Lesson Plans for Hallway Behavior

Hallway Lesson 1 Lesson Plans for Hallway Behavior

Introduce: Introduce the lesson by saying something like, “Today we are going to learn appropriate hallway behavior. It is important to learn this because we need you, as our students, to be safe at all times and to not to interrupt others as they learn. Tell Phase: Talk with students about why it is important to behave appropriately in the hallway and why these particular skills are necessary. Make associations between the expected hallway behaviors and the School-Wide Expectations (Courage, Attitude, Teamwork, Spirit). The expected behaviors to introduce are:

1. Students will walk safely on the right side through the hallways. 2. Students will keep their hands and feet, and other objects to themselves, as well as off the walls and bulletin boards. 3. Students will walk in a single file on the red line and stop at corners until the teacher gives the direction to go on. 4. While waiting during bathroom breaks students may talk at a voice level 1. When the teacher asks the class to move to the red line the voice level should be at level 0. 5. Treat others with dignity, respect, and courtesy. 6. If a staff member asks a student to correct his/her behavior the student will do as asked. 7. Students go directly to designated areas upon arrival to /departure from school and upon leaving classroom or dismissal from class. 8. Students will do their part to keep the hallways clean.

Show: 1. Ask students to specify the expectations for appropriate hallway behavior. 2. Model the behaviors. 3. Call on two or three students (who are likely to be successful) to model the behaviors and instruct the rest of the class to watch carefully. 4. Call on other small groups to model. 5. Call on the whole class to model. 6. Repeat until all students demonstrate the behaviors correctly. 7. Acknowledge students who cooperate with the practice session, and follow the session with a brief reinforcing activity (to acknowledge cooperation.) 8. Summarize what has been covered in the lesson, reiterating why appropriate hallway behavior is necessary and show high expectations in all students by acknowledging your belief that they will behave appropriately in the hallways.

Follow the Show phase with a summarization of what has been covered in the lesson, reiterating the importance of applying the learned behaviors to other settings.

Do: Frequently praise students who successfully demonstrate the desired behaviors. Reinforce using the school- wide reinforcement system. Provide reminders or prompts to students who fail to demonstrate the desired behaviors (ex: “Clinton, remember to always go directly to your destination when in the hallway.”) Monitor daily until no prompts are needed. Determine if and what procedures need to be taught. Occasionally watch staff made video on appropriate and inappropriate hallway behavior.

Conclude: Conduct a brief discussion daily after the routine has been established. If there have been any problems in demonstrating the expected behaviors, conduct another practice session, monitor behavior more closely, and provide more frequent feedback. Do not take the routine for granted. Remember that appropriate hallway Hallway Lesson 2 behavior is a concept being taught. Many students do not know what appropriate and inappropriate behavior looks like. Reward students when appropriate behavior has been maintained for an extended period of time.