The+Glasser+Model

=The Glasser Model – [|Link]=

Behavior is a choice driven by feelings and needs
 * Good behavior results from good choices
 * Bad behavior results from bad choices
 * The teacher is responsible for helping students make good choices

Teachers cannot directly control the behavior of students; students choose how to react to their feelings

The teacher can help students identify the circumstances that drive their behavior

Goal: empower student to change reactions

Work has two main focuses:
 * 1) Provide a classroom environment and curriculum that motivate students and reduce inappropriate behavior by meeting students’ basic needs for belonging, fun, freedom, and power.
 * 2) Helping students make appropriate behavioral choices, which will ultimately lead to personal success

In order for this to be successful, the teacher must:
 * Stress student responsibility
 * Clearly define rules and consequences
 * Not deviate from the guidelines
 * Not accept excuses

Teacher uses guided questioning to deal with a students’ behavior
 * Ask student what they are doing, they answer
 * Ask student how the behavior is helping the class
 * Ask the student how she can change behavior to help the class
 * If the student reacts negatively to the questioning, they broke a rule and face consequences.
 * Repeated misbehavior means more consequences

In order for this model to work, the teacher must create an environment that is nonthreatening, honest, and student centered.