Teachers educated on discipline

The existence of learning-favorable classroom environments is highly positively correlated with the the degree and consistency of support school and system administrators provide teachers and one another. When the GAE pretends that the vast majority of classroom teachers can effectively manage their classrooms in the absence of the strong, active and consistent backing of building- and system-level administrators, it deals in the most corrosive of self-deceptions. But so long as the dues-checkoffs continue, does GAE care about what happens to its classroom teacher members?

"The Georgia Association of Educators has been working with the Richmond County school system to train a group of Richmond County teachers how best to manage their classrooms."...After reading this article I am not impressed. These are standards that have long been in place in other parts of this country. Why is GA so often the last state to implement wise teaching methods and principles? Uh, yeah. Classroom management does have an impact on instruction. What is disappointing is the fact our teacher's are just learning this. It sounds so....typical...of RCBOE and its delay in application of well-established practices. I'm so glad my youngest is a senior and will finally move on to higher education next year.

lets see...GAE giving the already over-worked and under paid teachers lessons on child-rearing, if i am not mistaken should child discipline start in the home????, why is it all falling on the teachers/school system to raise children??? is it me or doesn't child-rearing responsibilities belong to the parents??? thsi is totally absurd, wasting the poor taxpayer's money on classes to raise children when it is the responsibilty of the parent/parents to do that. in my opinion seminars on "class-room" management is pointless because what are you going to do with a disruptive child??? beg him or her to please be quiet??? the most effective classroom management technique is to get rid of all disruptive children, send them back to their parent(s) or guardian and let them babysit thier own children. oh that's right i forgot if you do that then you would have to closed down about half of the schools in rich cnty. also by sending all the disrutive or students who don't want to learn back to their parents the school system would lose a great deal of state, federal money of which to pay for all the useless "programs" and other amenities not directly related to education

I am one of those second career teachers. I cannot tell you how many of us have tried this and failed or left because these children are completely out of control. They have no respect for authority because we can't do anything that really "hurts" them. In fact, they intimidate the teachers and the security officers. This problem is much more widespread than a three day seminar can address.

I wonder why Idaho is ranked the best in student discipline?

Teachers ARE trained in classroom management. However, as Craig Spinks writes, without the support of the administrators, a teacher's classroom management is quickly undermined. The geneneral public and parents do not understand that a child's behavior in school can differ from behavior at home. It's called "peer pressure." People outside of education think that students are the same as when they were in school. Neither do they understand policy and procedure on the other side of the desk. For example, students have access to technical devices that they feel they can use anytime, anyplace and parents support these decisions. Without support from administrators and parents, support meaning to back up a teacher's response to disruptive behavior, a teacher is faced with controlling all situations in the classroom because some administrators will only send overly disruptive students right back to the classroom and parents will tell you to "deal with it."

I read somewhere Idaho had a very high percentage of millionaires, they can afford to hire a professional to teach their kids proper behavior, manners. I think what is needed is for someone to step up to the plate and volunteer their services to teach a mandatory class for the students that act out and their parent/guardian to teach them both what behavior our community expects and the best way to achieve that in families. It can't be just another lecture. In this culture the message will be different if that class is taught by one who is part of the school system and is getting paid to teach it. But it would require the school system to enforce it and that someone that steps up would have to have a unique background. It will take an act of God to change the current environment and He won't share the credit with man.

I agree that teachers need support from administrators when it comes to running an orderly classroom. Yes, teachers should have strategies that they use to control their students, but when those strategies fail, and some will, administrators need to be there to back the teachers up! And I also agree--WHERE ARE THE PARENTS when it comes to this responsibility? Truthfully, they should teach their kids discipline at home, so all teachers have to do is teach!

When I was in school, teachers did not need to have classroom management skills. We went to school knowing if we misbehaved, there was physical punishment at school, and then there would a little something waiting for us when we got home as well. It's time to hold parents responsible for their "child monsters". These are the same ones that we are going to have to incarcerate (sp?) in the future. PARENTS - YOU popped these little bundles of insubordination out - It is YOUR responsibility to fix this.

Parent support is almost non existent. Out of the 3 conferences I requested on recent progress reports none have called to schedule a conference ! The teachers are the only ones being held accountable !