Essay - Discipline I. Introduction in a Majority of Elementary, Middle and...

Discipline

*****. Introduction

In a majority of elementary, middle and high schools, principals serve as the head administrator of ***** given school. In this role, the principal has the duty to oversee the daily operations of the *****. This includes such things as providing administrative support, hiring and dealing with teachers and other staff members, directing the curriculum, acting as the liaison between the school ***** the district and/or school board, and providing discipline of students. Although the principal often serves as ***** chief disciplinarian of *****, in many high ***** and even elementary ***** middle schools, ***** ***** is delegated to vice-principals ***** the principal ***** ********** unavailable on an as-needed basis due to responsibilities to the district. Thus, ***** typical school setup is that the ***** is in charge of all school decisions and the duty to discipl*****e is delegated to vice-principals but ********** by the principal.

*****, with the changing face of ***** classroom where more and more students with behavior ***** emotional problems are being integrated into the normal classroom, along with all of ***** state and federal standards and benchmarks that a teacher has to guide the ***** in meeting, *****ir ability ***** also provide effective discipline *****in the classroom setting is limited, at best. Thus, in today's school *****, the need for administrative disciplinary *****, coming from the school principal, is greater than ever.

The Need for Administrative Disciplinary Support

In order to truly underst***** ***** need for administrative disciplinary support within the classrooms, one first needs to understand what the classroom discipline problem is and why ********** alone are unable to provide effective classroom management, ***** should not be expected *****. To provide an idea ***** the ***** problems found in ***** classroom, this paper will take a brief look at the challenges created by the increasing number of ***** with *****al and/or emotional dis*****s.

This country's mental health crisis has a direct impact on schools and the ability for teachers to ***** reasonable levels ***** ***** ***** ***** thus provide successful educational opportunities and lessons. A large portion of the modern day classroom consist of students with various emotional and behavioral disorders. To deal with these, a teacher needs to underst***** how ***** assess the disorder, have set strategies to deal with these *****, and have the appropriate teaching materials ***** successfully implement their strategies. Ensuring ***** the ***** has the proper training and tools to ***** a basic level of discipline in the classroom is just one of the ***** a principal can help *****.

The ***** step in successfully teaching a classroom with students suffering from emotional ***** behavioral *****s is to determine who these students are and ***** type of problem behaviors they exhibit. ********** an official diagnosis requires a medical and/or psychological *****ments, the ***** teacher ***** easily conduct an informal assessment ***** which *****y can base their teaching strategies on.

The basis of a *****'s informal assessment process begins with observations. At the start of the school