Also, staff in my geographical area know they can send students to me if they have become too difficult to remain in the classroom (and I get to keep 'em in mine for the duration!).
None of this is formal, nothing has been written down.
So we definitely need something. Staff need to know what they should be doing at each stage of discipline. I am adamant that most sanctions should be applied by the class teacher themselves, ownership of the issue will be far more effective that passing it over and students thinking they can mess about in the classroom and only worry about me!
So I plan to list some example mis-demeanors, and what should happen at each stage; what happens if this is not effective; and what to do next.
Hopefully, this should empower staff to be clear about discipline and consistent in the application of any sanctions. It also should mean that only the more serious cases are referred upwards.
That way, I'll know who is determined to prevent teaching and learning from occurring in the classroom, and not be side-tracked by those simply having an 'off' day.
My draft flow diagram is as follows:
After taking advice from some Twitter colleagues, I now realise that I have completely forgotten to add the fact that I created an extra level of sanctions via a co-ordinators report; that it may not be wise to refer to 'time-outs' as my school doesn't really support putting children in the corridor, however brief the time; and that I may just have too many levels (do I really need Serious / Very Serious / Major Incidents?) I think I can remove one of these levels to make it a little clearer.
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