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27/02/2013, 09:09 PM
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DD has started FYOS this year and we're only a few weeks in so I just wanted to get some opinions on this as my DH and I are quite uncomfortable about it.
On the board in DD's classroom are three stickers - one with one sad face, one with two sad faces and one with three sad faces. When kids misbehave, their names are written on the board under one sad face, then two and three sad faces if they misbehave again. Is this common in classrooms? I completely agree that teachers need tools to help manage kids' behaviour but I feel that publicly shaming children in front of their peers in this way is quite disturbing. Any teachers or other Mums have any views on this? |
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27/02/2013, 09:12 PM
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Happened to all three of my kids in at least junior primary. My youngest is in Grade 2 - they have a step system in class so their name goes up against the step. They start afresh each day though so no punishment is carried over to the next day.
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27/02/2013, 09:13 PM
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This has been a pretty common technique for all of my kids in the younger grades and my eldest is in Year 11. I think it is a good visual reminder for kids and gives them chances to change behaviour.
Can I ask what system you think may work better? |
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27/02/2013, 09:15 PM
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I tend to think it works. A child can see where they are and has the chance to self-correct behaviour.
Bear in mind that in FYOS, most kids can't read each other's names. But they can read their own. This post has been edited by roses99: 27/02/2013, 09:17 PM |
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27/02/2013, 09:15 PM
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In my DD's year 2 class last year they had a chart with all of the children's names. They could either earn 'happy faces' or 'sad faces' and they were placed alongside the names (sad going to the left, happy going to the right) as required.
I never thought anything of it, however it's not exactly displayed up on a board. I don't think it's publicy shaming. No matter how the child is warned/disciplined the rest of the class is going to know about it. |
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27/02/2013, 09:15 PM
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Same system at my kids school.
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27/02/2013, 09:17 PM
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As a teacher, I have done it in the past - in high school
First time they talk out of turn - warning second time - name on board for being kept in third time - time-out or whatever other withdrawal strategy the school has. served as a reminder to the kid (and me!) where they were up to in the behaviour management process. |
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27/02/2013, 09:17 PM
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Name on the board was done when I was at primary. I think the teacher might sometimes have added crosses (there were no frowns face stickers but same idea).
Old school but inoffensive (to me), but I am used to it I guess? Verbal warnings in front of the other students are just as public I would think. Something the others can see can be a greater deterrent. |
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27/02/2013, 09:22 PM
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Wow. Seems like the norm then.
My DD is no stranger to having misbehaviour corrected |
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27/02/2013, 09:22 PM
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What that says to me is that from the first day of the first year of school the teacher is expecting these kids to misbehave enough for them to need this system. And that this expectation is being communicated clearly to the students in a language they can easily understand and that everyone can see. I wouldn't like my child to be continually reminded that her teacher expects her to make the wrong choices. That would be my knee jerk reaction anyway from what you've described.
My daughter's school uses 123 Magic in all classes. The teacher can keep track herself of whether a student is on a 1 2 or a 3 and if they reach 3 they have some time out sitting on the steps that lead between two classrooms. This is explained to the students but it's not up on the wall for all to see. The 1, 2 and 3 is their reminder to make a positive choice and a reminder is usually all it takes. |
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