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30 SECONDS. Take a look at me. Size me up, judge me, make some assumptions about who you think I am based on your very limited exposure to me. DISCUSSION. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
30 SECONDS
■ Take a look at me. Size me up, judge me, make some assumptions about who you think I am based on your very limited exposure to me.
DISCUSSION
■ In your school team, discuss what is problematic about the student discipline anecdote that I shared with you from my high school experience.
DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM
■ Cut school- consequence was not being allowed to come to school
■ We don’t know why he cut school- might be a deeper cause
■ Outcome of discipline policy = loss of learning
■ What does Jim learn from the consequence?
Principles, not Practices
■ Learning and growth is the point of student discipline – not justice
■ Student discipline has to be directly tied to a positive vision of student behavior and school culture
■ The consequences assigned to a student should be logically connected to the student’s behavior
■ Shift the responsibility for solving the problem from the adult to the student
■ Alternative discipline begins with investing in your relationships with students
Principles, not Practices
■ Focused on learning■ Linked to a positive vision of
school culture■ Invests in and builds relationships■ Consequences are logically
connected to behaviors■ Students take responsibility for
solving the problem
DISCUSSION
■ Examine your school’s discipline policy in the context of these principles.
■ In what ways do your policies, practices, and structures reflect those principles?
■ In what ways do they undermine those principles?
Next Step
■ Take one policy, practice, or structure in your school that does not reflect those principles and re-fashion it so that it does honor them.
A Couple of Resources
■ SaferSanerSchools: Transforming School Culture with Restorative Practices
■ The Power of Our Words by Paula Denton
Resources
■ NTN Quick Guide – Building Positive School Culture
■ SaferSanerSchools: Transforming School Culture with Restorative Practices
■ The Power of Our Words by Paula Denton