In the Classroom

Positive discipline is a more effective way to manage misbehaving students in the classroom, rather than using punishment or rewards. It allows students to learn and adapt their behaviors to meet expectations in the classroom, while simultaneously teaching them how to make better choices in their path to adulthood.

Positive Discipline Techniques

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There are tons of techniques that teachers can use to reinforce good behavior with positive discipline, including:

• Set the classroom rules at the start of the year

• Have consistent expectations

• Set goals at the beginning of class

• Appropriate behavior should be reinforced

• Remain neutral during conflicts

• Search for the root cause of the misbehavior

• Student dignity matters

• Create individual plans for students​

• Model appropriate behaviors

• Provide students with different choices​

• Listen to students