Fred Jones

Classroom management program promotes teacher effectiveness.

Biography• Mom and Aunts were teachers

• Wife is also a teacher- Jo Lynne

• Clinical Psychologist from UCLA– Helps children with severe emotional disorders

• Books- Positive Classroom Discipline-Positive Classroom Instruction- Tools for Teaching

Research

• Started research in 1969

• In classrooms 3-5 days a week doing research

• “Can teachers in the field successfully train their colleagues?”

Effective Teaching

• Natural Vs. Ineffective– Natural teachers were

• Highly effective teachers– Not getting upset easily– Did not use behavior modification programs– Did not waste valuable time

• Study revealed that ineffective teachers could not be retrained to become natural teachers

• Behaviors of natural teachers follow

Fred Jones ModelReinforcement

• Theory based on research steps to improve student behavior:

– Identify disruptive behavior and correct behavior– Stay close to disruptive student– Demonstrate correct behavior to disruptive student– Be consistent with body lang. and tone of voice – Quick response– Reinforce appropriate behavior (modeling)

Incentive Program

• Motivates students to do the right thing• Maintain on task behavior • Incentive- teacher provides, students enjoys– Examples• Star of the week• Being dismissed first• Displaying work• Grades• Positive phone calls home

Effective Body Language• Effective non-verbal acts, typically stop misbehavior and

avoid verbal confrontation

• Facial expression• Tone of voice• Proximity• Eye contact • Posture • Signals and gestures• Deal with behavior in a calm matter

Time Wasting– 80% due to talking without permission– 50 % of classroom time lost due to misbehavior or being

off task– 19% lost to daydreaming, out of seat, making noises,

etc.– 1% more serious behaviors

• Lost time can be avoided by using effective body language

• Having a good discipline plan with incentives saves time

Two Models of Teaching

• Model 1- input, input, input, input, input – output– If one student is lost, have to tutor at the end– Rest of class off topic

• Leads to behavior problems

• Model 2- input -- output -- input -- output -- input – output– Effective teachers use this model– Gain feedback