14th February 2013
There was a lack of numbers last week but we talked to a member of the sports staff at the school who agreed to gather a few more participants which made our numbers up to provide a full session. The factors that may be affecting participation rates are most likely that it is a lunch time session and the children have very little time to get changed, play and have their dinner before the next set of lessons start. We recognised that this is a problem and have planned to improve this by leading sessions in the year 8’s PE lessons.
The session went well though and we managed to follow the session plan exactly, the children behaved better this week, resulting in the coaching points and aims to the session to be met which is a positive.
As you can see we had a few behavioural issues in previous sessions. Managing student behavior is one of the greatest challenges teachers face. Effective teachers have a wide range of strategies that they can use to manage student behavior and enhance learning (Wuest, 1998).
The five C’s of behavior management, according to Almeida (1995), are:
- Clarity
- Consequences
- Consistency
- Caring
- Change
There is one additional “C” for teachers to remember. Conduct or the manner in which the teacher behaves is important. Teachers must remember that they are role models for their students. Teachers can promote respect by treating their students with respect. Students will also learn important lessons from observing how teachers resolve conflicts and handle behavior problems.