Reflection on Learning Student discipline is one of the most important elements in the establishment of a safe learning environment for all students. A safe learning environment is in turn the premise with which students thrive as they work towards achieving desired academic goals. In this regard, teachers need to work with other school staff and the school administration towards enforcing and ensuring student discipline. Consequently, teachers engage in classroom discipline and behavior management as part of their efforts to enhance student discipline in the instructional environment. However, teachers need to understand the various aspects or factors that affect effective classroom discipline and behavior management as well as the significance of utilizing a preventative approach like a Positive Behavioral Support System (PBSS).

Influence of Grade and Building Levels

As previously mentioned, classroom discipline and behavior management is affected by various factors that determine the effectiveness of initiatives or approaches adopted by teachers to enhance student discipline. One of the influential factors in classroom discipline and behavior management is what happens at the grade and building levels. Events in grade and building levels affect classroom discipline and behavior management through influencing the student’s cognitive, social, and behavioral development. A student’s cognitive, social, and behavioral development is usually affected by what happens at grade and building...

The cognitive, social, and behavioral factors also affect interpersonal relationships between students and their interactions with environmental systems (O’Brennan, Bradshaw & Furlong, 2014).
Through affecting a student’s view of the instructional environment, what happens in the grade and building levels in turn influences the approaches teachers take in enforcing classroom discipline and behavior management. If students have a positive view of the instructional environment, teachers find it easy to enforce classroom discipline and manage the behaviors of learners. However, if the students’ perceptions of the instructional environment are negative, teachers have difficulties in enforcing and ensuring classroom discipline and behavior management. These challenges emerge from the fact that the events at grade and building levels generate poor outcomes in students’ interactions with others and the learning environment.

Influence of the Instructional Environment

The instructional environment comprises various elements, which implies that it plays a crucial role in classroom discipline and behavior management. Some of the important elements in an instructional environment include the teacher, the academic and social skills curriculum, instruction in a classroom, and the students’ individual characteristics. Effective classroom discipline and behavior management approaches…