Back to School Linky: Behavior Management
I'm really excited to participate in the Back to School Linky with Miss V's Busy Bees and Mrs. D's Corner. This week's posts are focused on behavior management. Let's start with my philosophy on behavior management...I believe behavior management is strongly rooted in classroom procedures. When there are clear expectations and those expectations are clearly articulated to your students, behavior management takes care of itself. A friend and co-teacher of mine has taken me on as her mentor project, so to speak. She lent me some of her materials from Harry Wong, THE behavior and classroom management guru. One of those items she lent me was an audio book . One of the comments that Mr. Wong made in that audio really made me rethink my entire behavior plan in my classroom. He clearly explained the difference between rules and procedures . We shouldn't be overly focused on rules, per se, and we should only have 5 real rules at the most. ...