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=Ensuring Successful Student Behavior =

Welcome to the Professional Educator Induction Program for Prince George's County Public Schools. This module will examine how to maximize student behaviors by:


 * 1) Managing Student Behavior through a //Framework// Connection
 * 2) Organizing for Instruction: Inner Apology vs. Inner Authority (Rick Smith)
 * 3) Establishing a Discipline Plan

Our objective is to assist you with developing a plan for managing student behavior that will include specific strategies for being proactive and consistent. You will also become familiar with strategies and consequences for dealing with inappropriate behaviors outlined in the Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) Code of Student Conduct.

Two of the resources we will use during this module are:

//Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching//, Charlotte Danielson, 2nd Edition and

//The Teachers Guide to Success//, Ellen L. Kronowitz

To assist in clarifying your own beliefs about discipline, rank order the discipline positions from 1 to 7 found in the attached Word document, with 1 being the position most like your own. Also refer to page 150 in //The Teachers Guide to Success.// Once complete, summarize your results and post in the discussion board.

//“Research on the development of expertise shows that novice teachers must master at least the rudiments of classroom management before they can become skilled at instruction. That is, attention to routines and procedures, the physical environment, and the establishment of norms and expectations for student behavior are prerequisites to good instruction”// -Charlotte Danielson