Behavior Management Plans with Jess Davis (E021)
Challenging behaviors are part of being a teacher. We are there to help guide children and help them learn from their mistakes. Sometimes all the lovely ideas we have brought back to the classroom from workshops and trainings are not enough, though. Sometimes a child may be so dysregulated that they engage in damaging, violent, or extremely disruptive behaviors and nothing we have tried seems to be working. What then? In this “real talk” series on managing big behaviors in Montessori settings, Jess Davis, MEd and Lead Consultant at Montessori Minds, will be discussing tools to help teachers design solutions for extreme behaviors that support the child in crisis while also protecting the learning and safety of the others in the room.Today’s episode will focus on writing Classroom Behavior Management Plans, breaking down the parts of a plan, tips for writing each section effectively, and advice for schools and teachers. Jess refers to some research and resources throughout the website (listed/linked below):https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/resources/iris-resource-locator/https://positivediscipline.org/Research shows that when teachers create consistent classroom rules that are stated positively and describe expected behavior, students engage in disruptive behavior less often. (Alter and Haydon, 2017); Reinke et al 2013)Research shows that classrooms with predictable procedures and routines have lower rates of challenging behaviors (Simonsen et al 2020)
