Significantly Reduce Playground Discipline Problems

1. Significantly Reduce Playground Discipline Problems Bureau Of Education & Research

2. Program Overview • Introduction • Basic Behavior Management • Supervision, Scanning and Movement • Developing a Playground Discipline Plan • Rules of The Game • Working With Challenging Students • Bullies & Bad Guys • Behavior Escalation • Emergency Procedures • The Lunchroom • Ideas for Adventure

3. True or False? • 85% of Children’s misbehaviors are minor • Adults escalate minor misbehaviors into major misbehaviors. • 80% of your time is spent with 20% of the children. • Less than 5% of children need more than basic behavior interventions. • 95% of parents have never received a positive phone call from the school. • Consequences will stop misbehavior but only positives will change the behavior.

4. 20 Ways to Keep Minor Misbehaviors Minor • Praise only good behavior • Call a parent or Guardian for support • Hold a conference with the student • Listen to the student’s version before taking any action • Ask the student for some alternative actions so that he or she could have prevented misbehavior. • Utilize a discipline essay. • Reward good behavior often • Give a potentially troublesome student a position of leadership. • Offer tangible rewards for good behavior at unpredictable times. • Be gracious when accepting an apology. • Laugh!

5. Always give a warning – it is due process • Know what is a minor misbehavior and what is not. • Establish clear procedure for playground routines. • Ask a troublesome student to help another student on the playground. • Make sure your students understand the criteria for success on the playground. • Discuss social issues with the students. • Warm, friendly playground staff have fewer discipline problems than grouchy ones. • If you see a student successfully struggling with temptation, be sure to say a quiet word of praise afterwards. • Be consistent with expectations and random with tangible rewards.

6. An ounce of prevention…… Eye Contact Movement Rapport Demeanor

7. Proven Techniques • Whistle • Visual Signal • Name • Eye Contact • Proximity • Clear Statement • Broken Record • Deliver a Consequence • Provide a choice • Paradoxical Response • Use a plan • Track Behaviors • Bottom Line • Crisis Intervention

9. Scanning • Look at the big picture • Watch and listen to everything • Be aware of signs that precede problem behavior • Focus on the behavior and not on the student • Be positive with appropriate behavior

10. Developing a Playground Discipline Plan

11. Teaching • Social Skills • Physical skills • Cognitive skills

12. Student led conflict management programs for recess • Format • Training • Materials • Benefits

13. Bullies and Bad Guys

14. Did you know?????? • FACT- Bullying is VICTIMIZATION and is not normal behavior. • FACT -Bullying is seen in children as young as four. • FACT- Bullies are motivated by power and want to win in every circumstance. • FACT – Little bullies don’t “grow out of it”. They grow into BIG bullies.

15. Types of Bullying • Physical aggression • Verbal Aggression • Social Alienation • Intimidation

16. Give children the key to dealing with bullies! • Make friends with the bully • Use humor, judiciously • Use trickery • Walk away • Agree with the bully • Refuse to fight • Stand up to the bully • Reason or talk it out • Ignore • Yell!

17. How to stop a fight • Watch for signs of escalation • SHOUT! • Walk briskly over to the area-Do not RUN • Call for help • Disperse the Crowd • Shout STOP again when you get to the area of the fight. • Wait until help arrives DO NOT ATTEMPT TO BREAK UP A FIGHT BY PUTTING YOURSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

18. Tattling vs. Telling When it is NOT tattling: • When someone is hurt • When there is a hazard, object or condition in the playing area that could be dangerous • When there is a stranger on the playground • When someone is doing something dangerous • When they are witnessing bullying or are a victim of bullying.

19. Emergency procedures

20. Lunchroom Issues

21. Lunchroom Basics

22. Questions?