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Hi All. I am a student in graduate school learning about classroom expectations and procedures. As my fellow classmates and I have been reading and learning about a few of them I wanted to ask you a few questions. What type of system of "rules" or expectations do you have? What do you see works best? Do you use rewards and consequences? If so, what kind? I can think of a ton of rewards to give the students but I am struggling with what types of consequences I can give. I understand that some can be more severe than others but I want to understand what is tooooo severe vs. what is an everyday consequence of not sitting correctly at the rug, or what if you don't bring in your homework? I look forward to reading these responses and getting a better understanding of how you run your classroom!
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
I used to work in a placement facility, and after school the students would have issues not wanting to do their homework. I did not use a reward system to keep them on task but rather a compromise system. Since the students had to follow a schedule placed by the company, I would substitute a time bracket with free time if they completed their tasks. Since I was very good with time management the students were able to follow the program and do what they wanted at the end of the day with ease.