EPEL 7000 Educational Leadership and Organizational Culture Summer 2012, CRN 53923 Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00

00 PM to 6:55 PM College of Education, Room 180 Journal Article Summary Behavior Management by Walking Around By Randolph Boardman June 19, 2012 Summary of Article

This article examines the benefits of behavior management by the act of walking around within the school. This concept is derived from strategies implemented in the corporate business sector. These

strategies outline methodology for managing an organization through the process of walking around and being visible. The article highlights companies like Hewlett Packard where adoption of management by walking This article identifies a checklist for implementation

around is a significant part of the Hewlett Packard Way. of behavior management by walking around.

This checklist includes ideas such as, interacting on informal

basis, meeting employees on their turf, asking what rumors they have heard lately, building bridges with employees you are most uncomfortable with, having lunch with them, speaking daily, developing a schedule to make rounds daily, having no favorites and interacting personally. The article then goes on to discuss how

Management by Walking Around can be adapted and changed to Behavior Management by Walking Around for Educators. In that adaption, teachers should find themselves complaining about administrators not being in Emphasis is placed on the fact that first meetings for As a result of

the office as a result of interaction with students. administrators and

students should not be in an office as a result of a discipline referral.

behavior management by walking around, administrators should often find themselves first on the scene for student to student confrontations.