Class 2:
Rules
Set the Rules
1. ROLCC: respect, obey, listen, care, Christ-like
2. 5 Up Rules
3. Red/Yellow/Green
4. Balloons/Smiley Faces
5. Personal Rewards
1. Sit Up
2. Look Up
3. Listen Up
4. Hand Up
5. Zip Up
The Room
Students should be able to…
1. See
2.Hear
3.Speak
4.Move
Tips and Helps
1. Use their names
6. Move students’ seats
2. Use participation
7. Remove distractions
1. Questions
8. Give set choices
2. Hand motions
9. Praise good character
3. Repeat phrases
10. Shepherds
4. Volunteers
11. Clapping Game
3. Use good eye contact
4. Walk into the audience
5. Light tap on shoulder
12.Wrap it up
Character- Based Correction
1. No correction at all
2. Embarrassing a child/ Bad humor
3. Empty threats
4. Changing boundaries/ Favoritism
5. Comparing to other students
6. Using words like Never/ Always
7. Out of anger
GOD
Umbrella of Authority
Parents
Teachers
Child
Character- Based Correction
1. Pray
2. Don’t take it personally, but…
3. Be personal!
4. Keep calm—don’t argue
5. Highlight the character problem
6. Keep focused on their choices
7. Allow them a chance to make it right
What You See
The Reason Why
BAD roots = BAD fruit
GOOD roots = GOOD fruit
Front Back
Teacher
Shepherd
Kid
I’m bored.
I’m too tired…
*whisper*
*whisper*
*whisper*
*whisper*
*whisper*
*whisper*
*whisper*
*whisper*
Examples
Child will not stop talking to her friends.
A. “You never stop talking.” C. “Do you remember our
five Up Rules? What is the
last rule?” (Zip Up)
B. “If you like to talk so
much, why don’t you come
up here and talk?”
D. Ignore the child
Examples
Child argues that you have no right to tell him to change seats.
A. “God, who created you,
put your parents in
charge of you, and your
parents have put you
under our care. We are
responsible for you.”
C. “Change seats NOW
because I said so!”
B. “Your little sister would D. “Are you disrespecting
never behave this way in
church!”
me?”
Examples
Child is bothering other students with his feet,
kicking their chairs.
A. “Stop that.”
C. “Why are you doing
that?”
B. “(child’s name), you
D. Child begins to blame
have a choice—sit in the
other students for “starting
back with me, or stop being it first”
a distraction to others.”
Examples
Child refuses to participate in fun group activities/games.
A. “Fine, do what you
want.”
C. “Hi, my name is _____.
So, why don’t you like this
game?” (Get to know her)
B. “Do you know how much D. “But everyone else is
time and energy your
playing and having fun!”
teachers have spent coming
up with fun things for you
to do? Now you’re just being
ungrateful!”
Examples
Child is confrontational in the middle of class and claims that
the lesson is “boring.”
A. “I would like to see you
do better!”
B. “That doesn’t matter
because I am talking right
now and you shouldn’t be.”
C. “Sorry this is boring.”
D. “I will talk to you later
after class, and we can talk
about it further.”
Challenge
Write down 2 common problems in the
(younger) pre-K – 2nd grades. And write down
one solution to fix each one.
Write down 2 common problems in the
(older) 3rd – 6nd grades. And write down one
solution to fix each one.