Reinforcement for Students
Handling Aggressive Students When looking at Marzano's discussion of how to handle different behaviors, I was reassured to see that many of the techniques I used in the past were effective. His work is a great reference and well written. I felt it was missing a bit in that it didn't really mention the importance of having the administrative support and backing when trying these techniques. Especially when dealing with repeated non-compliance. A teacher often needs support when dealing with repeat offenders, for the simple reason that other pairs of eyes might see things differently or get a different reaction from the student. In the schools I worked at in the Middle East, there was much more backing for decisive disciplinary action once you presented evidence that couldn't be ignored. My current school is different. The owner of the holding company wants a vision to be implemented and anything counter to that vision is rejected and will perish in oblivion through being ign...