Fred Jones – Discipline through Active Student Involvement

Skill Cluster 1 – Classroom Structure to Discourage Misbehavior: He believes that it is important to set
up the classroom structure in the first weeks of school. Some methods of classroom structure include:

a. Room Arrangement
b. Classroom Rules
c. Classroom Chores
d. Opening Routines
Skill Cluster 2 – Providing Efficient Help to Individual Students: Jones states that students need to learn
to work on their own. Some methods to use include:

a. Reducing helpless Hand Raising

b. Reducing individual student time
c. Classroom seating organization
d. Graphic reminders/Visual Instruction Plans

Skill Cluster 3 – Limit Setting through Body Language: It is important for teachers to remain calm and use
body language to set limits. This method includes using:

a. Proper Breathing
b. Eye Contact
c. Physical Proximity
d. Body Carriage
e. Facial Expressions

Skill Cluster 4- Using See, Say, Do Teaching: Say, See, Do Teaching - During a lesson, teachers must tell
students what to do, show them what to do, and then have them do it before having time to forget it.
Teachers must have students learn by doing, one step at a time. 

Skill Cluster 5- Responsibility Training through Incentive Systems

a. Grandma’s Rule
b. Student Responsibility
c. Genuine Incentives:
d. Preferred Activitiy Time (PAT):
e. Group Concern:
f. Ease of Implementation:
g. Omission Training:
h. Backup Systems:

Skill Cluster 6: Skill Cluster 2 – Limit Setting Class Agreements

a. Setting limits on behavior should be the first thing a teacher talks about to help student conduct
themselves responsibly.
b. When rules are violated, teachers should use body language to remind students.
c. Incentives and social awards should be given for proper behavior
d. Teachers should still use the backup system when behavior is serious or students refuse to
comply with the rules.