In most school districts in WA we are not allowed to give students community service .....it might harm thier self esteem ....... hmmmmm
-----Original Message----- From: Heather Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 6:44 am Subject: Re: [LIT] detentions I do like the community service idea! I don't find they always work, but I think you must have consequences and if etention is something that will deter a certain student, it should be used. have found cases that WANTED detention, so I usually could figure that out retty quick and would come up with something else. I do hate giving etention because it is a waste of my time. I have kept my class that is ight before lunch a few minutes into lunch if they couldn't get cleaned up uietly. Can't say that it really worked or didn't work. I will say that when I do give detention I usually talk to the student or ave them fill out a reflection sheet. Sometimes talking to the student can elp a lot. Other times, it's also a waste. I also hate to send students to the office because they sit there and talk o their other friends who are in trouble. In some counseling offices, they ven get to play games. So I usually keep them in class, sometimes sending hem right outside the door for a little while, until I can speak to them. alling their parents right there in class also works wonders on a lot of ids. On 9/26/07, Alice Cortigiano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't see it being valuable. It does nothing to change behavior and I see the same repeat behaviors occurring over and over from the same kids. Detention to me is a waste of time, students and teachers. I like Tena's idea...community service. alice -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TLP Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:36 PM To: MT; Lit Site Subject: [LIT] detentions Are detentions a worthwhile way of addressing behavior issues? -- Tena _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive -- Heather "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of an. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments all; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; ew races build others. But in the world of books are olumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet ive on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were ritten, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men enturies dead." --Clarence Day "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little ood evidence exists that there's any educational substance ehind the accountability and testing movement." Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose unding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase unding. " Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate ______________________________________________ he Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
