Examination_of_Suspensions

Examination of Suspensions Examining the use of out-of-school suspensions: What are the alternatives' Removal from the school environment as a form of student discipline is certainly not a recent development. Over the last fifty years education has undergone some major changes in the way in which teachers deliver the prescribed curriculum. Education has become student-centered, has been influenced by technology, changes in society, and has become much more inclusive. Yet despite the advances that have come to us, there remain remnants of outdated philosophies and styles that do not serve those whom we strive to reach. It must be stated here that there are clearly examples of student misbehaviour that warrant the need for the temporary removal from the mainstream education setting. These include violent behaviours that clearly put the safety of the student in question and other members of the school community at risk. However there must be an examination of alternative methods of encouraging more acceptable social behaviour. The goal must be to increase acceptable behaviour whi! le at the same time maximizing an at-risk students opportunity to maintain his or her time in a learning environment. School-based administrators must strive to find other methods than out-of-school suspensions when behaviours do need to school, students, student, suspensions, must, discipline, methods, education, setting, need, clearly, time, social, out-of-school, opportunity, behaviour, suspension, punishment, proactive, out, however, responsibility, often, issues, community, at-risk, approach, 2001, work, same, quick, method, increase, essential, environment, effective, choose, behavioural, alternative, administrators, way, society, schools, school-based, risk, removal, problems, problem, positive, political, plan