Describe an example of a positive behaviour management strategy that you have tried or observed in the classroom

Many responses were given and it was interesting to learn many more ways of managing  students’ positive behavior:

Encourage students with Incentive and Reward such as Ticket System where children earn printed tickets for completing tasks accurately, displaying positive behaviour such as  helping others.

 Quiet verbal correction, give little break and stickers, also giving students a task to carry out  would make them feel positive about themselves. 

"Caught doing reward."  Students are randomly recognized and praised for doing something good; simple positive actions such as turning off the pipe left on by another student running; picking up a piece of trash without being told to do so. 

CHAMPS or conversation is used, help, activity, movement, participation and success in my classroom that was first brought to the teachers by the managing authority

 Reward chart where children  can see  their picture up with stars under it for carrying out simple task and behaviour  expectations  which helps boost their self -confidence  and motivate them to keep the number of stars increasing  as the chart would state behaviour  that is visible and if it is not seen a star will not be rewarded. At the end of a month  the stars would be counted  and a reward given if progress was shown. It creates togetherness among the children. When the jar is filled the entire class benefits, not just a few, this in turns allows for each one help one. Well done!

Posting and defining positive behaviour expectations from the start. Whenever I receive a class, together with my students, we create classroom expectations that are observable, measurable, understandable and positive. Then, I always acknowledge the positive behaviour when it is observed. Rewards are provided for demonstrating the positive behaviour and shared with parents and guardians.

Praising the child for good work and positive behaviour tends to work well. Also, speaking in a calm or quiet tone when dealing with a stressful situation yields better outcomes that shouting at the student. Finally, posting short, positive class rules and reviewing them regularly helps them to stay on target for what is expected of them.

Moving a child to another seat works really well because the child  is not familiar with that seating arrangement and has to focus on getting used to their new space. This forces them to remain on task.

Changing the seating arrangements for learners found digressing from lesson activities to talk to their desk mates.

A award for the week or every two weeks is given to the child. then in a corner of the classroom or at the entrance of the door, keep a picture with of the child

Incentives are easy for small children aged 5-6 to comprehend the idea of getting something nice for something nice they did. For every good deed a child did is awarded a gold star sticker on a decorated and colorful poster on the wall with all their names on it.

The child with the most gold stars at the end of the month would get to choose a treat for the entire class to share. The teacher mentioned the name of the one with the most stars at the end of the week and they would praise him or her as a class. It worked nicely as all the children had many stars below their names and most were very helpful in getting play materials and books during the lesson. 

Use the "shop system." Children earn paper money for good behavior, good grades, or when they finish their task on time. At the end of the week,  I used to open the shop so that they can buy with the money they earned. The items had prices on it so that they could see and check if they can buy it with what they earned during the week. It helped a lot for classroom management.

Verbal rewards. in front of the class, acknowledge good behaviour and use this to help the other students understand what good behaviour looks like so they can emulate it. 

Children love verbal rewards and once they see their friends or peers in the class being praised, they would do anything to get it for themselves. For example of allow students to erase the board for the week when they behave well, allow some students to become the class prefect for the week and make the student "star student" for the day.

In case of misbehaviour, check  its cause and if the source is from home then the school and parents/guadians work collaboratively to correct it.

Let the problem child  sit close to you as the teacher and also next to a child who exhibits appropriate behaviour. Involves the child in helping the other with activities. The child will help the teacher who would praise and rewards as the behaviour changes. Give the child a sticker or let them get pick and tell their story for story time,  or let the class sing their favourite song , or the child chooses their material first when it is centre time. One strategy  will not work for all. It is important  to talk with the child concerning  his or her behaviour,  find out why it is happening  , use different  ways to help the child with their behaviour. In using rewards   the whole class is to be included.  

Friendly student - teacher relationship is a good  positive behaviour management strategy used  in  classroom and it works with learners of all ages.  

Making my students comfortable is an important step in the learning process. Students can't learn if the environment they are in is not a comfortable one.

Speak to the children about appropriate behaviour at the beginning of the school year and then establish classroom rules.  All the children have an input in creating the classroom rules and making a chart. They are also involved in suggesting rewards for appropriate behaviour.  Encouraging them to be part of the decision making, empowers them to try their best.  Through observation, I will also note the child/children that may have difficulties staying on task for the period of time, so I will chunk the activity into smaller parts so they will be able to complete without distracting the other children. I always remind children during the day about the classroom rules and  try to be consistent. Sharing information with the parents regularly also helps.

Display real snapshots of children involved in positive behaviours at other children's eye level on a 'Classroom Rules' board. The children love visiting the board and talking about themselves and their friends; reinforced positive actions, and giving them a good feeling about themselves. I've also used puppets to dramatize positive behaviours and also encouraged the children to talk about good and bad behaviours, and participate in role playing about their ideas. Children are also given brief time outs in a quiet area to reinforce consequences for negative behaviours.

Use rhymes for transitioning from one activity to another, and classroom psychology.

Reinforce of a safe space. encourage students to think of our classroom sessions whether it is virtual or physical as a safe space where they are free to express their emotions, concerns, uncertainties without fear of ridicule. They are free to make mistakes without getting any backlash from others which helps with the overall learning process.

Giving respect to earn respect. Encourage students to be respectful which eventually translates to having respect for their teacher and each other.

Use praise which includes not only verbal praises such as, good job, excellent but also, high fives, fist bumps, thumbs up and hugs work with small children.

With younger children, material rewards (stickers, tokens, and the like), can at times demotivate a child who may have not yet attained the emotional maturity to understand or cope with the fact that they have not received a reward

For online classes, I use a chart of the top performing students posted at the top of Google Classroom for all to see, to encourage better work in classes.

Use incentives like giving praises to children for good behaviour and also using them as an example to compliment good behaviour.

Rewarded positive behaviour with attention, and words of affirmation. Address negative behaviour with negative feedback by withholding attention.

Behaviour management for teens is not given attention as part of my lesson. I usually walk towards the disruptive child and slowly knock on his armchair and smile while I continue my lesson. That lets them know they are doing something wrong; a child may continues because he needs a break- which I give him/her.

Make children  aware of their behaviour  every time. Talking about it after class or finding the child during lunch time and have a chat with that child makes them change their attitude in class next time. Its all about ATTITUDE and if we can change their attitude about having respect and order in the classroom it helps them a lot.

Give a "warning look" at a learner who is disturbing his desk mate made him immediately stop the misbehaviour and started participating actively in the lesson

Talk to children about inappropriate behaviour and explain to them what is expected and the consequences of their actions if they continued the behaviour when they get older. 

Make the child or children teacher assistants. This encourages them and makes them feel important and valued. 

Take away privileges. For example no play time or no activity for misbehaving children and in some cases seek help from colleagues.