As teachers, it is important to consider what causes certain behaviors. We cannot just assume that our students don't experience difficulty outside of our classroom. With this in mind, we also have to consider how we react to certain behaviors. 

One of the misbehaviors that I remember in school was distractions coming from outside of the school. Constantly, you would see students looking out the window instead of paying attention to the lesson. I always wondered how as a teacher, I could use this example to my advantage as a teacher. A teachable moment can be used in many situations. However, this one in particular stuck out to me because I know it is one area in which I will experience in my future classroom. To the left is a picture of a firetruck. When students see this, they become curious and want to know what is going on. Instead of using the time to get the students away from the window, I can teach them about how to handle a situation such as a fire or a chemical spill for their safety. 

I had this teacher in grade school that would give you "the teacher look" when people were talking and she was trying to teach a lesson. It didn't take long for the students to catch on to her look. When it comes to facial expressions, I tend to give bad looks when I don't even mean to. So I feel that the "teacher look" would not work for me. Instead, I came across the idea of a stool. One of my teachers in college used this in her classroom and found it to be very effective when it came to getting the students quiet. She called it "the teacher stool". When she sat on it and watched the students, it was time for the class to have all eyes on her and mouths shut. I really love this idea because not only can it be useful to teaching but also can be useful for ending wanted discussions, continuation of quiet time and so on. As long as the teacher sits on the chair, the students are quiet. Other techniques that I would use in the classroom include call and response strategies (on the right), proximity, body language and questioning. 

When it comes to more serious misbehavior's, I would have to call attention to them right away. I could do this through problems solving, commenting, relating it to the lesson, and again using teachable moments. In cases like these, I feel that I would often give the other students independent work while I go and talk to the individual. I wouldn't want to embarrass or make anyone in the class uncomfortable so to make sure it blends in with the rest of the day is very important as well. 

"Behaviorism is a world view that assumes that a learner is essentially passive, responding to environmental stimuli.  The learner starts off as a clean slate (tabula rasa) and behavior is shaped through positive reinforcement or negative reinforcement. Both positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement increase the probability that the antecedent behavior will happen again. In contrast, (both positive and negative) decreases the likelihood that the  antecedent will happen again. Positive indicates the witholding of a stimulus. Learning is then defined as a change in behavior in the learner." http://www.learning-theories.com/behaviorism.html 

I chose this sign out sheet as another way to manage behavior in the classroom. In my previous Field Periods, one of the behaviors that I found constant and consistent was going to the bathroom. With students that have to go to the bathroom about every hour, it becomes as distraction for other students and leaves that specific student missing out on the lesson that you are about or are in the middle of teaching . 
To keep this from happening, I found a Bathroom Sign Out Sheet. This particular sign out sheet is organized by sex, with the time a student leaves the classroom and the time the students re-enters the classroom. I find this to be effective because the teacher can keep track of who goes to the bathroom when, how often, and if they went with someone. 
If I were to use this in my classroom, I would have students sign out one at a time. No two students will be able to go to the bathroom at the same time unless it is an emergency. In case of a student who has to go to the bathroom every hour, the teacher can look back at the schedule and determine if it is necessary. Once again, if it is an emergency, I would have to let that student go to the bathroom.