Running Head: Interdisciplinary Discipline Plan

Interdisciplinary Discipline Plan

Rules:

1. Students will raise their hand and wait to be called on if they have something to say.

Explanation: Waiting to be called on shows respect for the teacher as he or she presents

the instruction. Not talking out of turn shows respect for what your classmate is saying.

2. Students will stay in their seats for their entire class period unless the teacher has given other

directions.

Explanation: This is so that everyone can focus on the instruction and not miss any

important information the teacher is trying to give you. This is also for your safety since

there are many students in a small classroom.

3. Students will come prepared with all proper materials to class. Students will come ready to learn

and have taken care of all personal needs (i.e. restroom breaks) prior to the start of class.

Explanation: You are here to learn therefore the teacher needs to use every minute of the

day needs to be used for its designated purpose. Class time is for learning.

4. Students will be honest, show respect for all teachers and classmates, and use kind and positive

language at all times. Students will follow all directions given by the teacher.

Explanation: By acting responsible, respectful, honest, and kind you are forming your

character. Teachers give you directions that will help you learn in the best way possible.

5. Students will only use their personal technology when school is not in session.

Explanation: The school provides all the technology you will need for learning. Any

business you may need to take care of on your personal devise(s) must happen outside of

the school day (7:30am-2:40pm).

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Consequences:

—Consequences are in order of offence or if teacher noticed a pattern of repeated

misbehavior—

1. Teacher orally reminds student of the rule that is being broken. Teacher records

behavior in a private/teacher behavior binder.

2. Teacher privately meets with the student to discuss their behavior during advisor

period. Teacher makes a note of this meeting and conversation details in the behavior

binder.

3. Teacher meets with the students to discuss their misbehavior and together they make

a plan on how the student will correct their behavior. Student writes a paragraph

describing their misbehavior and how they plan to correct it. Teacher, student, and

parent sign the paragraph. When it is returned the following day, it is placed in the

behavior binder.

4. Student has an afterschool conference with parent(s) and teacher. Noted in behavior

binder.

5. Student is sent to the office for further discipline. Teacher follows up with

administration.
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Team Encouragement Strategies:

1. The teacher will choose a student each week to write about. They will highlight things

like good behavior, following directions, helping a classmate, cleaning up a mess, etc.

The teacher will read his or her hand-written letter out loud and then announce which

student he or she was speaking of. The note will be hung in a designated spot for all to

see for the remainder of the week.

2. The teacher will keep a chat somewhere in the classroom of positive team behavior.

Whenever the teacher witnesses exemplary behavior demonstrated by a team, he or she

will put a tally mark under that teams section on the chart. Whichever team receives the

most positive behavior tallies at the end of the week will be rewarded with an extra trip

media center during advisor period.

3. Students will have an opportunity to earn personal positive behavior points that a noted

on a chart hung in the classroom. Students who earn 10 (or more) personal positive

behavior points in one month will be invited to an after school pizza party in the school

cafeteria. Teachers will play popular music, eat, and chat with the students to celebrate.
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Procedures:

Late homework:

Late homework is expected to be turned in even in no credit is given.

-If homework is left in the student’s locker and turned in between class periods
there will be a 2 point deduction.
-One-day late 5 point deduction
-Two days late 10 point deduction
-Three days late, half credit
-Four or more days late no credit. One missed recess to complete the assignment.
-More than four late assignments in a semester will result in a note home to the
parents.
Absences:

Students are allowed to be absent no more than six days* of the school year. The parent
must call the school office before 9:00am the day their student is absent. The parent must
leave their name, their child’s name, reason for absence, and phone number where they
can be reached. The student must bring a handwritten note, signed by the parent, the day
they return to class.

When student returns to school, they are expected to check the “absent folder” to see
what work they missed while they were out. They have three class days to complete any
missed work.

*If student misses more than 6 days, a doctor’s note will need to be provided. A
conference will need to be set up with the Dean of Students.

