Over on Cal Teacher Blog, there’s a good post about classroom management. Under the title, “Mean it,” Cal explains that he follows through on his rules and does so in what appears to be a matter-of-fact manner. This is good advice.
When I tell my students they must arrive on time for class and that I will send them to detention when they arrive late I have to mean it. Then, when a students comes nonchalantly strolling into class two minutes after the tardy bell rings, I have to actually send them to detention. I can’t express enough how much I HATE when a student sits in detention and not in my class learning and doing. Unfortunately, it is in the best interest of all of my students that when one or two of the students are tardy that they pay this penalty because it really does encourage the other students to arrive on time.
In my class, I stress to students that consequences must be administered contingently, consistently, and immediately. Cal Teacher’s clearly doing this.
Link to the entire post on Cal Teacher Blog.
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