Active Supervision: Secondary Example and Non-Example

Active supervision—a strategy for preventing challenging behaviors from occurring (or escalating) while simultaneously encouraging desired behaviors—requires educators to frequently and intentionally move around the room, scan and monitor student behavior, and interact with students. In the video, Mr. Santini engages in active supervision as students work independently. Mr. Santini correctly implements the procedure for active supervision in the example. However, he implements the procedure without success in the non-example. Note: Prior to the beginning of this video, Mr. Santini identified independent practice as a context where students commonly engage in challenging behaviors and he provided a prompt for the students to check their work.

To learn more about active supervision, visit the Fundamental Skill Sheet Active Supervision at https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/w.... Additionally, visit the IRIS Module Addressing Challenging Behaviors (Part 2, Secondary): Behavioral Strategies at https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/m... to learn more about active supervision and other strategies that teachers can implement to prevent or address challenging behaviors.