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Computer Lab
Detention and Restroom Policy
When inappropriate behavior occurs within the computer lab the teacher must address it with the goals of first ensuring the student realizes the behavior is unacceptable and then helping them make better choices the next time they're in a similar circumstance. There is a discipline policy and behavior flowchart posted in the computer lab. Briefly, the computer lab teacher tries to always give at least one verbal reminder that a certain behavior is inappropriate. Of course, certain infractions such as fighting, kicking, etc. do not warrant a reminder. If a student has a bad day and reaches the last step in the behavior management plan that student may be assigned detention or a writing assignment as an alternate to detention, which does not stay on a student's record. Most of these writing assignments can be finished in less time than detention. The writing assignments for gum chewing, or treating a substitute badly can take well over an hour and include a parents' signature. However, when the computer lab teacher determines detention would be most appropriate given a certain situation, this consequence occurs at their 20-minute lunch and 20-minute lunch recess that follows. Though the computer lab teacher tries to correct behavior before it reaches the final step he does not believe detention is extreme in any way. It can be a healthy period of time for the child and an appropriate consequence as well.
Time is our most limited commodity in the classroom. Thus, it is preferred that students not ask to go to the restroom during the first five minutes of any computer lab class. That time is usually reserved for direct instruction to all students at the same time. There is a hall pass for each gender for students that request to go to the restroom after the lesson has been introduced. If a hall pass is in use, students requesting to go to the restroom are usually asked to wait until the student using the hall pass returns to class.
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