HLTH 4305: Class Management in Health Occupations
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| Library Services | Course Mechanics | Honor Code |
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Course Overview
The purpose of HLTH 4305 is to provide you with the knowledge and skills to make informed decisions regarding your class management plan and appropriate responses to behaviors in a classroom setting. The course introduces strategies in teaching and managing behavior in K–12 classrooms, and is designed to give you a general understanding of a variety of behavior management techniques, theories, and strategies for effectively teaching in a classroom or related clinical setting. Emphasis is placed on designing positive learning environments and selecting and implementing behavior management strategies. You will make decisions about pedagogical rationale, methodology, knowledge base, and the learner.
Specifically, the course is directed at the health occupation education professional to provide the skills necessary to manage student behavior in clinical settings. This class is a requirement for provisional licensure, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, career-technical education/health occupations education.
The course is organized into fifteen modules. While not all modules have the same sections, you will encounter the following in most:
- Learning Objectives
- Test Your Knowledge
- Reading Assignment
- Lecture Notes
- Journal Assignment.
The Course Requirements section provides details about the work of the course.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:
- create a positive classroom and clinical environment
- implement components or steps in a program of behavior change
- increase the occurrence of appropriate behavior in the classroom
- develop and assess stimulus control and teach new behaviors
- establish positive teacher-student (or nurse-student) relationships
- communicate effectively with parents and the community
- enhance students’ motivations to learn.
About Your Instructor
Dr. Victor G. Aeby
Department of Health Education
Belk 2205
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
Contact me with questions regarding the content of the course and your progress.
Required Texts
The required texts are:
- Edwards, Classroom Discipline & Management, 5th edition (2008), ISBN: 9780962936067
- Wong and Wong, The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher (2005), ISBN: 9780470087572.
You may purchase the textbook at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form.
Course Requirements
This course requires you to be an active learner. In addition to reading the assigned materials and lecture notes and researching topics on the Internet, you must be a keen observer of your own temperament and learning style to complete assignments that require thoughtful reflection. You will learn the scientific basis for many class management models and use this information to develop your own class management plan.
Course Components
The work you will do to complete the course requirements consists of the following components.
- Class Management Plan. In Module 1, after finishing the reading, you will write a first draft of a class management plan and submit it for my comments and evaluation. You will continue to revise your plan over the next fourteen modules, and submit your final plan after completing Module 15.
- Chapter Quizzes. After completing the reading for each module, you will take a five-question quiz in Blackboard. You should spend no more than five minutes on each quiz, and you must get a score of 100 percent in order to receive points (see chart below). You may retake each quiz as many times as you need to reach a score of 100 percent.
- Journal. After completing the reading for each module, you will respond to questions that prompt exploration of your attitudes, opinions, and beliefs about class management. You will collect your responses in an electronic journal (a Word document), which you will submit four times for evaluation (in Modules 2, 10, 12, and 15). The journal will be important in collecting your thoughts for your class management plan.
- Discussion. In Modules 1, 2, and 13, you will join an online discussion group in which you will respond to my prompts and exchange information with others currently taking this course. Participation will be graded according to a discussion grading rubric.
- Philosophy of Education Statement. As you complete Modules 3 through 12, you will create and revise a one-page philosophy of education. This statement will reflect your understanding of the various theories and discipline approaches presented in the course, as well as your own ideas. You will submit your philosophy of education statement in Module 12.
- Final Exam. The final exam, which you will take online in Blackboard, consists of twenty-five true/false questions worth one point each. You will have twenty-five minutes to complete the exam. All questions are taken from the Chapter Quizzes.
There are 400 total points possible in the course. The course components will be used to assess your knowledge and performance in the course as follows:
| Assignment | When submitted | Points per submission | Total points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Management Plan | Module 1 (draft) and after Module 15 (final) | 75 and 25 |
100 |
| Quizzes | after every module | 5 |
75 |
| Philosophy of Education Statement | Module 12 | 50 |
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| Discussion | (Module 1, ungraded); Modules 2 and 13 | 25 |
50 |
| Journal | Modules 2, 10, 12, and 15 | 25 |
100 |
| Final Exam | after Module 15 | 25 |
25 |
400 |
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All course components will be submitted either via e-mail as described in How to Submit Assignments, or online through Blackboard.
Grading
The following chart show how the 400 total points translate to letter grades.
400–360 = A
359–320 = B
319–280 = C
279–240 = D
less than 239 = F
How to Submit Assignments
To submit assignments for grading, click the Submit Assignment button found at the end of each assignment. Clicking this button will provide you with an e-mail message that is pre-addressed to both me and the Self-paced Courses office. Attach the file containing your assignment to the e-mail message.
