If you are looking to avoid the October Blues, here are some tips:
- Stick to the basics:
- greet students at the door with a smile–ALL students
- CHAMP everything–reset as needed
- find the good–provide positive feedback on a 5 to 1 ratio
- Check for ID’s at the door and dress code violations at the door–the more consistent you are with simple things like dress code, the more consistent students will believe you will be in class
- Continue to be active in the hallway, not just present–motivate students to get to class on time
- MINIMIZE movement when jobs can be assigned. Avoid more than four to five students being up at any one time. See the following examples:
- Getting materials to start the class–not all students need to be up to do this. Assign one student to pass out journals to each row or group.
- At the close of class–assign jobs to students for gathering journals, computers, materials, calculators etc.
- More than four to five students up at a time, especially in one area, is often the cause for unnecessary push/shove events to occur.
- Frequent and prompt parent/guardian feedback:
- If you are having issues with a student, ensure you have contacted parent.
- If you are having recurring issues with the same student, ensure you have taken that student’s name to teaming. If more than one teacher is having an issue, it is time for a team parent conference. If you are the only one experiencing the issue, it is time for an individual teacher/parent conference.
- If you need something translated, please use the correct Registrar. Ms. Patino for Inquire and Special Programs, Ms. Davila for seventh grade, and Mrs. Turek for eighth grade.
- Utilizing your randomization for making parent phone calls is one of the best ways to hold students accountable to their own behavior. Instead of you deciding who is called, the drawing of a name or number decides. The call being good or bad is dictated by the behavior of the student.