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Classroom Interruption Paper

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In the year 2014, 33 students at Mary Chapa Literacy and Technology Academy, a K-5 elementary school, were suspended (SARC, 2014) for breaking a variety of school rules. Despite the number of student receiving suspension as a consequence for behavior which was deemed inappropriate for school, students continue to interrupt learning by perpetually breaking classroom and school rules causing interruptions to the school day. Examples of the distracting behavior include, but are not limited to, students playing with items in their desks, talking with neighbors, daydreaming, and/or constantly needing to leave the classroom. These disruptions of the classroom learning environment cause both students and teachers to feel exasperated in their classroom …show more content…

However, students have described feelings of being in a learning environment which is not safe, consistent, or calm. Additionally, normally well behaved students, are displaying anger, frustration, and are shouting out distasteful remarks towards the students who are causing the interruption. In an effort to combat problems in their classrooms teachers regularly create on the spot consequence which are intended to serve as a means of deterring other students from exhibiting the same inappropriate behaviors. Some of these consequences include a loss of recess, or a phone call home to parents. Since these consequences are not deterring students from discontinuing their disruptive behavior, teachers feel inclined to react to every infraction in an effort to stop all violations of the rules and to bring consistency to the classroom, and reduce interruptions. However, implementing inconsistent punitive discipline approaches to curtail disruptions (Nuoffer, 2011) to the school day impacts the teacher and student relationship by diminishing trust, and thus creating additional discipline problems. Unfortunately, this constant and growing problem is causing tension in the classroom between students and

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