Behaviour Management

Behavior management is something that I need to focus on in the classroom. I need to make sure that when I deal with a behavior, that I follow up on it. 

Last week there was a student who was on rubbish duty for bad language, but chose not to do it. I was informed later in the day that the student chose not to do this duty. This is when I should have followed through, made sure that they were set up with all the resources needed to do the duty and taken them out to the teacher on duty. If you are the one that has given the duty not following through is going to make the student think that they can get away with things with you. 

This is not something that I want with year 7/8 students, they need to know that you will follow up everything otherwise they will take advantage of you. I am going to make sure that this is something that I always do in the future.

I feel that a better relationship with this student will improve their respect for me. I need to acknowledge when I see them doing the right thing rather than always pulling them up when they are off task and not doing the right thing.

My professional goal this year is going to be focusing on behavior management within the classroom. I know it's something that I will always need to be working on and I am going to do some research and find out some different strategies that I can use to improve my practice. 

Do you have any suggestions for readings?