Please follow these guidelines when preparing to submit an assignment:
- All assignments must be submitted in Microsoft Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf).
- Name the file with your last name, first name, and assignment number. For example, “Jones-Jane-1.doc.”
- Please submit one assignment at a time to allow enough time for grading. Create a feasible schedule for yourself that provides ample time to complete assignments and receive helpful feedback. Typically, students complete one module every one to two weeks.
- Always submit your assignments as an attachment to an e-mail (not within the body of the e-mail message). Include yourself as a recipient of the assignment for your own records.
- Always save a digital and hard copy of every assignment.
Library Services
Students enrolled in Self-paced Courses can access online library resources from the UNC-Chapel Hill Library System by linking to Library Services for Distance Education Students. Library staff are available to assist any students who have difficulties accessing online library resources.
Course Mechanics
Blackboard
Chapter quizzes, the discussion, and the final exam are accessed through a software program called Blackboard. There is a link to the Blackboard site whenever a quiz (or discussion) is assigned and at the top of every module page. Click on that link, and then use your Onyen to log in to Blackboard. Click on the SPC HLTH 4305 link, and you will see navigation buttons on the left.
E-mails regarding the course will go to your UNC Onyen e-mail address. Off-campus users can access their UNC mail using Webmail. You can have your Onyen e-mail forwarded to a different e-mail address by clicking “Forward email” at the Onyen Web site. Please also notify Janice Durham at the Friday Center of the change.
If you use a spam filter on your e-mail account, you are responsible for ensuring that it does not prevent you from receiving messages from your instructor or Friday Center staff.
Hotmail users should be aware that Hotmail will block messages sent from within Blackboard because Blackboard uses “blind carbon copy” to protect privacy. We recommend that you use your UNC Onyen e-mail account for this course. If you use an e-mail service (yahoo.com or msn.com for example), the e-mail links in this course may not work for you.
Saving your work: It is extremely important for you to save copies of any work you send to me via e-mail. If I don't receive your work, you must have a copy of the e-mail with the attached file, indicating the date sent, to prove that you submitted the assignment. It is your responsibility to maintain copies of your sent e-mails, as there is no way to guarantee that any e-mail message will be delivered. Please check your e-mail software to see how it manages sent and saved messages. Some software automatically deletes messages one month after they have been sent; others only save messages if they are filed in folders; others save messages received but not those sent. You may need to send yourself a copy of your e-mailed assignment at the same time you send it to me, or you may need to print a copy of the e-mail message and any attachments to keep in your paper files. No matter how your system works, make sure you know how to save a copy of all work that you submit and that you save the copy for several months beyond the end of the course.
Contacts
Contact me with questions regarding the content of the course and your progress.
Contact the Instructional Designer at the Friday Center about problems with this Web site, especially bad links.
If you have any logistical questions as you work through the course (enrollment, credits, extensions, withdrawal, and so on), contact the Student Services staff at the Friday Center for Continuing Education (phone 919-962-1134 or 800-862-5669).
Honor Code
When you enroll in a Self-paced Course, you are responsible for obeying and supporting an honor system that prohibits lying, cheating, or stealing in relation to the academic practices of constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina. The honor system also requires you to refrain from conduct that significantly impairs the welfare or the educational opportunities of others in the University community. You are expected to do your own work in all aspects of your course. Your enrollment in a course certifies that you agree to adhere to this honor system.
How to Get Started
First, complete the Personal Information Sheet: Save this Word Document to your hard drive, fill it out, and send it to me via e-mail.
Then, simply click on Module 1 in the list below and begin working. The most successful students in this course complete the reading and lecture notes before attempting the assignment, answer self-assessments honestly, learn the scientific basis for class management recommendations, and finally, reflect on their own temperaments and beliefs toward class management and discipline.
OK, let’s get started!
Modules
Module 1: Causes of Discipline Problems
Module 2: Deciding on a Personal Approach to Discipline
Module 3: Behavior Modification: B.F. Skinner
Module 4: Assertive Discipline: Lee Canter
Module 5: Logical Consequences: Rudolf Dreikurs
Module 6: Transactional Analysis: Eric Berne and Thomas Harris
Module 7: Teacher Effectiveness Training: Thomas Gordon
Module 8: Reality Therapy/Choice Theory: William Glasser
Module 9: Judicious Discipline: Forest Gathercoal
Module 10: The Jones Model: Fredric H. Jones
Module 11: Choosing a Discipline Approach
Module 12: Creating a Personal Theory of Discipline
Module 13: Violence in the Schools
Module 14: Classroom Management and Student Diversity
Module 15: Managing the Classroom