Deb - Charles Ch 7

The management skill cluster that I’m going to focus on in chapter 7 by Jones is skill cluster 3: limit setting through body language. This is a type of management skill that I would most definitely consider using in the future. In the chapter Jones says, “Jones maintains that good discipline depends in large measure on teachers making effective use of body language. Jones says this is best done when teachers use their bodies correctly but say nothing and take no other action. He reminds teachers that they cannot discipline with their mouths.” Some specifics Jones mentions to use while having effective body language is proper breathing (remain calm in all situations), eye contact upon misbehavior, physical proximity (let them know that you are there), body carriage (body language (how a teacher moves/acts), and facial expressions. I feel that as long as the kids know your signs and know that when you have having a stare down with them, they had better watch out because they are in trouble. Without having to shout, you aren’t not only saying yourself the hassle, you are also saying so many people from have to deal with such hassles or annoyance, you are also avoiding the disruption that that most definitely come with constant screaming. I want my classroom to be more respectful and not so much as a threat or being scared. I also think that it’s more effective to be a teacher who doesn’t yell because it seems to me that if you can get your kids to stop talking and pay attention to you simply by a stare or some type of body language; odds are that the class with less yelling will have much better behavior. This is a skill from Jones that I will be practicing in my classroom (or at least will try to practice it).