Discipline Journal #4 SHED Cohort – Fall 2008
I. Data Collection: On additional pages, document at least 10 discipline situations encountered in your classroom. Journal each incident. I have a student that I am really trying hard to reach and have tried many different strategies. Below are the following.
1. A. November 20, 2008/ 10:20 AM
B. 9th grade/World Geography
C. A certain student has been having trouble staying in dress code, turning in work, staying in his seat, and staying on task.
D. I started with the preventative method. I made sure to have his work with his name on it already, so he would not have to waste time doing that. I had a pen and pencil ready for him so he would not have to get up and ask for one. I even had his textbook open to the page we were going to start on for the day. The student just looked at me like I was crazy.
E. As soon as I started to lecture over what we were going to be doing for the day and why we were looking at this material, I had to go over and take up this student’s cell phone. Of course this did not sit well with this student and he refused to give me his cell phone, so I was forced to send him to the office with a referral. Preventative method did not have a chance today, I will try again next period.
2. A. November 24, 2008/ 10:15 AM
B. 9th Grade/World Geography
C. A certain student has been having trouble staying in dress code, turning in work, staying in his seat, and staying on task.
D. I once again used the preventative method. I made sure to have his work with his name on it already, so he would not have to waste time doing that. I had a pen and pencil ready for him so he would not have to get up and ask for one. I even had his textbook open to the page we were going to start on for the day. The student just looked at me like I was crazy.
E. Before I started this time I asked all students to make sure their phones were turned off and put away. The student started to get up as I started the class. I stopped and asked him why he was getting up. He said he had to ask another student something. I told him it would need to wait until I was finished, he did not like it but he sat back down. This was a positive. We made it through our discussion for the day and they started their independent work. This student proceeded to put his head on his desk and try to go to sleep. So, I have everything that this student needs for my class for the day and now he is going to try and take a nap. I went to wake him and ask him to get to work, he woke up and sat there for a little bit and then started to get out of his seat again. I asked him where he was going, he said he was coming to ask me to go to the bathroom. I told him that he could once he started on his work and completed some of it. He sat down and started to work. A little bit of success for the time being.
3. A. November 24, 2008/ 11:15 AM
B. 9th grade/World Geography
C. A certain student has been having trouble staying in dress code, turning in work, staying in his seat, and staying on task.
D. Same student same class period as #2.
E. The student worked for a little while and I let him go to the restroom. Upon his return he had grabbed his work and was headed to sit next to another student. I asked him to return to his desk and he told me he was going to check his answers, copy, with the other student. I explained to him that today we were working individually and not in pairs or groups. He was not happy with the response that I gave him and went and sat back down in his seat. He did nothing the rest of the class period and just left his work on his desk when he left. I believe it is time to try a new teaching strategy.
4. A. December 1, 2008/ 10:20 AM
B. 9th grade/World Geography
C. A certain student has been having trouble staying in dress code, turning in work, staying in his seat, and staying on task.
D. The same student in second period class different day.
E. Today I decided I was going to try Love and Logic with this student, trying to emphasize the more Love part if I could. I decided to still keep with the Preventive Method giving this student no reason to have to get up during class. Once again, he started to get up out of his seat while I was giving instruction, so I stopped and turned towards him. I asked him to sit down and he said he just needed to do something, I told him I understood but for now he needed to return to his seat. He stopped and sat back down. I thought alright go Love and Logic.
5. A. December 1, 2008/ 11:15 AM
B. 9th grade/World Geography
C. Same student, same class, different time of the day.
D. I thought with the use of Love and Logic the first time that the rest of the class period would go OK, I was wrong.
E. The same student was sitting at his desk with his head down doing nothing. I walked over to wake him up and asked him to get to work. He asked if he could move and work with a partner, seeing that he had no answers on his paper and his background of trying to copy other student’s work I told him not right now. I told him that when he completed some of the work on his own I might let him work with a partner. He continued the rest of the period to sit at his desk and do nothing. I stood by him most of the period and continually asked him to get to work, he did not. I made a phone call home immediately following the class period and the number had been disconnected. I also tried to send an email to the address the parents had provided it came back undeliverable. I will try something different next time.
6. A. December 3, 2008/ 10:25 AM
B. 9th grade/World Geography
C. Once again, the same student the same class period but different day.
D. The student entered the class room with his pants sagging, his pant cuffs rolled at the bottom and he was late.
E. I asked the student to step out in the hall and I would be out there shortly. When I went out to talk to him he was not in a good mood. I told him that I was not sure what his other teachers allowed him to do but that every time he tried to come into my class out of dress code I was going to make him go out of the room and come back in properly attired. I told him that if this made him late then he would receive a tardy every time. He tried to start to argue with me but I just told him that was the way it was going to be. I told him I would excuse the tardy for today but not anymore after that. I told him that I did not want any problems from him and that I expected him to work. I told him that he needed to stay seated in his own desk and get his work done and turned in. I let him know that he was failing because of incomplete work but that he could do the work when he finished his work for the day. This was this student’s best day this year. He completed the day’s work and started some of his make-up work. I think some people call this Tough Love, is that a strategy?
