Fred Jones Classroom Management

Fred Jones

Dr. Fred Jones received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from UCLA

He specialized in work with schools and families.

Served as the head of the Child Experimental Ward of the Neuropsychiatric Institute at the UCLA Medical Center

He developed methods of helping children with severe emotional disorders.

He is now an independent educational consultant for classroom management.

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Books Written:

Positive Classroom Discipline

Tools for Teaching

Video Toolbox

Various educational articles.

• Mostly applies to Middle and High School

• Conducted classroom observations

• Noted types of distractions and problem behavior

•  Saw methods of the best teachers

•  Training before implementation

• Reduced hassle for teacher

Jones’s Research

What categories of misbehavior have you commonly seen in your students?

I’m telling..

Massive Time Wasting

Student Passivity

Student Aimlessness

Helpless Hand-raising

Teacher Nagging 5 Major

Classroom Problems

The Jones Approach to Discipline

Overarching Strategy

“Keep students actively and purposefully involved

in lessons and enable them to follow directions on

their own.”

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See, Say, Do Teaching

Work the Crowd

Body Language

Visual Instructional Plans

Preferred Activity Time

Preferred Activity Time Video

Strategies to Alleviate Issues

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Discipline

1. Preventative

2. Limits

3. General

4. Specific

Conserve Time

Seating and

Proximity

Can you Design an Optimal Classroom Layout for Student

Desks? What factors would impact the functioning of the class?

Please illustrate your idea on the board!

Suggestions from Fred Jones…

Free Form Optimum Interior Loop

Central Isle Double E

Strategies to Alleviate Issues

Student Roles

Bell Work

See, Say, Do

Visual Instructional Plans

Communicate that you mean business

Visual Instructional Plans Video

Visual Instructional Plans

In groups of 3, show each distinct step of the problem and number each step.

Group 1: 495/6

Group 2: 360/10 Group 3: 75 x 7

Group 4: 750 x 3 Group 5: 222 x 2

Visual Instructional Plan

Strategies to Alleviate Issues

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Incentives •  Grandma’s rule

•  Responsibility

•  Genuine incentives •  Preferred Activities

•  Educational Value

•  Group Concern

•  Omission Training

•  Backup Systems

Provide Efficient Assistance during Independent Work

Have Stronger Backup Systems Ready

1. Physical classroom

organization

2. Limit setting

3. Say, See, Do teaching

4. Incentives

5. Backup systems.

Review of Jones

Management strategies allow more time for instruction and require less preparation and stress!

Classroom Scenario: Frodo, a student in Mr. Jake’s class, is quite docile. He socializes little with other students and never disrupts lessons. However, despite Mr. Jake’s best efforts, Frodo will not do his work. He rarely completes an assignment. He is simply there, putting forth no effort at all.

What are three things Fred Jones would suggest to help Frodo and Mr. Jake? Model them for the class.