Covenant Management Conduct Management Content Management
One can see here the interplay of covenant/conduct/content management. Sometimes we can isolate a behavior problem into one domain. However, human behavior is complex and often more than one management domain contributes to a student’s problems. For example, consider the following fictional character John and this scenario: John gets sent to the office because he got up out of his seat and was about to walk out of the classroom. Why did this happen? Perhaps it happened because John did not have a good relationship with his teacher (covenant); perhaps John got angry at something that triggered him (conduct); perhaps John was trying to avoid an academic task that was too difficult or uninteresting (content); or perhaps all three contributed to John getting up out of his seat and leaving the classroom. The point is that if we understand classroom management as the interplay of all three domains, then we can use proper problem- solving techniques to get to the root of the problem.
Covenant management is an important aspect of classroom management that is often overlooked. It can be defined as the facilitation of trusting, respectful relationships, willingly entered into, that promote optimal success for all children. Covenant management can be viewed from the classroom group and individual students. Review of the literature emphasizes that the majority of discipline problems are the result of poor teacher-student relationships.
