Setting boundaries and Morning meetings:
Explain how negative behavior, misbehaviors and challenging
behaviors were handled in your daycare, preschool, or school when
you were young. Were they handled in a manner rooted in fostering
classroom community by supporting moral development? Why or
why not?
When I was young, misbehavior was handled by a demerit system. Many
teachers had the same system of pieces of paper by your name. There were
3 colors: green, yellow, and red. These colors established how your behavior
was that day. If you were on green, you were doing what you were supposed
to do. If you were on yellow, you were slightly misbehaving. If you were on
red, you were severely misbehaving and on the verge of an office referral. If
you stayed on green all week long, you got a reward at the end of the week.
This supported moral development by positive reinforcement. Many more
students behaved well so they could get a reward and learned that
misbehaving had consequences.
Describe how your two chosen strategies will help to support
positive guidance through fostering classroom community by
supporting moral development.
By setting boundaries at the beginning of the class, students will understand
that their peers have lines they should not cross. This will help them gain
respect for each other and practice listening to others. Morning meetings will
help students understand the plan of the day and how they did the previous
day.
