{"id":329,"date":"2009-05-19T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=329"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:07:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:07:25","slug":"classroom-discipline-analogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/classroom-discipline-analogy.htm","title":{"rendered":"An Umbrella for Classroom Discipline"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve done a lot of teacher training seminars through the years and learned that a very large number of teachers in children’s ministry rate classroom discipline<\/a> issues as their number one frustration. Many of these teachers want a step by step play book for “fixing” the problems which I have not been able to provide. Instead, I have handed them an umbrella for classroom discipline. — No, not the kind that keeps them from getting wet. An analogy.<\/p>\n

An Analogy, Using an Umbrella, for Classroom Discipline<\/h2>\n
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  1. Teachers need a big picture perspective or philosophy under which all discipline should come.\u00a0 This is like the canopy of the umbrella.\u00a0 Without this material over the framework, or spokes, their efforts will not protect or provide shelter.\u00a0 All that is done needs to come under the umbrella of God’s Word.\u00a0 The Effectively Handling Classroom Discipline Workbook<\/a> provides this kind of perspective.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Under that canopy are spokes, the framework on which the material hangs.\u00a0 These are principles that can apply to all discipline situations.\u00a0 Again, the workbook will help you work through these principles but the Handbook on the Basics of Classroom Discipline<\/a> can also help with that.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. The umbrella with its canopy and framework won’t help unless you personally grab hold of it.\u00a0 This is where the handle comes in — the specific application to your situation.\u00a0 One reason I can’t provide steps to handling discipline problems is that there are so many variables.\u00a0 For example, two children can engage in the same behavior but for different reasons making the application specific to that situation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        The Discipline Issues: What to Do About Specific Challenges<\/a> resource provides help with 56 different discipline issues. You’ll find a page for each challenge listing possible causes with resultant suggestions for each issue.<\/p>\n

        Here are some examples:<\/p>\n