Full Description
"The Responsible Classroom Management Plan (RCMPlan™) truly lets teachers teach and the principal serve as the instructional leader. RCM is a brilliant concept that has cut office referrals by as much as 80% and dropout rates by 50%. The book provides principals and teachers with implementation steps for introducing the entire faculty or even the district to this wonderful program that takes students from a mindset of entitlement into a real-life world of being responsible for their own actions from day one."
—Chris Lineberry, Principal
Harmon Elementary School, San Tan Valley, AZ
Reduce office referrals, decrease suspensions, and increase responsible student behavior!
Written for principals and teachers, this nationally tested discipline plan for Grades K-5 emphasizes a team approach to managing student behavior. The authors' Responsible Classroom Management Plan (RCMPlan™) demonstrates how a behavior support system can promote good citizenship and appropriate social conduct. This all-inclusive resource offers:
A research-based model that shows teachers how to reinforce responsible behavior in a warm inviting classroom environment
Guidelines for developing flexible behavior standards and effective consequences in place of rigid rules
An end-of-book toolbox with numerous tools, samples, and field-tested consequences for introducing, implementing, and monitoring Responsible Classroom Management schoolwide
Contents
List of Tools
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Introduction
1. Understanding The RCMPlan™
The RCMPlan™
Becoming a Successful RCM Teacher
A Model for Improving Instruction and Behavior
An Invitation to Change: The RCMPlan™ Inventory
Looking Ahead
2. Teaching Students Responsibility Within Warm and Inviting Classrooms
The Original and Still Functional Correlates for Teaching Responsibility
Expecting Responsibility and Civility in the Classroom
Experimenting With Responsibility and Civility in the Classroom
Modeling Responsible Behavior
The Four Types of Inviting Teachers
Preparing to Modify Classroom Procedures
Student Roles and Additions to the Classroom
Group Activities
Looking Ahead
3. Standards, Guidelines, and Expected Behaviors
Why Rules Do Not Work With Elementary Children
Replacing Rules With School and Classroom Standards, Guidelines, and Expected Behaviors
Building School Guidelines for Outside the Classroom
Developing Classroom Guidelines
Teaching the Standards and Guidelines to Students
Looking Ahead
4. Using Consequences to Teach Responsibility
Using Logical Consequences Versus Punishment
Developing a Pool of Consequences for Selective Use in the Classroom
Consequences for More Serious Infractions: The Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Using ICU Effectively
Behavior Improvement Agreements (BIAs)
The DRC's Supervisory Process
A Sample of Grade-Specific Consequences
Group Activities
Looking Ahead
Resource A: The RCMPlan™ Principal's Guide
Resource B: The RCMPlan™ Toolbox
References
Index
