1. ASSERTIVE MODEL OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
NADA NAJIB
EDCO 604
SPRING 2015
AUD

2. What is Classroom Management?
It is how a teacher organises every aspect of his/her classroom including students, time, space and materials.

3. What is Discipline?

4. Required action by a teacher towards a student or students whose behaviour:

5. 1. Was disruptive to the educational process

6. 2. Broke a pre-established rule created by teacher,
2. Broke a pre-established rule created by teacher, administration or general society.

7. What is Assertive?
Confident and direct in claiming one’s right or putting forward one’s views.

8. What is the aim of discipline?
Help children take care of:
Themselves
Others around them
The world

9. Why is discipline important?
Without it, the learning process cannot be accomplished. It is an art requiring:

10. Why do students misbehave?
Children are emotional and impulsive
To get attention
To fit an image
To test authority
Children lack knowledge
Children lack experience
Feel unloved
Feel bored
Feel unchallenged

12. “the skills and confidence to manage student behaviour given the new realities of our time” (Canter, L., 1997)

13. Who are the Canters?

14. Lee canter was born in 1947
Attended California State University where he earned a degree in History
Completed a Master’s degree in Social Work at the University of Southern California.
He worked as a psychiatric social worker in Southern California
He met Marlene at the California State University in 1968
They got married in 1970 in LA
They have two children

15. He appeared on talk shows like Oprah and The today Show.
In 1976, they cofounded “Lee Canter and Associates” company
The company trained over 2 million teachers over the past 30 years.
Lee wrote over 40 best-selling books and 10 videos.
He appeared on talk shows like Oprah and The today Show.
He received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers.

16. Marlene was elected to the Los Angeles City board of education
She acted as president of the board from 2005 till 2007
She was named Woman Executive of the Year

17. What is The Assertive Behaviour Model?

18. A structured, systematic model to help teachers conduct a teacher in charge classroom.
It has evolved since its inception and became more democratic and cooperative.
Behaviour is a choice
Misbehaviour is NEVER acceptable unless it is biological.
Canters’ research lead them to divide teachers into three categories
Non-assertive
Aggressive
Assertive

19. Assertive teachers Are confident Listen carefully to their students
Assertive teachers
Are confident
Listen carefully to their students
Speak politely and respectfully to their students
Treat all fairly but not necessarily equally
Decide what is best for the students who must comply
Have the right to be supported
Maintain eye contact and when offenses occur remain calm
Continuously scan the classroom and circulate often between the desks to “stay with it”
Always address students by name whether for positive or negative consequences.
When an offense occurs act immediately
Transmit to your students that you trust them, believe in them and have high expectations of them

20. Step I: Behaviour management Cycle Giving clear directions
Giving clear directions
Behavioural narration
Correcting disruptive behaviour
Exercise: identify the following teacher responses as being non-assertive, aggressive or assertive
“Ruba, I would like you to raise your hand before speaking”
“”I give up. If this group doesn’t want to learn, it’s your problem not mine”
“Get to the end of the line! If you want to act like a bully, I’ll show you what it’s like to get pushed around”
Students are off task while teacher is sitting at the back of the class correcting exams
“Quit acting like a baby! Act your age”
Wow, you only did one mistake. Great work Hussein”

21. Step 1 warning, like a broken record Step 2 10 min time out
Negative consequences become more punitive with every offense but are never psychological or physical. For example,
Step 1 warning, like a broken record
Step min time out
Step min time out
Step 4 parents called
Step 5 sent to the principal

22. Step II: Build trusting relationships
Step III: Gain parental support

23. Phase 1 Teacher managed level
Length of phase is around 2 weeks
Phase 2 Transition level
Length of phase varies depending on teacher and class
Phase 3 Student managed level

24. Critiques inhumane overpowering for the younger children
“Even if it did succeed in keeping order in the classroom, this program, like all carrot- and-stick techniques used at school or home, fails to help children become reflective, compassionate people”
inhumane
overpowering for the younger children
demeaning for the older
Lawsuit
racist
Alfie Kohn

25. Pro’s Easy to understand Easy to implement
Most widely used behaviour program the world

26. “I will tolerate no students stopping me from teaching or other students from learning. You are ALL going to succeed in my class because I am NOT going to let you fail.” Canter (1976)

27. Websites: Videos REFERENCES https://prezi.com/6iucoayrxjrr/lee-canter/
Videos

28. Images:

29. https://trainingteachersglobally. wordpress

30. Books:
Martella, Ronald C., Nelson, J. Ron, Marchand-Martella, Nance E., and O’reilly, Mark. Comprehensive Behaviour Management: Individualized Classroom, and Schoolwide Approaches. 2nd ed. SAGE Publications, Inc
Marzano, R. J. Classroom Management that Works. Alexandria, Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development