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Discipline Management Techniques

Which discipline management techniques may the school use, and what factors guide the response?

Disciplinary management techniques are designed to improve conduct and to encourage students to adhere to their responsibilities as members of the school community. Disciplinary action will draw on the professional judgment of teachers and administrators and on a range of discipline management techniques. Discipline will be correlated to the seriousness of the offense, the student’s age and grade level, the frequency of misbehavior, the student’s attitude, the effect of the misconduct on the school environment, and statutory requirements.

Because of these factors, discipline for a particular offense, unless otherwise specified by law, may bring into consideration varying techniques and responses.

Techniques

The following discipline management techniques may be used—alone or in combination—for behavior prohibited by the Student Code of Conduct or by campus or classroom rules:

  • Assignment of school duties such as cleaning or picking up litter
  • Behavioral contracts
  • Thinking chair or reflection desk
  • Counseling by teachers, counselors, or administrative personnel
  • Rewards for positive behavior
  • Expulsion from LTS, as specified in the expulsion section of the Code
  • Grade reductions for cheating, plagiarism, and as otherwise permitted by policy
  • In-school suspension, as specified in the suspension section of the Code
  • Out-of-school suspension, as specified in the suspension section of the Code
  • Parent-teacher conferences
  • Penalties identified in individual student organizations’ extracurricular standards of behavior
  • Referral to an outside agency or legal authority for criminal prosecution in addition to disciplinary measures imposed by LTS
  • Restorative discipline practices
  • Seating changes within the classroom
  • Sending the student to the office or other assigned area
  • Techniques or penalties identified in individual student organizations’ extracurricular standards of behavior
  • Temporary confiscation of items that disrupt the educational process
  • Verbal correction, oral or written
  • Withdrawal of privileges, such as participation in extracurricular activities, field trips, eligibility for seeking and holding honorary offices, or membership in school-sponsored clubs and organizations
  • Withdrawal or restriction of bus privileges
  • Other strategies and consequences as determined by school officials

Corporal Punishment

LTS will NOT administer corporal punishment upon a student for misconduct.