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Montague School: Jim Wright's Behavior Management Workshop


On Monday, 10 October 2016, Jim Wright presented a workshop, Tier 3: Tools to Manage Challenging Student Behaviors, to staff of Montague Elementary School in Montague, NJ.. Here are resources from this training:
- PowerPoint: Tier 3: Tools to Manage Challenging Student Behaviors
- Handout: Tier 3: Tools to Manage Challenging Student Behaviors
- Participant Worksheet: Defining Student Behaviors
- ONLINE APP: Behavior Report Card Maker: Tool to collect data on Tier 3 student behaviors
- ONLINE APP: Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker. Create custom checklists to guide student self-monitoring, tracking of behaviors by adults.
On Monday, 12October 2015, Jim Wright presented a workshop, Finding the Spark: Motivating & Managing the Behaviors of the Struggling Student, to staff of Montague Elementary School in Montague, NJ.. Here are resources from this training:
- PowerPoint: Finding the Spark: Motivating & Managing the Behaviors of the Struggling Student
- Workshop Handout 1: Finding the Spark: Motivating & Managing the Behaviors of the Struggling Student
- Workshop Handout 2: Teacher Attention: Shifting the Focus from Misbehavior to Positive Behavior
- RTI-Behavior: ‘Classwide Management’ Checklist
Tool 1: RTI & Group Behavior: Classwide Management Checklist. Teachers can use this checklist to evaluate effective behavior management in their classrooms.
Group Behavior Management Ideas:
- Using a Zone Defense System in Primary Classrooms
- Zone Defense System: Form in MS Word.
- Good Behavior Game
- Teacher-Student Learning Game
- The Color Wheel: Group-Wide Classroom Management
- Defensive Management: 6 Steps to Organize the Classroom
Tool 2: Big Ideas in Behavior Management: These important ideas can help teachers to more effectively manage challenging student behaviors.
Tool 3: Growth Mindset: Teachers can combat 'learned helplessness‘ by structuring classroom statements to encourage optimism and motivation.
These websites contain information about high-quality Tier 2/3 programs:
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: What Works Clearinghouse. This website reviews core instruction and intervention programs in reading & mathematics, as well as other academic areas. The site reviews existing studies and draws conclusions about whether specific intervention programs show evidence of effectiveness.
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: Best Evidence Encyclopedia. This site provides reviews of evidence-based math and reading programs. The website is sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (CDDRE) .
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: National Center on Intensive Intervention Academic Intervention Chart. Sponsored by the National Center on Intensive Intervention, this page provides ratings to intervention programs in math, reading, and writing. Users can sort their search by subject and grade level.