Alternative Ideas for Discipline Alternative Ideas for Discipline Obtained from the National Education Association's New Member CD Don't limit yourself to one discipline approach in your classroom. All discipline problems are not alike.
Effective teachers match different approaches to different problems.
Here are some approaches that may prove useful to you. By employing this strategy, you also show students how a person can use authority respectfully and reasonably. The strategy calls for the teacher to voice disapproval authoritatively, promptly, and as unemotionally as possible. By redirecting student energy, a teacher can end misbehavior without creating negative feelings. Instead of focusing on the misbehavior, this strategy calls on the teacher to turn student attention to something else, preferably something worth attending to.