Use proximity, make direct eye contact, do not embarrass the student, and give immediate attention to consequences when rules are broken. Positive feedback and rewards should be given continuously. Once the discipline plan is in place the most important part of the classroom management plan, class procedures, should be implemented. Consistent class procedures should be taught for every task. The ability to teach procedures determines a teacher's effectiveness.
Procedures are the backbone of a smooth-running class.
The students always know what to do at the beginning of every class, what the attention signal is, proper use of equipment, how to move about the gym, and what to do at the end of class. These behaviors must be modeled, rehearsed, and reinforced. This does take time, but it is time well spent. The instructor who uses class procedures has a class that is free of confusion and wasted time. For example, this procedure can be taught as the attention signal.