
school year, as
needed