It
is a struggle often to establish classroom management. This struggle is amplified
by the ever looming presence of individuals who are constantly making sure
every intervention is “fair”, “appropriate”, and “reasonable”. This is an age
of “everything is right, but some things are better.” Since everything is “right”,
how do we help develop values within our students?
In
all other areas the Christian seeks the glory of God and the welfare of
mankind. Values are determined by the extent to which they achieve on or the
other of these aims. This is easier said than done. What can we do as educators
to help our students think and strive to seek the glory of God? Well, along
with constant biblical exposure in the classroom, one positive management system
can make a world of difference.
The
program that I intend on using in my classroom is Love and Logic. This
program I will modify to fit my own personal instructional style and also the
learning styles of my students. However, the core ideas presented in this
program are very positive and show great results.” Love and Logic does a
number of things for an educator. Love and Logic helps educators, administrators,
and counselors:
-Set
limits in the classroom without anger
-Provide
underachievers hope and willingness when the going gets tough
-Raise
the odds for kids to stay in school
-Build
strong connections between home and school
-Improve
attendance
-Manage
disruptive students
-Make
teaching and learning more fun and productive
-Immediately
handle disruptive students
-Get
and keep students' attention
-Build
positive student-teacher relationships
-Help
students own and solve their own problems
-Bully
proof children, diffuse power struggles, and handle difficult people
It
works because:
-When
adults take care of themselves, they hand the problem back to the student who
created it.
-When
the student has to solve the problem, they have to think.
-When
students have to think, they learn that decisions have consequences.
-When
students have to deal with consequences, they learn to think.
-When
we allow the student to deal with the consequences, they learn to think before
they cause a problem.
-When
the student learns to ask themselves, "How is my behavior going to affect
me?" they have learned self control.
This
is a program that I would pass on to any educator. It is a great resource to
help develop positive behavior and accompany the development of positive
values.