Test Rules:

Students are expected to have adequately prepared for any tests/exams prior to class. No
notes, cheat sheets, notebooks, or textbooks are allowed to be used unless otherwise
noted. Cheating is never permitted. If a teacher suspects a student of cheating, they will
automatically receive a 0% on the test and a student-parent-teacher conference will be set
up.
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Parent Conference Format:

Expectations: Teachers should adequately inform parents of their students’ academic progress,

inform them of their student’s classroom behavior, and address any concerns.

Teachers should welcome parents and thank them for taking the time to meet. Teachers

should keep a positive attitude throughout the conference while honestly informing the parents

about their child. A few artifacts of homework, tests, and/or projects should be shown to parents

during the conference so that they are able to see their child’s work and achievements. Teachers

should check the behavior binder before the conference and bring up any reoccurring or

significant misbehavior issues. Teachers should make sure they stress a few positive

achievements their child has accomplished or any notable virtues their child exemplifies.

Teachers should encourage the parents to keep communication open and never hesitate to call or

email with any concerns.

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School “Community” Plan:

Students need to feel a sense of belonging among their classmates and in the school as a

whole. To promote community in the school, the teachers and administration will set up events

for students to be able to actively get involved.

This year there will be five options for students to take part in. Every students is required

it take part in at least one activity. The school community activity options are: participation in

the school play, celebration crew, spring variety show crew, participation in the three pep rallies,

and/or yearbook committee.

Here is a breakdown of each activity:

The school play: The school play this year is The Little Mermaid! The play needs

both male and female actors. If acting is not for you but you would still be

interested in participating, no worries! Students are needed for stage crew, set

design, lighting, directing, choreographing, and filming.

Celebration Crew: Celebration will stay for one hour after school, once a week,

to make banners and posters for students in the school who have birthdays in the

upcoming week. The Celebration Crew will be dismissed from class ten minutes

before lunch, every Monday, to set up the birthday banners and posters for that

week.

Spring Variety Show Team: The Spring Variety Show Team will be in charge

of sign ups, organization of the acts, and creating the Variety Show program.

Pep Rally: Students involved in the pep rally will have three planning meetings

prior to each pep rally (fall, winter, and spring). They will plan and organize all

events that will take place at the Pep Rally.

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Yearbook Committee: Yearbook committee members will be in charge of taking

pictures at every school-sponsored event (each committee member will be

assigned an event). Using the school computers, they will edit and designed pages

for the yearbook.

Students will receive more information about how to sign up for these activities and what

the expectations are for attendance and participation in each activity during the first week of

school. They may speak with any teacher to address any remaining questions.
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Overview of Interdisciplinary Discipline Plan

Our school understands how trying Middle School can be for many students, to ensure

students not only survive Middle School but thrive in Middle School, the teachers have created a

plan to create unity throughout the grade when in come to rules, discipline, consequences, and

procedures. To bring students together, as a unified community, students are encouraged to join

one or more community building activities. This interdisciplinary plan is rooted in theorist

Rudolf Dreikurs discipline model because he understood that humans, social beings, hold a deep

need for a sense of belonging. Dreikurs’ model is all about positive discipline when it comes to

students’ behavior. Our school has the same vision for what we would like to see in our students

as Dreikurs, responsible and respectful students. In brief, his model states that teachers should

“…[promote] the use of encouragement and logical (and natural) consequences rather than

reward and punishment. Essentially, every action of the child is grounded in the idea that he is

seeking his place in the group.” (Classroom Management Theorists and Theories ) This means if

a child feels secure where they are in the group and who they are in that group then they will not

misbehave. This interdisciplinary discipline plan is being put into practice to ensure that each

student is able to comfortably find his or her place in the class and as an individual in a

community.
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Resources:

Classroom Management Theorists and Theories/Rudolf Dreikurs. (n.d.). Retrieved June 30,

2016, from

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Classroom_Management_Theorists_and_Theories/Rudolf_

Dreikurs