In physical education, there is a lot of physical contact. With that said, I need to make sure that I provide a safe learning environment for all of my students. Unfortunately, when one misbehaves and/or hurts someone else, they must be “disciplined” so that they will learn that their actions are not acceptable. When I first started my job, I was clueless on how to discipline a child in my classroom. I was also working at a new school and I did not know their procedures on discipline. In five years, I have written up less than ten students in which case, these incidents were either beyond my control as in someone else getting seriously hurt, or they were really serious and needed to be addressed by the principal.
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First, if they lie to me, they automatically have to walk (or another discipline that I see fit). I do not tolerate lying and I really hope that by enforcing this rule, students will learn to tell the truth more often. Another exception to my rule is if one hits someone on purpose. I do not know what it is about some children today, but it seems as if they feel that hitting is appropriate behavior, but it is not acceptable in my class. I do understand that accidents happen, even more so in my class because of the type of class that it is. So, in these cases, I will “investigate” more into the situation by asking other students that saw what happened. I usually end up finding out everything that had taken place and then I will decide if the student needs to be disciplined. In the worst case scenario, we have a video camera on the wall that the principal can look at if need be (yes, he has used it a few …show more content…
I will ask them if they know why they have to walk/write a letter, etc. I also ask them what they should do the next time something like this occurs. I find that students know what they should do, but they do not use their better judgment. I think that by going over this with them, they will try better if they are in the given situation again. I believe that if I just discipline them without having this conversation, then they will not learn what they did wrong and they will just repeat what
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First, if they lie to me, they automatically have to walk (or another discipline that I see fit). I do not tolerate lying and I really hope that by enforcing this rule, students will learn to tell the truth more often. Another exception to my rule is if one hits someone on purpose. I do not know what it is about some children today, but it seems as if they feel that hitting is appropriate behavior, but it is not acceptable in my class. I do understand that accidents happen, even more so in my class because of the type of class that it is. So, in these cases, I will “investigate” more into the situation by asking other students that saw what happened. I usually end up finding out everything that had taken place and then I will decide if the student needs to be disciplined. In the worst case scenario, we have a video camera on the wall that the principal can look at if need be (yes, he has used it a few …show more content…
I will ask them if they know why they have to walk/write a letter, etc. I also ask them what they should do the next time something like this occurs. I find that students know what they should do, but they do not use their better judgment. I think that by going over this with them, they will try better if they are in the given situation again. I believe that if I just discipline them without having this conversation, then they will not learn what they did wrong and they will just repeat what