MorrishMorrishisms:isms:reflections on behaviour, reflections on behaviour, discipline, and teamwork discipline, and teamwork

from Ronald Morrish’sfrom Ronald Morrish’sWith All Due RespectWith All Due Respect

““The best time to teach a The best time to teach a behaviour is when it isn’t needed, behaviour is when it isn’t needed,

so it will be there when it is so it will be there when it is needed”needed”

““Behaviour that needs to be Behaviour that needs to be learned needs to be taught.”learned needs to be taught.”

““Plan how you will elicit good Plan how you will elicit good behaviour, not how you will behaviour, not how you will respond to poor behaviour. respond to poor behaviour. It’s always better to plan for It’s always better to plan for

success than to plan for success than to plan for failure.”failure.”

““Behaviour you ignore is Behaviour you ignore is behaviour you permit.”behaviour you permit.”

““A single minute spent A single minute spent practising courtesy has more practising courtesy has more

impact than a one-hour impact than a one-hour lecture on the importance of lecture on the importance of

it.”it.”

““Children learn far more from Children learn far more from correction than from correction than from

punishment.”punishment.”

““There can be no effective There can be no effective discipline without effective discipline without effective

supervision.”supervision.”

““Discipline is about giving Discipline is about giving children the structure they children the structure they need, not the consequences need, not the consequences

they deserve.”they deserve.”

““Discipline is about teaching Discipline is about teaching children to behave well despite children to behave well despite

their problems, not excusing their their problems, not excusing their behaviour because of their behaviour because of their

problems.”problems.”

““The consistency of your The consistency of your expectations is far more expectations is far more

important than the important than the consistency of your consistency of your

consequences.”consequences.”

and finally …and finally …

“Classroom management you can “Classroom management you can do by yourself; school discipline do by yourself; school discipline

must be done as a team.”must be done as a team.”