Responsible Classroom Management, Grades 6–12
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Description
"The RCM plan works because it is straightforward and easy for staff, students, and parents to understand and, most important, to buy into. Staff members appreciate the research and the paradigm of modeling responsibility. Students identify with the emphasis on responsibility and the use of logical consequences. The RCM plan has been a major part of positively changing the overall culture in our school."
—Ronald S. Dixon, Principal
John Taylor Williams Middle School, Charlotte, NC
A schoolwide plan for decreasing discipline problems and empowering adolescents to act responsibly!
Proven to reduce office referrals, suspensions, and dropout rates, the Responsible Classroom Management Plan (RCMPlan™) is a nationally field-tested, team-based approach to schoolwide behavior management and discipline. Written for teachers and administrators in Grades 6–12, this detailed resource:
- Addresses the nuts and bolts of classroom management
- Explains the essential skills teachers need to reinforce responsible behavior and model appropriate social conduct
- Provides tested consequences that promote internal behavior control in secondary school students
- Includes administrator resources and tools for introducing, implementing, and monitoring Responsible Classroom Management in a school or district
Emphasizing the importance of teamwork between administrators and teachers in maintaining schoolwide behavior standards and expectations, this book introduces the RCMPlan™ system and provides the tools you need for successful implementation.
Additional tools and resources to help you implement Responsible Classroom Management are available here.
Contents
List of Tools
List of Tools
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
About the Authors
Introduction
- 1. Understanding The RCMPlan?
- The RCMPlan?
- Becoming a Successful RCM Teacher
- A Model for Improving Instruction and Behavior
- An Invitation to Change: The RCM Plan? Inventory
- Looking Ahead
- 2. Teaching Students Responsibility Within Warm and Inviting Classrooms
- The Original and Still Functional Correlates for Teaching Responsibility
- Expecting Responsibility and Civility in the Classroom
- Experimenting with Responsibility and Civility in the Classroom
- Modeling Responsible Behavior
- The Four Types of Inviting Teachers
- Preparing to Modify Classroom Procedures
- Students Roles and Additions to the Classroom
- Group Activities
- Looking Ahead
- 3. Standards, Guidelines, and Expected Behaviors
- Why Rules Do Not Work With Middle or Secondary School Students
- Replacing Rules with School and Classroom Standards, Guidelines, and Expected Behaviors
- Building School Guidelines for Outside the Classroom
- Developing Classroom Guidelines
- Teaching Standards and Guidelines to Students
- Looking Ahead
- 4. Using Consequences to Teach Responsibility
- Using Logical Consequences Versus Punishment
- Developing a Pool of Consequences for Selective Use in the Classroom
- Consequences for More Serious Infractions: The Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Using ICU Effectively
- Behavior Improvement Agreements (BIAs)
- The DRC's Supervisory Process
- A Sample of Grade-Specific Consequences
- Group Activities
- Looking Ahead
- Resource A: The RCMPlan Principal?s Guide
- Resource B: The RCMPlan? Toolbox
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
"The RCM plan works because it is straightforward and easy for staff, students, and parents to understand and, most important, to buy into. Staff members appreciate the research and the paradigm of modeling responsibility. Students identify with the emphasis on responsibility and the use of logical consequences. The RCM plan has been a major part of positively changing the overall culture in our school."
—Ronald S. Dixon, Principal
John Taylor Williams Middle School, Charlotte, NC
A schoolwide plan for decreasing discipline problems and empowering adolescents to act responsibly!
Proven to reduce office referrals, suspensions, and dropout rates, the Responsible Classroom Management Plan (RCMPlan™) is a nationally field-tested, team-based approach to schoolwide behavior management and discipline. Written for teachers and administrators in Grades 6–12, this detailed resource:
- Addresses the nuts and bolts of classroom management
- Explains the essential skills teachers need to reinforce responsible behavior and model appropriate social conduct
- Provides tested consequences that promote internal behavior control in secondary school students
- Includes administrator resources and tools for introducing, implementing, and monitoring Responsible Classroom Management in a school or district
Emphasizing the importance of teamwork between administrators and teachers in maintaining schoolwide behavior standards and expectations, this book introduces the RCMPlan™ system and provides the tools you need for successful implementation.
Additional tools and resources to help you implement Responsible Classroom Management are available here.
Contents
List of Tools
List of Tools
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
About the Authors
Introduction
- 1. Understanding The RCMPlan?
- The RCMPlan?
