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Observation 3
School: BJHS
Time: 1:30-2:45
Date: 3/05/14
Population: Approximately 180 in 7th & 8th grade
Teacher: Rene
Materials: Computer, textbooks/worksheets, paper/pencil, book (optional & dependent on free-time)
Curriculum:
Clarified tutoring tasks:
The Approach to Discipline in the Classroom:
The teacher posts and discusses class expectations for discipline and consequences for behavior. The teacher has simply handed out detentions through the years. The teacher documents behavior problems on a notecard. She uses the “Three Strikes, You’re Out” policy. After the third write-up, a detention is issued. The teacher does contact parents via email or telephone for serious issues. For extremely serious issues, the principal is notified. The principal will call them in for discussions on their behavior and give verbal warnings or Saturday detentions when necessary (seems to “scare” the student from behaving inappropriately so students aren’t called to office that often). Regarding the manifest determination, the teacher dealt with manifest determination only once at a meeting to determine the fate of a student in serious trouble and up for suspension. It was determined that her disability was unrelated to her behavior, and it was approved for her to be expelled. A team of staff members and administration determined the outcome of the student. The teacher does not use functional behavior assessment. Students get verbal warnings, and usually correct their behavior in her classroom. Otherwise, she resorts to using the write-up system in which three times leads to detention.
School: BJHS
Time: 1:30-2:45
Date: 3/05/14
Population: Approximately 180 in 7th & 8th grade
Teacher: Rene
Materials: Computer, textbooks/worksheets, paper/pencil, book (optional & dependent on free-time)
Curriculum:
Clarified tutoring tasks:
- Science—Study Island assignment; textbook
questions assignment
- Missing work
The Approach to Discipline in the Classroom:
The teacher posts and discusses class expectations for discipline and consequences for behavior. The teacher has simply handed out detentions through the years. The teacher documents behavior problems on a notecard. She uses the “Three Strikes, You’re Out” policy. After the third write-up, a detention is issued. The teacher does contact parents via email or telephone for serious issues. For extremely serious issues, the principal is notified. The principal will call them in for discussions on their behavior and give verbal warnings or Saturday detentions when necessary (seems to “scare” the student from behaving inappropriately so students aren’t called to office that often). Regarding the manifest determination, the teacher dealt with manifest determination only once at a meeting to determine the fate of a student in serious trouble and up for suspension. It was determined that her disability was unrelated to her behavior, and it was approved for her to be expelled. A team of staff members and administration determined the outcome of the student. The teacher does not use functional behavior assessment. Students get verbal warnings, and usually correct their behavior in her classroom. Otherwise, she resorts to using the write-up system in which three times leads to detention.