PROCEDURES
by Lorrie Wright
September 30, 2008
Procedure: A method or process for how things are to be done in a classroom.
Routine: What the student does automatically without prompting or supervision.
Differences
Discipline Procedure
Concerns how students Concerns how things are
BEHAVE DONE
HAS penalties and rewards Have NO penalties or rewards
Importance of Procedures
1. They set the class up for achievement to take place.
2. They offer security.
3. They help students find guidance.
4. They allow students to participate successfully in classroom activities, to learn, and to function effectively in the school environment.
5. They allow many different activities to take place efficiently during the school day, often several at the same time, with a minimum of wasted time and confusion.
6. They increase on-task time and greatly reduce classroom disruptions.
7. They tell students how things operate in a classroom, thus reducing the discipline problems.
8. They reduce frustration.
(The Fist Days of School, by Harry Wong, p.169-170)
Explain
Rehearse 
Reinforce
I will assign seats to students because it will help me facilitate rotating, name memorization, and any potential problems I might have with problem students.
Students will be allowed to go to the bathroom during class, one at a time. They will be allowed only 2 minutes though. I would not want to be responsible for a student wetting in their pants during my class period. I think having them go one at a time would prevent any problems that may occur. However if they take advantage of this, they will owe me a special coin each time they go.
The pencil sharpener may be used by students one at a time and only when I am not conducting a lesson or talking to the whole class.
I would have paper and pencils on hand for students who forgot. If it happens frequently, I would communicate with the parents on the issue.
I will have a set of rules and expectations for my students to follow when they enter my room. It will be posted clearly and explained at the beginning of the school year. Students who follow the rules will be given positive reinforcement. Those who don’t….the doghouse will be in effect. If it continued to happen then I would ask the student what a consequence for his behavior should be if it continues and then once it was decided the consequence we agree upon would be in effect the next time the misbehavior happened.
I believe when distributing materials, I will probably try and have them ready to go before my class enters the room. If this is not feasible, I will ask for help from a student. I will place mailboxes in my room with each students name on them. This will save me time on distributing graded papers or notes to parents.
My students will be taught to continue working if an unexpected visitor comes to the door during class. They will be told that if this were to occur, to be patient and courteous.
Students will be taught that when dismissed from class, they are to quietly leave the room in walking mode.
If students miss an assignment, I will provide an absent folder for them with all of the assignments that they missed. It will be their responsibility to have all the work done and returned to me for grading by Friday.
Other procedures I think are important the 1st week of school would be fire and disaster drills, time fillers, and computer stations. Students need to be informed about their surrounding so that they are aware of the expectations for each. This will help students get more acquainted with their responsibilities and also help them feel safer about their surroundings.
Explain
Rehearse 
Reinforce
EXPLAIN
Define the procedure in concrete terms.
Demonstrate the procedure; don’t just tell.
Demonstrate the complex procedure step by step.
REHEARSE
Have students practice the procedure, step by step, under supervision. After each step, make sure that the students have performed the step correctly.
Have the students repeat the procedure until it becomes a routine. The students should be able to perform the procedure automatically without supervision.
REINFORCE
Determine whether students have learned the procedure or whether they need further explanation, demonstration, or practice.
Reteach the correct procedure if rehearsal is unacceptable, and give corrective feedback.
Praise the students when the rehearsal is acceptable.
REFERENCE
The Fist Days of School, by Harry Wong
Educational Psychology, 9th edition, by Anita woolfolk