- Becoming a Successful RCM Teacher
- A Model for Improving Instruction and Behavior
- An Invitation to Change: The RCM Plan? Inventory
- Looking Ahead
- 2. Teaching Students Responsibility Within Warm and Inviting Classrooms
- The Original and Still Functional Correlates for Teaching Responsibility
- Expecting Responsibility and Civility in the Classroom
- Experimenting with Responsibility and Civility in the Classroom
- Modeling Responsible Behavior
- The Four Types of Inviting Teachers
- Preparing to Modify Classroom Procedures
- Students Roles and Additions to the Classroom
- Group Activities
- Looking Ahead
- 3. Standards, Guidelines, and Expected Behaviors
- Why Rules Do Not Work With Middle or Secondary School Students
- Replacing Rules with School and Classroom Standards, Guidelines, and Expected Behaviors
- Building School Guidelines for Outside the Classroom
- Developing Classroom Guidelines
- Teaching Standards and Guidelines to Students
- Looking Ahead
- 4. Using Consequences to Teach Responsibility
- Using Logical Consequences Versus Punishment
- Developing a Pool of Consequences for Selective Use in the Classroom
- Consequences for More Serious Infractions: The Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Using ICU Effectively
- Behavior Improvement Agreements (BIAs)
- The DRC's Supervisory Process
- A Sample of Grade-Specific Consequences
- Group Activities
- Looking Ahead
- Resource A: The RCMPlan Principal?s Guide
- Resource B: The RCMPlan? Toolbox
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Reviews
Responsible Classroom Management, Grades 6–12
A Schoolwide Plan
June 2010 | 152 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412974134 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781452271606 | $35.00 |
"The RCM plan works because it is straightforward and easy for staff, students, and parents to understand and, most important, to buy into. Staff members appreciate the research and the paradigm of modeling responsibility. Students identify with the emphasis on responsibility and the use of logical consequences. The RCM plan has been a major part of positively changing the overall culture in our school."
—Ronald S. Dixon, Principal
John Taylor Williams Middle School, Charlotte, NC
A schoolwide plan for decreasing discipline problems and empowering adolescents to act responsibly!
Proven to reduce office referrals, suspensions, and dropout rates, the Responsible Classroom Management Plan (RCMPlan™) is a nationally field-tested, team-based approach to schoolwide behavior management and discipline. Written for teachers and administrators in Grades 6–12, this detailed resource:
- Addresses the nuts and bolts of classroom management
- Explains the essential skills teachers need to reinforce responsible behavior and model appropriate social conduct
- Provides tested consequences that promote internal behavior control in secondary school students
- Includes administrator resources and tools for introducing, implementing, and monitoring Responsible Classroom Management in a school or district
Emphasizing the importance of teamwork between administrators and teachers in maintaining schoolwide behavior standards and expectations, this book introduces the RCMPlan™ system and provides the tools you need for successful implementation.
Additional tools and resources to help you implement Responsible Classroom Management are available here.
Table Of Contents:
- List of Tools
- Acknowledgements
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- 1. Understanding The RCMPlan?
- The RCMPlan?
- Becoming a Successful RCM Teacher
- A Model for Improving Instruction and Behavior
- An Invitation to Change: The RCM Plan? Inventory
- Looking Ahead
- 2. Teaching Students Responsibility Within Warm and Inviting Classrooms
- The Original and Still Functional Correlates for Teaching Responsibility
- Expecting Responsibility and Civility in the Classroom
- Experimenting with Responsibility and Civility in the Classroom
- Modeling Responsible Behavior
- The Four Types of Inviting Teachers
- Preparing to Modify Classroom Procedures
- Students Roles and Additions to the Classroom
- Group Activities
- Looking Ahead
- 3. Standards, Guidelines, and Expected Behaviors
- Why Rules Do Not Work With Middle or Secondary School Students
- Replacing Rules with School and Classroom Standards, Guidelines, and Expected Behaviors
- Building School Guidelines for Outside the Classroom
- Developing Classroom Guidelines
- Teaching Standards and Guidelines to Students
- Looking Ahead
- 4. Using Consequences to Teach Responsibility
- Using Logical Consequences Versus Punishment
- Developing a Pool of Consequences for Selective Use in the Classroom
- Consequences for More Serious Infractions: The Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Using ICU Effectively
- Behavior Improvement Agreements (BIAs)
- The DRC's Supervisory Process
- A Sample of Grade-Specific Consequences
- Group Activities
- Looking Ahead
- Resource A: The RCMPlan Principal?s Guide
- Resource B: The RCMPlan? Toolbox
- References
- Index