Classroom Managment Blog

Morning detention has been an effective tool to deter my students from misbehaving in class. Since I have to coach after school, I can't assign detention at the end of the school day. My students hate getting to school at 7:45 A.M. when they normally could arrive at 8:15 A.M. If a student doesn't show up to detention, they will be assigned to I.S.S. (In-school suspension), which they hate even more. In addition to assigning detention, talking to a student one on one also works. This allows me the oppurtunity to try and find out why a student is misbehaving and what can be done about it. For the most part, I've discovered that my trouble makers are generally good kids that certainly know how to behave. Sometimes these methods don't work, but they've been consistently effective.