tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post2533725480337564059..comments2024-03-09T03:28:44.216-05:00Comments on Thoughts on Education Policy: Responding to Tantrums in the ClassroomCorey Bunje Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764159604965707919noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-21001231361884997622009-02-11T17:27:00.000-05:002009-02-11T17:27:00.000-05:00At my high school, the freshman, sophomore, etc. c...At my high school, the freshman, sophomore, etc. classes each have a "dean," a teacher who in exchange for a 2/5 class load and a small stipend does all the fun class things and also handles the discipline.<BR/><BR/>"Step three" for us means the student is told to report to the Dean's Office. A phone call down precedes him/her. Detention that day is pretty much an automatic consequence. If the appropriate dean has a class, another dean will handle it.<BR/><BR/>Failure to leave when a teacher says to is a "refusal to comply" with a school official, an offense in itself. If the student just will not go, a phone call to the main office will bring a dean and at least one other official to escort the student out (or, if necessary, physically remove the student).<BR/><BR/>The system works pretty well.<BR/><BR/>(If NY won't let students be removed, it has a terribly foolish--and foolishly terrible--law/regulation. The fact that NY's teachers unions don't fight it speaks extremely poorly of them.) <BR/><BR/>Traditionally, the punishment after detention has been suspension, but as is well known, for some students, this is reward rather than punishment. And it means the student misses possibly educational class time. So we're now experimenting with Saturday detention. Right now, it's two hours of study hall and two hours of cleaning the school, 8AM - noon.Roger Sweenyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734128265493099062noreply@blogger.com