Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Student Contracts
My Kindergarten CT uses a very beneficial discipline technique called "Student Contracts." I was wondering if anyone else used something similar during their field experience? These contracts are used for two different students who have very noticeable and disruptive behaviors. They have an opportunity to earn six smiley faces a day. These smiley faces come from classroom, line, lunch-room, bathroom, gym, and I am drawing a blank on the other. I think it is a great idea because if a student has a bad morning, the student has a chance to make up smiley faces in the afternoon. You might be surprised on how well the children will react in the afternoon if they know that they are falling behind on earning a smiley. All you have to do is give them a quick reminder and they will behave...most of the time. At the end of each day these students take home a sheet to get signed by their parents to let them know how they did.
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We use something similiar, but with numbers for atleast one student with behavior problems. The numbers are from 1 to 4 and they get marked four times throughout the day and then there is a comment area. The student takes these home every day for their parents. I can't remember what four times of day they get marked but I know one is morning, before lunch, something, and then end of the day.
ReplyDeleteLast week my CT started using the same thing with one of her students. He tends to not participate sometimes and ends up taking for too many "breaks". It seemed to work really well for the first couple days. It isn't a bad concept but from what I observed it has some pitfalls. One of those being if the student is to get a frown early in the day then the rest of the day seems to go out the window. I am not sure if it is something I would use or not.
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