So often teachers have questions about specific classroom discipline issues. It is important to provide help with these particular problems. If, however, all we do is provide training on specific issues or discipline techniques, we may be helping our teachers to simply apply bandages rather than develop a big picture perspective on discipline.
Look at Specific Classroom Discipline Issues Through the Perspective of the Big Picture
Without a big picture perspective, teachers might find themselves . . .
- Flustered when they run into an issue for which they don’t know what to do or on which their techniques don’t seem to work.
- Always running from crisis to crisis because they aren’t doing enough to prevent problems.
- Seeing discipline as mere crowd control rather that an extension of the teaching process, a means for discipleship.
The starting point is to help them get a good handle on the exercise of Biblical Authority which will help them understand that how they manage the classroom teaches. The Biblical Authority versus the Authoritarian and Permissive Teachers Worksheet, available through the MinTools.com store, will help them understand their role in discipline better.
In addition to understanding the use of Biblical authority, they also need a Biblical perspective on discipline, awareness of God’s view of mankind, and an understanding of human behavior. The Effectively Handling Classroom Discipline Workbook from MinTools.com can help teachers gain this big picture perspective.
Teacher Training Resources: Classroom Discipline
Things they usually can’t change: