Katie Oller

Tedu 410
When I think about my future classroom and some of the management strategies that I
will use, many various theories and ideas come to mind. In general, I would like to practice
medium teacher and student control. I would like to use this degree of control in my classroom
because I feel that students are more likely to follow rules and hold themselves accountable
when they are a part of the process of making the rules and drafting ideas for the consequences
and rewards. This idea of teacher and student equality partially comes from Rudolph Dreikurs
discipline model, logical consequences. While researching his model of discipline, I found
myself agreeing with many of the ideas he came up with. One idea that I also wish to include in
my classroom is matching the consequences of an action to the action itself. For example, if a
student does not complete their homework, I will not take away their recess, but rather ask them
to stay after and complete their homework. Using this tactic, students will be more aware of what
they did wrong, rather than not understanding the relevance of the consequence to their action.
This will make them more likely to learn from their mistakes and hold themselves responsible in
the future.
With regard to my students thoughts and feelings, my ideal classroom discipline model
would match closely with William Glassers Noncoercive Discipline model. I feel strongly that
when students act out, they are seeking attention and in many of these cases the attention can be
traced back to a lack of belonging, power, freedom or fun. If I were to provide all of these things
to my students, I feel that they would no longer feel the need for excess attention, and would also
feel more comfortable and secure in my classroom.