LEE AND MARLENE CANTER

ASSERTIVE DISCIPLINE

Lee and Marlene Canter

Met in 1968 while attending college. Lee aspired to be a teacher, while Marlene wished to be a social worker specializing in working with children.

 Lee worked several years in the social work field, and then started to focus on teacher training and school consultation as a career. Marlene was teaching special education as she pursued the study of child development and special education techniques. During Marlenes teaching experience, she encountered a child whose behavior was so disruptive that she needed to search for new techniques that would help the child to reach his full potential.

 Lee and Marlene began researching disciplinary problems in the classroom, as well as those methods used by successful teachers to handle these problems. Thus Assertive Discipline came to the forefront of their lives. The focus began with a behavior management plan based on consistency, clear expectations, follow-through, and the development of positive relationships.

Canter Model
Based on thousands of hours of observing effective teachers Discovered that Assertive Discipline helps teachers teach and students learn Marlene Canter help in research and development of model Developed both principles and step of implementation

Assertive discipline
Assertive discipline is an approach to classroom management. It involves a high level of teacher control in the class. It is also called the "take-control" approach to teaching, as the teacher controls their classroom in a firm but positive manner.

What is it?
Assertive discipline is a systematic and objective way of ensuring a teachercontrolled classroom. Teachers are demanding yet treat everyone fairly. Has a discipline plan that clearly outlines expectations as well as positive and negative consequences.

 The approach maintains that teachers must establish rules and directions that clearly define the limits of acceptable and unacceptable student behavior. Teach these rules and directions, and ask for assistance from parents and/or administrators when support is needed in handling the behavior of students

 The underlying goal of assertive discipline is to allow teachers to engage students in the learning process uninterrupted by students misbehaviour. Assertive discipline is a structured, systematic approach designed to assist educators in running an organized, teacher-in-charge classroom environment.

Principles of Model
Teachers should insist on responsible Behavior Failure to teach comes from poor class control Teacher must develop consistent and firm rules. Firm control maintained humanely is liberating. Teachers have basic rights as educators have the right to expect student to behave.

Principles of Model Cont.

Students have basic rights as learners Teachers must clearly states the expectations, consistently apply the consequences, and never violates the best interests of the pupils The assertive teacher is more effective than the nonassertive or the hostile teacher Teacher must create classroom plan to provide negative and positive consequences for behaviour.

Teachers right and Students right

Teachers right
Establish classroom rules, procedures and routines Determine and request appropriate behaviour from students Ask for assistance and parents support Teach students consistently follow the rules and directions

Students right
The right to know the behaviour expected by teacher. The right to have firm and consistent limit established The right to have consistent encouragement The right to know the consequences of inappropriate behavour. The right to be taught acceptable and responsible behaviour.

Nonassertive ,Assertive & Hostile teacher

Three basic response style used by teacher ; Nonassertive, hostile and assertive. Nonassertive and hostile stylereactive in nature, Assertive style proactive in nature. Nonassertive fail to make their needs and allow students to take advantage of them. Appear wishy-washyconfuses students they do not know what to expect.

Nonassertive ,Assertive & Hostile teacher

Nonassertive teachers threaten the students. teachers feel frustrated they burn out quickly leave teaching profession. aggressive students run the class, less aggressive students are frustrated.

Nonassertive ,Assertive & Hostile teacher

Hostile Teacher: Respond in a manner that disregards the needs and feeling of students. In many cases, violates students right. Responses to studentsnegative, condescending, sarcastic or hostile. Make unprofessional comments about students. Describe the classroom as a battleground.

Nonassertive ,Assertive & Hostile teacher

Assertive Teacher: clear and firm ly express their needs Positive expectation of the students. They say what they mean, and mean what they say. Students know the limit in the classroom They are consistent and fairrespond to inappropriate behaviour.

Assertive Discipline Plan

Canter and Canter planning is essential to good teaching and to good discipline. Without planmay be unfair and inconsistent , may respond differently to students. Planningassures the students right are protected, treated fairly and consistently. An effective plan must be in place the first day of class.

Steps in developing the Plan

First seek approval from administration and to plan for notification of parents. Second establihment od classroom rules: rules must be observable Be nice, always do your best rules should be enforceable throughout the day. rules should be age appropriate. Rule should cover typical discipline situations. Rules must teach appropriate classroom behaviour.

Steps in developing the Plan

ThirdProviding positive reinforcement create positive classroom environment Fourthprovide consequences for those choose to disobey the rules of the class. Teacher must be prepared to deal with misbehaviour calmly andquickly. If the teacher has planned aheada clear of action to follow.