Assertive DisciplineThe Canter Model

BY:

Regina Klotz

Melissa Wannemacher

Assertive Discipline

• A direct and positive approach making teachers and student successful

Model

• Teachers insist on responsible behavior

• When teachers fail, it is typically due to poor class control

• Firm control maintained humanely is liberating

• Teachers and students have basic rights

Teachers Basic Rights as Educators

• Right to maintain an optimal setting for learning

• Right to expect appropriate behavior

• Right to expect help from administration and parents when appropriate

Students Basic Rights as Learners

• The right to have teachers who help them develop by helping them limit self-destructive and inappropriate behaviors

• The right to have appropriate support from their teachers for their appropriate behavior

• The right to choose how to behave with advance knowledge of the consequences that will logically and certainly follow

Discipline Plan

• State and teach expectations early• Persistence in stating expectations with “I”

statements• Use clear, calm, firm voice and eye contact• Use non-verbal gestures that support the verbal

statement• Influence student behavior without threats or

shouting• Practice the broken record technique rather than

escalating into an argument

Types of Teachers

• Hostile - hostile

• Nonassertive – wishy washy

• Assertive – calm, firm, consistent

The assertive teacher is more effective than the nonassertive or the hostile teacher

Assertive Discipline Steps

• Recognize and remove roadblocks

• Practice the use of assertive response styles

• Learning to set limits

• Learning to follow through on limits

• Implementing a system of positive assertions

Rewards

• Personal attention

• Positive notes/phone calls to parents

• Special awards

• Special privileges

• Material rewards

• Home rewards

• Group rewards

References/Websites• http://www.humboldt.edu/~tha1/canter.html• http://www.honorlevel.com/techniques.html• http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk.gyhsmith.assdis.html• http://webpages.marshall.edu/~hardest3/disc.html• http://www.msrossbec.com/discipline.shtml• http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/

EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/AssertiveDiscipline.html• http://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/wagerman/486FOO/

ch4%20canter.html• http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/wageman/486F00/

ch4%20Canter.htm• http://www.ceres.k12.ca.us/caswell/Disc.htm