Module 7: Teaching Appropriate Behaviors - The 4-E Model

You expect students to behave appropriately; however, students often don’t know what appropriate behaviors look like or sound like. Until you actually teach a behavior, you can’t be certain that your students will know how you want them to behave.

In this module, you will learn the 4-E Model for teaching self-responsible behaviors. This model is yet another strategy that you can use to encourage self-responsibility in your students.

At the beginning of this module, you will review a list of self-responsible behaviors that you can teach and model for your students. You might even add to this list of behaviors. You will choose one or two of these behaviors and walk through each step of the 4-E process.

The main assignment in this module will require time for you to develop your plan for improving self-responsible behavior using the 4-E process. You will also make an attempt to implement this plan and report back on your results in Module 8.

 

Activity Checklist

Open the Learning Activity Checklist (pdf).

Module Seven Objectives

At the completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Identify and explain the 4-E- Model for teaching students self-responsibility skills, as well as instructional strategies associated with each step of the model. 
• Plan, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of five specific strategies associated with the Educate step of the 4-E model: Direct Teaching, Build a T Chart,Red Light/Green Light, Curriculum/Stories, Modeling) in his/her own classroom.