Wm. Adams Middle School
Faculty and Staff Newsletter • April 23, 2019
Afternoon Duty This Week
If you are unable to be at your duty station, please find someone to take your place.
Kipling Layton - Station 1: Flagpole
Gennie Lopez - Station 2: Outside near the gym doors that face east
Becky Lutzke - Station 3: Outside near the covered walk
Britany Mathews - Station 4: Outside near the covered walk
Seferino Mendietta - Station 5: Outside the cafeteria
Ric Mireles - Station 6: Outside the cafeteria
Laura Mora - Station 7: Outside the gym on the south side
Destiny Pena - Station 8: Outside the gym on the south side
Roel Ramon- Station 9: Tree at the entrance of the campus drive way where students gather
Ludy Resendez - Station 10: Bus Stop
Pam Rodriguez - Station 11: Bus Stop
Jackie Ruiz - Station 12: East Exit
Orlando Sendejo- Station 13: West side, bandhall exit (Presnall St.)
Rosario Serna - Station 14: West side, bandhall exit (Presnall St.)
Morning Bus Duty:
*Robert Martinez- Station 15: 7:15-7:45 (bus stop)
*Mari Santos - Station 16: 7:15 - 7:45 (bus stop)
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Make every minute count
It’s going to fly!
Classroom Management – “The Four Questions”
Create an environment in your classroom that leaves the student understanding that they will choose to “behave in” or “behave out” of your class.
Never tell a student that you will “send them to the office”
The student will choose to behave in or behave out of your class.
There are four sequential questions that you can ask a student that is misbehaving.
Do not fall for “smoke screens”. (flippant answers that avoid the question)
Do not bail them out by answering all or part of the question.
Stick to the four questions. (display them on the wall in your classroom even)
Do not discuss, teach or lecture in between questions.
The Four Questions
Excuse me, what are you doing?
What are you supposed to be doing?
Are you doing it?
What are you going to do about it?
Making the questions work:
Ask the question twice if you don’t get the answer you should. (if you get a smokescreen)
Create a moment of silence after you ask the question.
Affirm the student if he/she is not cooperating after you ask the question the first time. (“you’ve been doing so well lately”)
“You may either answer my question or you will have to receive ___________.” (some consequence)
Ask the question again in the same matter of fact tone.
If you get attitude while asking the questions, stick to the questions.
Don’t try to deal with attitude and misbehavior at the same time.
Deal with attitude later in private. “We’ll have to address your attitude later”
If you get satisfactory answers to all: “What’s going to happen if you do this again?” (follow up with consequence if it happens again)
If the student becomes violent or verbally abusive (cursing etc.) the questions are over and you notify the office or ISS.
If a student “behaves out” of your class, when they return always follow up with, “What happened yesterday?” “What can we do so it won’t happen again?”