Summary of the Articles
The three required journals for this class all addressed discipline and success in middle school. Most of the concepts included in each article overlapped and complemented each other well, however, they each delved into their own information. Teaching Disaffected Middle School Students: How Dynamics Shape Student’s Experiences, seemed slightly less researched, but still included a lot of quality information. This article focused on Community Day Schools, schools for students who had been expelled from their schools, and on the three different types of teachers that taught there. The three different types of teachers were the rapport builders, the subject matter specialists, and the blamers. The article addressed the three main categories that teachers need to address (care, curriculum, and …show more content…
Unfortunately, there are “blamers” out there and you cannot change everyone’s attitude. With a shortage of teachers who possess the “rapport builder” attitude, it can be hard to fill schools with teachers who will follow through with strategies such as interdisciplinary teams or Positive Behavior Support (Kennedy, 2011)(Evans & Lester, 2010). Not that there are not a lot of these people out there, but there are also some without these positive attitudes and a school staff has to be on the same page to have the greatest success.
I felt like these articles were a great reminder to me to control myself. I cannot control the students, only myself and my own attitude. By continuing to read articles like these and implement the recommendations based off of this data, I can improve my teaching, management and rapport with students, regardless of the grade level that I end up teaching. I will definitely be sharing these articles with my middle level teacher friends.
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