Behavior Management and Discipline Plan
It is our belief that children can be influenced by their surroundings. If the environment is not developmentally appropriate, children can become frustrated. To alleviate this we will provide a developmentally appropriate program with plenty of opportunities for the children to make their own choices. However, conflicts will arise and teachers will respond in a positive, appropriate manner.
Teachers will use behavior management techniques such as setting reasonable and positive expectations, offering choices, and providing children an opportunity to verbalize their feelings, which encourages children to develop self-control and problem solving through understanding. There are times in which the child will be incapable of responding to these techniques, and will need extra time to gain their self-control. During these times, the teacher will direct the child to a quiet place within the classroom (i.e. the book area) for some time away from their peers to give the child the opportunity to calm down. This time away will take place within the teacher’s view and will not exceed one minute for each year of the child’s age.
Parents will be notified of any behavior management concerns and will be asked to work along with the teachers in helping the child with inappropriate behaviors.
Our preschool program follows the Huron Academy policy that prohibits the use of corporal punishment. We believe that children prosper in a positive and understanding environment. Our preschool staff utilizes the following guidelines:
Teachers will use behavior management techniques such as setting reasonable and positive expectations, offering choices, and providing children an opportunity to verbalize their feelings, which encourages children to develop self-control and problem solving through understanding. There are times in which the child will be incapable of responding to these techniques, and will need extra time to gain their self-control. During these times, the teacher will direct the child to a quiet place within the classroom (i.e. the book area) for some time away from their peers to give the child the opportunity to calm down. This time away will take place within the teacher’s view and will not exceed one minute for each year of the child’s age.
Parents will be notified of any behavior management concerns and will be asked to work along with the teachers in helping the child with inappropriate behaviors.
Our preschool program follows the Huron Academy policy that prohibits the use of corporal punishment. We believe that children prosper in a positive and understanding environment. Our preschool staff utilizes the following guidelines:
- Staff is responsible for promoting academic success and positive social-emotional development, recognizing that children should be subject to behavior management and discipline policies appropriate to their ages and levels of understanding.
- Model and provide a mutually respectful and accountable atmosphere for learning that includes all members of the Academy community.
- Cooperate and schedule conferences with students, parents and other Academy staff in an effort to understand and resolve academic and behavioral problems. Make an effort to accommodate families whose work schedules, access to transportation, or distance from the Academy limits their ability to meet.
- Keep parent informed of their students’ challenges, effort and success.
- Staff shall be prohibited from using the following as a means of punishment:
- Hitting, shaking, biting, pinching or inflicting any form of corporal punishment
- Restricting a child’s movement by binding or tying
- Inflicting mental or emotional punishment, such as humiliating, shaming or threatening a child
- Confining a child in an enclosed area
- Non-severe discipline or restraint may be used when reasonably necessary to prevent a child from harming other persons or property or to prevent a child from harming himself.
- Staff shall not exclude a child from outdoor play, other gross motor activities, or daily learning experiences.