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Interdisciplinary Team Discipline Plan

Roz Pridemore
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Rules:

1. Raise your hand- always raise your hand before speaking. This allows others to have

opportunities to speak.

2. Be Respectful- always consider those around you. Ask yourself if what you are doing or

saying is respectful of others and their opinions. Treat others how you wish to be treated!

3. Work hard- always give your best. You will always be given difficult tasks and you will

have to work hard. Always try your best to reach your fullest potential.

Consequences

The classrooms will each run on a behavior chart. Each student will have a pin that, when

poor behavior is occurring, will result is the students moving his or her pin down the chart.

1. First occurrence- student will receive ONE verbal warning. At this time, the student will

repeat the expectations to the teacher and demonstrate how to correctly engage in the

proper behavior. Student will remain on the GREEN section of behavior chart.

2. Second occurrence- Student will be required to move his or her pin to the YELLOW.

Along with this action, the student will lose 3 minutes of recess time. The student again

will repeat the expectations to the teacher and understand the proper behavior.

3. Third occurrence- the student will move his or her pin to the ORANGE section of the

behavior chart. At this time, the student will have a trip to the office to speak about

behavior and expectations in the classroom. A letter or email will be sent home to the

parent. This also will initiate communications between the teacher, parents,

administration, and student on how to correct the problem behavior.

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Team Encouragement

1. Communication is vital for success. Talking with students about their expectations and

the rules for classroom behavior will ensure students know and understand what they are

required to do. The students should engage in this communication respectfully. The

teacher will have final say in any questions. The teachers will engage in the

communications respectfully. Each student is an individual and should be treated as

such.

2. The teacher must be sure to provide verbal feedback to students who have done a job well

done. Students should know when they are doing a good job and should feel appreciated

in their efforts to maintain good behavior.

3. If a student is able to stay on green for one whole week, they will be allowed to pick a

piece of candy from the prize jar on Friday afternoon.

Test time Rules and Expectations:

 At test time, students will be seated at their desk with a pencil, and eraser out. All other

items should be placed in the desk or in the student’s bookbag.

 When the student is ready to begin, they will sit with quiet hands and wait for teacher

instructions.

 The teacher will inform the students the directions of the test and hand it out. The

students can write their names on the top of the page and begin.

 Students will only have eyes for their own papers. Students will not cheat or copy their

peer’s answers.
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 When the student finished the test, they will check each answer to ensure they are

confident in their response.

 The student will hand in their paper at the turn in desk and return to their desk and wait

for further directions.

Standards of Neatness Rules and Expectations:

 Students will arrive to school and hang their coats and bookbags up in their locker.

 Students will put their lunch box on top of their locker.

 Students will keep their desk neat and organized

 All paper and books should be in its designated sections or folders of the desk. There

should not be any loose paper in the student’s desk.

 Student’s desks should be clean without drawings.

 Students should replace any material throughout the room to the designated location.

Rules and expectations for Restroom Breaks:

 The class will have schedules restroom breaks throughout the day. If a student needs

to use the restroom at an unscheduled time, they will begin by raising their hand to

get the attention of the teacher.

 The student will ask the teacher permission to use the restroom. If the teacher allows

the student to leave the classroom the student will quietly get up and push their chair

in.

 The student will walk to the front of the room and grab their class hall pass and walk

down the hall to the restroom. The student will quickly use the restroom.
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 The student will wash their hands for 30 seconds with warm soapy water and dry

them with paper towels. Make sure the towels get thrown away into the garbage can.

 The student will return to the class and replace the hall pass and continue with their

classroom.

Parent Teacher Conference

Parent teacher conferences should be a regular occurrence in the school setting. They can

be held for many different reasons although, primarily used for behavior correction or

praise. During this time, it is important to establish open communication between

parents, teachers, and students. This will allow parents to understand their child’s

behavior, student to take ownership of behavior, and the teacher to gain different insights

on behavior correction. Teachers will begin the meeting by stating positive behaviors or

characteristics about the child. Then they can begin by diving into the purpose of the

meeting. Active listening will be used when talking to the parents and listening to their

needs and concerns. Taking their thoughts into consideration will be important when it

comes to finding a behavior plan that will work for the student.

School Community Plan

As a school, we strive to foster and develop bright students who are able to do good

beyond the classroom. To begin to foster student development, we have designed a plan

that assigns each student with a “group advisor”. These advisors will have a group a

student that will meet once a week to begin talking about anything students need to

discuss. This open communication will allow students to have a “go-to” person in the

school that they feel comfortable communicating with. These students also will begin to
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develop bonds with peers in their groups. These groups are meant to help the students

through any difficulties they are going through and be there to support student growth.

Each group will also participate in the school’s cleanup day. On this day, each group will

be assigned a different location around the community and be in charge of cleaning it up.

This will develop a sense of community and connection between the students, the

community, and the school.

The Theorist- Abraham Maslow

Abraham Maslow is known in the education world as creating the need hierarchy theory

(Adiel, & Abraham, 2013). We believe that by providing students with the needs they require to

feel safe and at home are key in establishing a behavior plan that will benefit them. The students

will have the safety, belonging, esteem and comfort provided through the teacher-group team

memberships. The students will also be able to find comfort in their organized classroom

environment. Only when students have met all of these needs, will they be able to think and

reason (Adiel & Abraham, 2013). We also believe that through meeting these needs, students

will be less likely to misbehave and require less punishment to correct negative behavior.

Parents also need to be aware that student needs start at home. Encouraging parents to help

students to meet all of Maslow’s needs will allow students to achieve higher educationally and

reduce misbehavior in and out of the classroom!

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References

Adiel, E., & Abraham, N. (2013). Achievement of Abraham Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy Theory

among teachers: Implications for human resources management in the secondary school

systems in river state. Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2(1), 140-144.

George, P. S., & Alexander, W. M. (2003). The exemplary middle school (Third Edition ed., pp.

250-252). Belmont, CA: Thompson-Wadsworth.