Consulting and Teacher Training

"One should view the teaching of behavior in the same light as one would view the teaching of academics"

Bert Simmons

Discipline Matters provides the following research-based consulting and teacher training services in classroom management:

Discipline Audit

We offer a Discipline Audit for schools who want to find out what their needs are. This is a recommended first step.

A full audit includes interviews with students, parents, and teachers. Discipline referrals from the previous nine weeks are reviewed. The Student Handbook and Code of Conduct are reviewed. Classroom visits are made and time is spent in the hallways, cafeteria, gymnasiums and all other areas of the school observing student and faculty behaviors. Visits are made to in school suspension and detention rooms. A summary report with recommendations is provided.

Training Workshops

The following Student Behavior Management workshops are available from Discipline Matters:

• Developing your own "Bag of Tricks" – Helping teachers solve classroom management dilemmas.
• T.I.E.R. – How to customize a plan to meet the specific needs of your campus—Getting everyone on the same page for school-wide consistency.
• Sharpening the Tools – Helping campus administrators re-tool for maximum student management effectiveness.
• How to Avoid Power Struggles: Dealing with Angry and Difficult Students – Learn successful methods for coping with students who push all your buttons.
• Assistant Principal's Academy: Training Your Own – Working to become a successful principal.
• New Teacher's Workshop – How to set up an effective Classroom Management Plan.
• Won't somebody help me learn how to behave? – Training staff to teach students self discipline and self control.
• Setting Up an Alternative Campus – Whether you need to set up an academic alternative campus or a behavioral intervention campus or the one you have needs assistance, we can improve program effectiveness .
• Getting Parents on Your Side – Tips for gaining parent confidence.
• Motivating Your Students to Work and Succeed – keys for learning methods to encourage students in choosing to learn what you have for them.
• Crisis Management Training – How to be fully prepared for a campus or district crisis.
• Student Led Conferences – "Best practice" methods for engaging students and parents in the learning process.
• Peer Mediation – Involving students in managing their own behavior and improving the climate of the school.