Assignment:
What is the difference between major and minor disruptive behaviors in the classroom? Provide an example of each. What strategies do you plan to utilize to bring positive resolutions when major and minor disruptive behaviors occur?
Prior to the start of the sixth-period, you have been notified that one of your sixth-period students was allegedly using social media to tarnish the reputation of another student. The sixth-period class has struggled with engagement to this point in the year, and now this event will only make things more challenging. How would you approach this situation? Would you use this as an opportunity for a class discussion, create community, and improve motivation? Do you continue your lesson as planned, as this is more of an administrative concern? Explain your approach.
Readings:
The Quiet Classroom Game: A Class-Wide Intervention to Increase Academic Engagement and Reduce Disruptive Behavior
By Keith C. Radley, Evan H. Dart
Examining How Proactive Management and Culturally Responsive Teaching Relate to Student Behavior: Implications for Measurement and Practice
By Kristine E. Larson and Elise T. Pas