Models Reflection

Rank Them:
1. COMP
2. Positive Classroom Discipline
3. Building Community
4. Assertive Discipline
5. Discipline with Dignity
6. Inner Discipline

When looking at my ranking I think most people would find it apparent that i am more of a person who is looking for teacher order in the classroom, but not so overpowering that students loose some of their input in the classroom. In a mathematics classroom, it is very important that students focus in on the mathematics and the procedures being introduced, making it pertinent that students are attentive and focused during the lecture or notes piece of the lesson. On the other hand, I feel it is important that the students do have time to build community and network with each other while doing classwork or cooperative learning activities. Therefore, my discipline is focused on the implementation of rules and procedures to get the classroom work done, but then focus on the students and their needs.

My Buffet from the presentations:

• The action piece from Discipline with dignity talks of being consistent when implementing consequences with students. I think this is very important because if the students know the expectations and what is going to happen no matter who they are, then they will respect you more.
• The Hierarchy of Consequences from Assertive Discipline is really important to me. I think it is important to give students a set of consequences that are going to happen no matter what. Just like above, this means that students see you being consistent.
• The idea of having minimal rules that cover vast areas from Building Community is something I really like. As mentioned in my classroom discipline plan, I like the idea of students being able to think about the rules and their impact on different aspects of the school, others, and themselves.
• From Positive Classroom Discipline I really like the concept of responsibility training. Having a group incentive program that makes the students take care of their own discipline due to holding each other accountable is great. It also allows for some wiggle room for the teacher to better teach the students without as many discipline handling issues.
• From the COMP plan I really like the classroom layout piece of discipline. It is very important that the classroom is set up in a way that is manageable for the teacher. Making sure that every student can see your instruction, as well as the you can get to every student if needed is important.