Recovery With Accountability
- The Look: Make eye contact with a student who is not behaving appropriately. This recovery strategy does not interrupt instruction but still gets students attention and prompts them to change their behavior (Villa, Thousand, & Nevin, 2010).
- Verbal Reminders: Asking the class to quickly review class norms only slightly interrupts instruction, but enables me to get multiple students back on task at once (Villa, Thousand, & Nevin, 2010).
- Follow-up: Having a discussion with a student about their behavior and coming up with ways to improve it together makes students accountable for their behavior and success in our classroom (Villa, Thousand, & Nevin, 2010). Here is an outline for a follow up conversation that I will give students so they are aware of what we will be discussing:
- Describe the behavior and its impacts
- Listen to the student’s perspective and response
- Discuss appropriate behavior
- Discuss resources to promote success
- Reiterate or set parameters for future behaviors
- Share consequences for noncompliance
- Summarize the conversation
- Document the conversation
- Choice: I will give students a choice between the consequence of the inappropriate behavior they are currently displaying and changing their behavior. For example if a student is talking during a test I will give them the option between silently finishing their test now or giving up their test and waiting until after school to finish it.
- Peer Counseling: I will allow students to take a moment and discuss behavior problems or difficult material with each other to “help clarify content [and] model responsible choices” (Villa, Thousand, & Nevin, 2010).
- Firm and Friendly: To defuse confrontations with a student I will be firm but still respectful and kind to the student (Albert, 1996).
Sources:
Albert, Linda. (1996). Cooperative Discipline. Philadelphia, PA: American Guidance Service.
Villa, R.A. Thousand, J.S. & Nevin, A.I. (2010). Chapter 9: Students as Collaborators in Responsibility, Collaborating with Students in Instruction and Decision Making, Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, p. 171-188.
Albert, Linda. (1996). Cooperative Discipline. Philadelphia, PA: American Guidance Service.
Villa, R.A. Thousand, J.S. & Nevin, A.I. (2010). Chapter 9: Students as Collaborators in Responsibility, Collaborating with Students in Instruction and Decision Making, Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, p. 171-188.