Discipline and Procedure

Adesthe P. Garcia
Major in Special Education
Holy Angel University
The Effective Teacher by Harry K. Wong:
Discipline and Procedure
PGN-104 Aug. 27, 2018 
School of Education 

Disciplining children is one of the most important yet difficult responsibilities not only for parents but for teachers as well. Children are really hard to teach, we need to remind them always until they learn to do it regularly. Effective and positive discipline is about teaching and guiding children, not just forcing them to obey. To be an effective in terms of disciplining our students we should know how to apply it first to ourselves if we don't know what's right from wrong the tendency is that we won't able to encourage our students to do good things.   

We can teach discipline in different ways. Some teachers are using rewards to motivate students others are punishment. Using rewards such as candies, toys, stars, homework-free weekend etc. also a good idea because you will expect that your students will follow you, but the disadvantage of giving rewards is that children will put in their minds that "I will not obey my teacher unless she will give me something as an exchange" they will expect that there's a reward every you teach them discipline.

Some teachers also used punishment, and based on my observation and experience I can say that it is effective. Students will not disobey whatever rules that you have set inside the classroom because they know they will be punished if they violated those rules. 

As a teacher in the near future, I will not only focus on the academic areas of the child but rather I will focus more on the attitude and behavior. A teacher is effective when she knows how to manage the class not just simply disciplining the children.

Why do we need to have an Orientation?

ORIENTATION 

I was assigned to observe in HSPE, but before they allow us to observe in their school they gave us a quick orientation on the rules and regulations that we should follow but first why we should have an orientation before we proceed in observing? It is because through orientation we can determine the do's and dont's inside the school. The first thing that they raised to us is the taking of pictures of their students, the school strictly didn't allow us to take pictures because of confidentiality. 

Our task is not only to sit in the corner and observe but also we should help the teacher in preparing for the lesson or activity like cutting or assisting the child in doing his activity. Another, we can't also hold or use the phone during the actual observation, we should concentrate on our goal, and that is to gain knowledge like strategies, techniques, and method used by the teacher. We can also acquire knowledge form the students because through observing them we can notice how they behave in the class. Those that I have mentioned, they will help us in understanding teaching, we can apply it in the near future when we are already in the field of teaching. 

What we should do on the first day of school?

Adesthe P. Garcia
Major in Special Education
Holy Angel University
The Effective Teacher by Harry K. Wong:
Classroom Management
PGN-104 July 16, 2018 
School of Education

I had a lot of important things that I should remember as a future teacher and it will really help me in becoming an effective teacher. Dr. Harry Wong mentioned that "The very first day of school is the most important day of the school year" and yes I agree with what he stated. In the first day of school of course as a teacher, you will encounter diverse students that maybe you do not know yet, and you don't have any idea how they will perform in your class, it is important in a class that a teacher will give an emphasis about classroom management. When you manage your class well, you will expect that your class will be organized and your students will also be responsible. We can implement rules and regulation to avoid chaos inside the classroom.

We do not simply set rules and regulations on the first day of school. As a teacher we should also become their role model, we should demonstrate good attitudes. The attitude that you will show to them on the first day of school, that will be their impression of you until the last day. Remember that teachers are not just a teacher, but they are "influencer" too, We influence our students to do good things. It is our responsibility to make them good students.