1. Fred Jones on Keeping Students Willingly Engaged in Learning

2. Fred Jones
Author of Tools for Teaching, Positive Classroom Discipline, Positive Classroom Instruction
Taught at UCLA Medical Center and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

3. Five Problems Massive Time Wasting Student Passivity
Student Aimlessness
Helpless Handraising
Ineffective Nagging by Teachers

4. Massive Time Wasting Remedies
Clearly communicating class requirements to students and following through with class rules
Establishing and practicing class routines
Increasing students initial inclination to participate
Using tactics and activities that keep students actively involved in lessons
Efficiently providing help to students who need it

5. Students Passivity
Passivity tends to reduce attention and students disengage from lessons and daydream
Passivity is fostered by teaching methods being used, which only infrequently asked students to participate

6. Student Aimlessness
The standards in a classroom are defined as whatever the students can get away with
Teachers need to take the time to teach expectations and procedures carefully and if the students fail to ensure compliance with the expectations then the students will give them whatever the students feel like giving them.

7. Helpless Handraising
Students were directed to continue work on their own, hands went up, talking began, students rummaged around or stared out the window, and some got out of their seats.
Natural results of incomplete student understanding became painfully evident

8. Ineffective Nagging
Telling students over and over again what they should be doing and admonishing them when they don’t comply
Nag-nag-nag syndrome many teachers use even though experience shows that it doesn’t work.
Instead of nagging teachers should calmly show they mean business, even more effectively through body language

9. Teachers become more Effective
Conserve Time and Don’t allow Students to Waste it
Make maximum use of your time, establish classroom structure of rules, routines, and responsibility training that uses time efficiently, structure includes 30 second transitions from one activity to another
Arrange Class seating to Facilitate Active Teaching and Close Proximity to Students
Maintain close proximity and eye contact with students and move among them, during direct instruction and while students engaged in seat work or cooperative learning. An interior loop arrangement is advocated, which is best for working the crowd.

10. Teachers become more Effective
Teach you students the Meaning and Purpose of Discipline
Separate the difference of acceptable and unacceptable behavior. Two types of class rules, general and specific. General rules there are fairly few and define the guidelines, the rules should be posted. Specific rules have to do with procedures and routines, they detail what the students should do in different learning activities.
Assign your students specific responsibilities in caring for the classroom
Assign a classroom chore to every student, to help students develop a sense of responsibility.

11. Teachers become more Effective
Begin every class with Bell work
Teach students to sit down and begin bell work as soon as they enter the room. The bell work engages students and focuses their attention.
Keep your students actively engaged in learning
Say, See, Do teaching, teachers says the task, students see the teacher preform the task and then do the task.
Use Visual Instructional plans
Use graphics or pictures that students can use as guides in completing a process or an activity.

12. Teachers become more Effective
Use body language to communicate pleasantly and clearly that you mean business
Discussing rules, demonstrate examples of body language to use to keep students on task. Regarding body carriage, calm and proper breathing, eye contact, physical proximity, facial expressions.
Increase motivation and responsibility through wise use of incentives
Offer incentive that prompts a student to act. Incentives should be provided in the form of preferred activity time, PAT, this includes instructional activities students enjoy. Grandma’s rule, student responsibility, genuine incentives, preferred activities, educational value, group concern and management, omission training, and backup systems elaborate of PAT.

13. Teachers become more Effective
Provide help efficiently during independent work
Organize the classroom seating so all students can be reached quickly. Have visual instructional plans, and minimize the time used for giving help to students.
Have stronger backup systems ready for use if and when needed
Isolating a student, or calling for help if needed. Explain to students and demonstrate to students these stronger tactics, which you should clear in advance with the administrators.

14. Jones Study Group Activity
Work with three to eight people
Structure he provides is focus questions, study-group questions, and performance checklists with 12 meetings
Working the crowd and room arrangement
Praise, Prompt, and Leave
Visual Instructional Plans
Say, See, Do teaching
Rules, Routines, and Standards
Understanding Brat Behavior
Calm is Strength
The Body Language of Meaning Business
Eliminating Backtalk
Responsibility training
Omission Training and Preferred Activity Time
Dealing with Typical Classroom Crises

15. Implementation in the Classroom
Physical Classroom Organization
Limit setting
Say See Do Teaching
Incentives
Backup System

16. Case 4: Tom is Hostile and Defiant
Tom had appeared to be in his useful foul mood ever since arriving in class. On his way to sharpen his pencil, he bumps into Frank, who complains. Tom tells him loudly to shut up. Miss Baines, the teacher says, “Tom, go back to your seat.” Tom wheels around, swears loudly, and says heatedly, “I’ll go when I’m _______ good and ready!” How effective do you believe Fred Jones’s suggestions would be in dealing with Tom?

17. Case 4: Tom is Hostile and Defiant
According to Jones you would handle this situation be reminding the students of the discipline. Show students the general rules that would be posted on the wall. Remind Tom of how things are handled in the classroom and that he is breaking the rules. Tom as well needs a reminder of he specific rules as well. If this does not work then have your back up plan ready, but before that remind Tom of the backup plan if he does not change his behavior. This would allow Miss Baines to regain control and show Tom the way that he is acting is not appropriate.