Consistency in the use of procedures and strategies is a cornerstone for all the various aspects of good teaching. This is Module 4, an actual presentation from our Discipline That Restores Program.

1. Discipline That Restores
Presented by Nancy Isaacs, Director
Discipline That Restores
Office of Online and Continuing Education
Fresno Pacific University

2. EDUC 915—Module 4
http://ce.fresno.edu/cpd/
or visit
DisciplineThatRestores.org

3. Conscious Classroom Management
Teachers will see dramatic changes when they assume the
following:
1. Assume the best about students.
2. Assume students want to learn content.
3. Assume students want to learn behavior.
4. Assume students want to do their best.

4. Assumptions of you as a teacher
• What are the positive assumptions you have about
yourself as a teacher?
• Compare the practice of teaching behavior while you are
teaching content.
• Relate how you would teach self-discipline in your class.

5. Consistency
Consistency in the use of
procedures and strategies is a
cornerstone for all the various
aspects of good teaching.

6. Clarity
There must be:
1. Clarity of expectations
2. Clarity of the lesson, and
3. Clarity of procedures.

7. A well-defined procedure such as hand raising, when
practiced, assures consistency.

8. “My experience with teachers is that when we are
consistent in one area, it spills into all other areas of
teaching. It brings an awareness or consciousness.”
—Rick Smith

9. Get all students actively on task before having private
conversations.

10. Effective teachers minimize private conversations and
maximize learning conversations.

11. What are your established procedures?
• Evaluate the established procedures evident in your
classroom.
• How will you establish greater consistency in your
classroom to enhance teaching, especially when it comes
to practice that promotes good student behavior?

12. Discipline That Restores
Next, we will present an overview of Module 5 of our online
“Discipline That Restores” course EDUC 915. Stay tuned.

13. For more information, contact:
Nancy Isaacs, Director, Discipline That Restores
Office of Continuing Education
Fresno Pacific University
(559) 453-2042
nancy.isaacs@fresno.edu
www.DisciplineThatRestores.org