managing behavior outside the classroom

1. Behavior
Management
Managing Behavior Outside the Classroom

2. Common Areas of Supervision:
• Cafeteria
• Restrooms
• Playground
• Hallways
• Bus loading/unloading area

3. Challenge of Supervising
• Challenges:
– Typically ratio of students to adult is
very large; i.e. 100 students and 2
adults in cafeteria
– Adults responsible for
• Correcting misbehavior
• Dealing with minor bumps, bruises and
injuries
• Consoling hurt feelings
• Clarifying misunderstandings
• Student safety

4. Preparing to Supervise
• Obtain procedures and identify expectations
– Expectations for self and students
– Emergency procedures
• Know how to effectively supervise common
area
– Monitoring behavior
– Reinforcing responsible behavior
– Responding effectively to misbehavior
• Become aware of specific management tips
that apply to each of the common areas

5. Components of Effective Supervision
• Be on time
• Establish a positive expectation from
the moment the students arrive
• Actively monitor the setting
• Model the behaviors you want to see
• Interact positively and reinforce
responsible behavior
• Respond effectively to student
misbehavior

6. Rewards of Supervising
– Time to develop a more personal
relationship with the
children/students that you are
supervising
– An opportunity to set a positive
climate for the school
– Promote physical and emotional
safety

7. Hallway Specifics
Possible problems:
– Running
– Loud talking
– Unidentified visitor
Tips:
– stand in the middle of the hallway as this makes
you more visible to the students
– Interact quietly with the students, remember that
other classes are in session
– Intervene early and quickly at the first signs of
horseplay – pushing, loud voices, disrespect
– Provide prompts for upcoming activity

8. Playground Specifics
Possible problems:
– Boundaries for the playground
– Following playground Rules
– Behavior issues while participating in activities
– Tattling
Tips:
– Know the playground boundaries
– Know the rules for games and equipment
– Ensure that students know the rules
– Enforce the rules in a consistent manner

9. Cafeteria Specifics
Possible problems:
– Students acting out while waiting in line
– Excessive loudness
– Disrespect
– Messes
Tips:
– Provide positive feedback when you observe a
student being polite
– When a student fails to use basic courtesies,
prompt him/her by modeling the appropriate phrase
– When supervising children in elementary school,
consider informing them of the day’s lunch options

10. Consequences for Misbehavior
• Separate students who cannot get along
• If students make a mess require them to clean
it up
• Make a game “off limits” to students if it
continuously causes misbehavior
• Walk with stragglers and model for them how
to quickly return to the building or transition
area without running
• If student in the hallway does not have the
required pass, direct him/her back to class or
escort student to the office