Topic: Behaviour Management Plan and Rationale

I am a international student from China, have study in Australia for more than 3 years. I have finished my master degree of

Journalism, I am doing Master of Teaching now.
This unit is about behaviour management in education area, I am doing secondary teaching study with two specialisation:

multimedia and LOTE (language other than English – Chinese), thus in this essay, my particular context should be high school

teaching (secondary teaching – grade 7-12), my practice should be multimedia or Chinese.
Task description:
Part 1. Drawing on theories/models of behaviour management/discipline, develop a behaviour management plan for a specified

context and practice. Include a statement of personal philosophy and a range of preventive/supportive and corrective

strategies.( 1000 words)
Part 2. Justify the elements of your plan in a rationale that explains your thinking and demonstrates connections to relevant

and contemporary theory and research. (1500 words)
The knowledge we learn in this unit:
We are using Edwards& Watts (2008) ‘Classroom discipline and management’ as text book. And some contents are from Rogers, B.

(2011). ‘Classroom behaviour: A practical guide to effective teaching, behaviour management and colleague support’ . Some

other required reading materials for this essayI will attach later.
The theories we have learned in this semester are:
1. Management theories (Edwards & Watts (2008), Ch 3 & 4)
? The behaviour modification model
Priciple of behaviour modification
– positive reinforcement
– negative reinforcement
– punishement
– attention withdrawal
– response cost
– time-out
Preventive strategy
Corrective strategy
– rules-ignore-praise strategy
– rules-reward-punishment strategy
– introduce a token economy
– negotiate behavioural contracts
School-wide strategy
? The assertive discipline model
Priciple of assertive displine
– the non-assertive style
– the hostile style
– the assertive style
Preventive strategy
Corrective strategy
– step 1, create positive student-teacher relationships
– step 2, estabilsh rules or expectations
– step 3, track misbehaviour
– step 4, use negative consequences to enforce limits
– step 5, implement a system of positive consquences
– step 6, establish strong parent support
School-wide strategy
2. Leadership theories (Edwards & Watts (2008), Ch 10 & 7)
? The democratic discipline model
? Choice theory
? The positive behaviour leadership model
3. Non-directive intervention theories (Edwards & Watts (2008), Ch 10 & 7)
? The pain model
? Teacher effectiveness training
The important part of the text book about develop a behaviour management plan of your own:
Developing your own discipline model (Edwards & Watts (2008), Ch 11)
Assessment Criteria: (briefly one)
1. Demonstrate the ability to apply a range of strategies used to support positive behaviour management*
*This criterion is drawn from the TRB Graduate Standards. This might be a useful assignment to include in your e-Portfolio as

evidence of having met this aspect of standard D5.(I will attach the TRB Standards later.)
2. Practical and ethical application in a well developed plan for a specified context and practice.
3. Demonstrated grasp of theoretical principles drawn from a wide range of scholarly sources.
4. Formatting and presentation protocols observed; ICT skills to develop a concise workable model; APA style referencing;

competent academic writing style.