Chapter 8 Setting the PACE Garret Mac Dougall

Objective • The learners will be able to describe strategies to prevent problems in

Using PACE for Prevention • Proactive options • Accountability options • Choice options •

Proactive Options • Planning and preparing to prevent problems. • Preventive lesson environment. •

Accountability Options • Structure for students success. • Managing student work. • Simultaneous response

Choice Options • Students involvement in curriculum choices. • Structured choices in assignment.

Environmental Options • Conductive classroom climate. • Pre-planned. • Structured jointly with students. •

PACE Activity #1 • With your group make a poster giving examples of your

Kounin’s Approach Assumptions • Prevention is more important than handling misbehavior. • Teaching is

Kounin’s Approach Main Points • Withitness: Be aware of what is going on in

Kounin’s Approach Main Points (continued) • Accountability: Keeping students involved and attentive. • Variety

Kounin’s Approach Limitation • Mainly preventative strategies: Need more answers when problems develop despite

EDU 236 Chapter 8 • What does PACE stand for? PACE-

Kounin’s Approach • What are two main points of Kounin’s approach? • What were

PACE Activity #2 • With your group make a classroom set up utilizing your

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Chapter 8 Setting the PACE Garret Mac. Dougall Paul Passini

Objective • The learners will be able to describe strategies to prevent problems in their classroom through organizing and designing the class ahead of time and in the first week of school to avoid problems developing in the first place.

Using PACE for Prevention • Proactive options • Accountability options • Choice options • Environmental options

Proactive Options • Planning and preparing to prevent problems. • Preventive lesson environment. • Clarifying expectations of all, with students.

Accountability Options • Structure for students success. • Managing student work. • Simultaneous response modes.

Choice Options • Students involvement in curriculum choices. • Structured choices in assignment.

Environmental Options • Conductive classroom climate. • Pre-planned. • Structured jointly with students. • Adopted and taught.

PACE Activity #1 • With your group make a poster giving examples of your assigned letter and be prepared to share with the class. • Be creative you may use: words, pictures, sentences, or symbols on your poster. • You will be given 10 minutes.

Kounin’s Approach Assumptions • Prevention is more important than handling misbehavior. • Teaching is closely connected to discipline. • Effective teaching influences discipline more than discipline strategies.

Kounin’s Approach Main Points • Withitness: Be aware of what is going on in the classroom. • Overlapping: Dealing with more than one thing at a time. • Smooth transitions: Keeping things running smoothly. • Ripple Effect: Behavior ripples or spreads.

Kounin’s Approach Main Points (continued) • Accountability: Keeping students involved and attentive. • Variety and interest: lessons that are; enjoyable, varied, and actively involve the students. • Group alerting: Gaining and focusing student’s attention.

Kounin’s Approach Limitation • Mainly preventative strategies: Need more answers when problems develop despite the focus on prevention.

EDU 236 Chapter 8 • What does PACE stand for? PACE-

Kounin’s Approach • What are two main points of Kounin’s approach? • What were two of Kounin’s assumptions? • What was the limitation?

PACE Activity #2 • With your group make a classroom set up utilizing your new knowledge of the PACE model. • You may use what ever you would like (words, sentences, pictures, etc. )