The Canter Model

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The Canter Model
Lee Canter
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Lee Canter

• Researched Assertive Discipline
• Wrote Multiple Books in Classroom Management
• Research and ideas about Assertive Discipline has
  been around since the early to mid 70s

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Canter Model

• Based on thousands of hours of observing
  effective teachers
• Discovered that Assertive Discipline helps
  teachers teach and students learn
• Marlene Canter help in research and development
  of model
• Developed both principles and step of
  implementation

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Principles of Model

• Teachers should insist on responsible Behavior
• Failure to teach comes from poor class control
• Firm control maintained humanely is liberating.
• Teachers have basic rights as educators

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Principles of Model Cont.

• Students have basic rights as learners
• Teachers must clearly states the expectations,
  consistently apply the consequences, and never
  violates the best interests of the pupils
• The assertive teacher is more effective than the
  nonassertive or the hostile teacher

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Assertive Discipline

• Stating and teaching expectations early
• Persistence in stating expectations and wishes
• Use of a clear, calm, firm voice and eye contact
• Use of non-verbal gestures that support the
  verbal statements
• Influencing student behavior without threats or
  shouting
• Broken record technique

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Steps of Assertive Discipline

• Recognize and remove roadblocks to assertive
  discipline
• Practice the use of assertive response styles
• Learning to set limits
• Learning to follow through on limits
• Implementing a system of positive assertions

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Advantages and Strengths

• Develop good class control
• Student expectations are clearly stated
• Rules and limitations are also clearly stated
• Helps build classroom respect
• Positive, caring, and productive classroom
  environment

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Disadvantages and Weaknesses

• With out student/teacher respect model will not
  work
• Teaching style may not fit the needs of all
  students
• Can be a bad way to start off the year
• Teachers can become over controlling

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Example

• Teacher "Vince, you have work to do. Get away
  from that window and sit in your seat."
• Student "But I want to see the cop give that guy
  a ticket."
• Teacher "I understand, but I want you to sit
  down now."
• Student "'Just one minute, OK?"
• Teacher "'No, Vince, I want you to sit down
  now.
• Student "Aw, OK."
• If student does not obey after third time, then
  consequences should be placed into action

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Canter and what we have learned

• Classroom management is important to providing a
  productive learning environment
• Students safety is most important
• Students need to know and understand what is
  expected of them and what is required of them

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Opinion

• Model can be very beneficial in classroom
  management
• Not for all teachers
• Teachers must stick to their word to not lose
  creditability with students

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Links

• http//www.humboldt.edu/tha1/canter.html
• http//www.garysturt.free-online.co.uk/classman.ht
  m
• http//www.brains.org/classroom_management.htm
• http//drwilliampmartin.tripod.com/classm.html
• http//maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_
  MCINTYRE/AssertiveDiscipline.html
• http//www.math4lions.com/ePortfolio/canter.htm