Reflection On Classroom Management Plan

Behavior Management Plan Number One
My second placement is a first grade class with a high number of Individualized Educational Plans (I.E.Ps). There are sixteen students in our first grade class, which contains seven girls and nine boys. One behavior management that my mentor teacher uses is the colored clip stick. She has a yard stick that has been painted starting from red on the bottom which is “Parent Contact.” The next step up is orange which is “Make Better Choices,” which is followed by yellow and is named “Think about it.” Everyday our students start off on green which is known as “Ready to Learn.” If our students misbehave or do not follow directions assigned by their teacher they will be asked to move a clip down to yellow. Although there has been many studies that discourage the use of “Behavior Clips,” my teacher also provides her students with opportunities to move their clips back up. If a student has had to move their clip down from green, but has been showing improvement throughout the day; she will allow the child to move their clip back up to green. The Behavior Clips also give the opportunity to move up from green. The first step up from green is blue or “Good Choices.” We allow the students who are doing their work quietly, following directions, or being …show more content…
Learning self-control empowers students and prepares them for the future” (Key Theorists). This is very important when it comes to the classroom. Students must learn self-control or there could be many consequences faced. Jones believed strongly in developing self-control in your students and rewarding positive