Harry Wong

By Amber Broach

“Management is NOT discipline”

Who knows Harry?

He received his undergraduate degree from California, Berkley. His doctorate is from Brigham Young University in Utah.

He is a former secondary science teacher and as a classroom teacher, he developed methods which resulted in his having no discipline problems, a zero dropout rate, a 95% homework turn-in factor, and the ability to demonstrate mastery learning for each of his students.

Management is NOT Discipline

Make sure your classroom is prepared. Teachers who prepare their classrooms in advance maximize student learning and minimize student misbehavior. How prepared a teacher is determines their success in the classroom.

Everything the teacher wants done should be done as a procedure.

Effective teacher manages classroom; ineffective teacher disciplines classroom.

Inappropriate behavior is handled promptly and consistently.

Key Ideas

Discipline: Make sure students understand rules, consequences and rewards from the beginning. Create a sense of responsibility in students.

Procedures: Clearly defining what you expect and enforcing repetition of desired action will decrease behavior issues

Routines: allow the students to repeat the routine enough that it becomes second nature.

Teacher Responsibilities

Stay organized

Provide a task-orientated environment

Repetition and familiarity

Record progress

Teach procedures for everything

Make sure students understand your behavior plan

Be consistent with rules

The Three-Step Approach to

Teaching Classroom

Procedures 1.Explain: State, explain, model, and

demonstrate the procedure.

2.Rehearse: Rehearse and practice the procedure under your supervision.

3.Reinforce: Reteach, rehearse, practice, and reinforce the classroom procedure until it becomes a student habit or routine.

Teaching Procedures

WATCH ME :)

Student Responsibilities

The only way to have responsible students is to have procedures and routines for which the students can be responsible for

Students are responsible for understanding procedures and adhering to them.

Rewards and punishments are given based on student actions.

Students take responsibility for their work

Pros & Cons

PROS CONS

•Works well for large groups of students•Works well for K-5•Allows for a chance to create learning procedures fun•Gives students a sense of responsibility

•Rigid•No clear-cut progression of consequences•Requires patience and frequent reinforcement

References

http://teachers.net/gazette/wong.html

http://www.yale.edu/21c/arkansas/documents/Meek_9_25_07_HarryWong.pdf

http://go.hrw.com/resources/go_sc/gen/HSTPR034.PDF