Lee Canter's Model Essay

When I have been in childcare setting, I have seen practitioners use Lee Canter’s assertive discipline because they have set rules where children can see them. Also, the setting has circle time before they do any work and discuss the classroom rules, this will allow the child to not to forgot what the rules are. The practitioner explain to the children and young people that if they do break these rules then they are consequences such as missing time off your break. It is important that practitioners ask young people what rules they would like to follow. However, they have to follow rules such as no hitting. Some of the rules I have seen young people make are no mobile phones when the teacher is talking as this is disrespecting the teacher.
There are positive and negatives when following Lee canters assertive discipline model, some positives include the practitioner have more time to do work with the children and young people without any interruptions. Another positive of using Lee Canters assertive discipline that the adult is seen as a figure of authority. By this I mean, that the child will have to listen to the practitioner and follow the rules they provide. Using Lee canter’s in a childcare has helped me to understand that if …show more content…
Within this discipline model it should have the rules and the consequences and the practitioner should display this where the child can see them. I have seen practitioners use Lee Canters in the setting as they have classroom rules where the child should follow. If the child would not follow these rules then they will have a warning and then time taken off their break. Using Lee Canter’s assertive discipline plan it has helped children as they have a better learning experience. By this I mean, the teacher would have control over the class so the children will learn instead of messing