7. A. December 5, 2008/ 10:15 AM
B. 9th grade/World Geography
C. During second period my same student came into the classroom on time and in dress code. I was thinking alright! A little bit of progress.
D. Even though I had this student set up with a writing utensil, a book, and the work outlined for the day he found a way to stray from what he was suppose to be doing.
E. Today was not a good day for this student. I asked this student to please have a seat in his correct seat. He kept going like he did not hear me. I once again asked him to please have a seat. Without looking at me he said “why you always scoring on me?” I again asked him to please have a seat he told me he wasn’t bothering anyone. I told him that if he was doing what he was suppose to be doing I would not mess with him but since he could not do I would ask him. He wanted to argue with me, again. I asked him to please step outside so I could talk to him. He went outside and when I got out there he was gone. I had to write him a referral for leaving. I wish this kid would come around.
8. A. December 8, 2008/ 12:05 PM
B. 9th grade/World Geography
C. This incident involved a student who has had multiple problems in the cafeteria. He likes to be too loud and cause problems with other students. Today was no different for him. He was messing with a girl who was trying to eat her lunch and she asked him to leave her alone. He did not. He did however take his belt of and hit this girl with it. It was not a violent or hard hit but none the less he still hit her with his belt. I took the belt from the student and walked him over to the assistant principals and explained to them what happened. The handled it from there.
D. The student received a discipline referral for what he did and he now has an assigned seat during lunch.
E. This student has been a behavioral problem and he continues to find trouble. Having to deal with this student every A day is not very much fun. Him messing with other students leads to other problems because those students are looking to get back at him. I have talked to the student and the administrators but he continues to do the same things. I don’t know if he gets into trouble in his other classes but I know he is a handful during lunch.
9. A. December 8, 2008/ 12:15 PM
B. 9th grade/World Geography
C. A student was talking very loud during lunch and I asked him to please keep it down. He initially did but then once again started getting loud and messing with another student who was trying to eat. I told him he needed to go sit down where he was originally seating and not to get up again. He grumbled a little bit but when and sat down he wasn’t any trouble the rest of lunch.
D. The student received a warning about controlling the volume of his voice in the cafeteria and staying seated while he was in there. I think that was sufficient for the incident for now. If he continues to do the same thing over and over more drastic measures will need to be taken.
E. I do not have a relationship with this student. Building a relationship with this student will help the situation.
10. A. December 9, 2008/10:15 AM
B. 9th grade/World Geography
C. I was having trouble with my same second period student who always wants to out of his seat visiting with other students at the beginning of class. I don’t know if I will ever reach this student but I will not stop trying. I believe there are issues with this student that goes way beyond the hour and a half that I spend with him.
D. Involved in the incident was the student and me. The student acts like he doesn’t care if he gets in trouble or has to go to the office or anything else. I am trying to connect with this student on a more personal level. I go over and talk to him about things outside of school and what his hobbies are. I try and help him with his work but he seems just not to care about anything. Being “cool” in the eyes of others seems to be his only concern.
II. Once again, the same student the same class period but different day.
The student entered the class room with his pants sagging, his pant cuffs rolled at the bottom and he was late.
I asked the student to step out in the hall and I would be out there shortly. When I went out to talk to him he was not in a good mood. I told him that I was not sure what his other teachers allowed him to do but that every time he tried to come into my class out of dress code I was going to make him go out of the room and come back in properly attired. I told him that if this made him late then he would receive a tardy every time. He tried to start to argue with me but I just told him that was the way it was going to be. I told him I would excuse the tardy for today but not anymore after that. I told him that I did not want any problems from him and that I expected him to work. I told him that he needed to stay seated in his own desk and get his work done and turned in. I let him know that he was failing because of incomplete work but that he could do the work when he finished his work for the day. This was this student’s best day this year. He completed the day’s work and started some of his make-up work. I think some people call this Tough Love, is that a strategy?
III. During second period my same student came into the classroom on time and in dress code. I was thinking alright! A little bit of progress. Even though I had this student set up with a writing utensil, a book, and the work outlined for the day he found a way to stray from what he was suppose to be doing.
Today was not a good day for this student. I asked this student to please have a seat in his correct seat. He kept going like he did not hear me. I once again asked him to please have a seat. Without looking at me he said “why you always scoring on me?” I again asked him to please have a seat he told me he wasn’t bothering anyone. I told him that if he was doing what he was suppose to be doing I would not mess with him but since he could not do I would ask him. He wanted to argue with me, again. I asked him to please step outside so I could talk to him. He went outside and when I got out there he was gone. I had to write him a referral for leaving. I wish this kid would come around.
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