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About James H Burns
Since 1977 Jim Burns has been working with students who have learning disabilities and behavioral problems. He has almost 40 years of experience working as an administrator, teacher, college instructor, and seminar leader. He is committed to helping administrators, parents, and teachers establish standards of excellence and help them build successful relationships with their staff, students, and children. He has written and designed The Bully Proof Classroom, a graduate course that is now offered at The College of New Jersey, and La Salle University in Pennsylvania in partnership with The Regional Training Center. This course has been endorsed by the NJEA. He has also written “Anti Bullying 101.” A book that provides teachers, administrators, support staff and parent’s 101 tips on how to achieve permanent help in dealing with unruly behavior and can be used as part of any anti-bullying program. In May of 2015 Jim was awarded the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by Gratz College in recognition of his almost forty years of work in student behavior management and anti bullying. He is available for on sight in-services and keynotes.
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When we give instructions to a student, we make two very important assumptions that may or
may not be true. We assume that (1) they heard us, and (2) they understood us. Dealing with
student behavior requires as much instruction as does the academic curriculum. What do you do
if you ask a student to do something and they don't do it? The assumption is that they were being
uncooperative or maybe even willfully disobedient. That may not be the case at all. Before
imposing a consequence question the student to determine if they did, in fact, hear and
understand; leave the child with a warning. The warning is not a prelude to correction, but rather
an opportunity to determine if your instructions were clear. If the behavior continues even after
the warning, then you can be sure the student is being uncooperative. The trick though is to only
give the student one warning. Too many warnings will only frustrate you as the teacher and send
an inconsistent message to the student. A student who is a bully may need continued instruction
about his behavior. Don't let his/her behavior stop the process. Lastly, always be sure to impose
the consequence after the warning. Never give up, and always be consistent.