Reply to Red light / green light behavior charts in Kindergarten

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "Red light / green light behavior charts in Kindergarten - common?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our school uses this but also has a color above green and emphasizes that it is difficult to get (really go above and beyond to help out a friend or someone in need).  My kindergartener is obsessed with finding a way to earn it.  In our experience, it's very motivating.  Then again, my kid is a definite rule follower.

The teacher described the yellow and red in very P.C., non-shaming terms.  [b]I think this is all in the implementation.[/b]  [/quote]

Yes, if it's done publicly, then it IS shameful no matter how many "PC non-shaming terms" you use. If a teacher wants to privately let a student know where he or she stands, then fine. The issue is the very public "Larla go turn your card to yellow." Not one person on this site would be okay with their supervisor posting a chart showing their name and whether they earned an infraction. Not one. If for some reason you were messing up at work because you were dealing with issues at home, seeing your name in the company conference room with a red card would NOT motivate you to do better. You'd feel even worse.

Come on folks, this isn't that hard to understand. Red-yellow-green charts are not okay.

--Elementary school teacher since 199[/quote]
Get over it
It is not shaming if done correctly
We are raising a bunch of punks who cannot constructive criticism or ever be told that they are wrong.[/quote]

I consider myself to be somewhat strict and have clear expectations of my child, but I disagree with you pp. Have you worked in a school where they use this system? I have and it's just not a very good system. You mention that it is not shaming "if done correctly", well how often do you think it's done correctly? Your definition could be very different than other peoples definition of being done correctly.

I think that it could be used effectively as PART of a behavioral intervention plan for students that needed it, but it should be kept between the student and the adults that are working with him or her. It shouldn't be up on the wall like the clip charts they used in the school I worked at. I'd have certain students that looked so sad and I'd ask them what was wrong and they'd tell me they were on yellow and they were so worried about this or that. I can not imagine these kids being able to concentrate when they are so upset. How are they able to learn anything then? It always made me feel so bad. I always tried to cheer them up and tell them something to try to put things into perspective, but too often, it did not work.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics