Positive Discipline works!

Children are shown respect and dignity as unique individuals. Children learn self-discipline and are empowered in seeking solutions as they resolve their issues. Children learn principles of democracy in the class meeting, have the opportunity to express their feelings and thoughts, and appreciate the importance of working together cooperatively for the good of all. Teachers find they have more time, energy, and stress reduction in teaching good citizenship. Their efforts can be focused on quality educational experiences for all children.
Kent Larsen, Principal

 

Following are the links that will give you information on Positive Discipline in the Classroom

The following are articles from principals:

http://www.positivediscipline.com/articles_teacher/newschool.html
http://www.positivediscipline.com/articles_teacher/Teacher%20Article%20of%20the%20Week.html 
http://www.positivediscipline.com/articles_teacher/planting.html 

Following is where you can find a description of our two-day workshop.

http://positivediscipline.org/

This is a three page brochure that provides the basics of Positive Discipline.

http://positivediscipline.org/

If you are interested in research, you will want to follow several of the links found on this page. Some are long and some are short:

http://www.positivediscipline.org

When you go to the following page, you will find "Positive Discipline in the Classroom" as the 3rd book down.

http://www.empoweringpeople.com/store/page3.html

You could also use the following 18 Guidelines as a handout:

http://www.positivediscipline.com/articles/power.html

 


Positive Discipline, from my perspective, has been a Godsend for managing student behavior in our school.
Bill Scott, Principal

What a year! What a year, when using the methods described in the book, Positive Discipline in the Classroom. There is a difference, a big difference. I use to think control was the answer when dealing with children. Now I am of the mindset that practicing mutual respect, cooperation, responsibility, limited choices, and finding solutions to problems is a less stressful way to go. At the heart of this practice is the class meeting. This is where children come together to learn that making mistakes leads to learning. The class meeting is also where children learn the skills and mutual respect that will help them become productive members of society. In closing, the one big thing I have learned is that it is more important to find solutions to a problem than to use punishment. Because when children are given a chance to take part in the solution process they take ownership in it.
Mark Graves
2nd grade teacher

We get much more done. We work much better together because of Positive Discipline
Angel Taylor, 2nd grade teacher

I have not seen a child yet that hasn’t improved because of Positive Discipline
Margaret Wilson, 4th grade teacher

I’ve taught school for 15 years. In the past the teacher was the judge, jury, and executioner. Now children solve their own problems so we have more time.
Mary DiNatale, 3rd grade teacher

Our teachers experience almost all the frustrations that teachers all over the country face, and make all the mistakes (as do I), but no one's yelling at anybody, no one's losing it, no one's giving up in despair. And Positive Discipline gets a lot of the credit for that.
Mike Brock, Principal

In my experience, the major "biggie" that happens in true Class Meetings is the sense of connectedness that happens in the class. This is SOOO powerful. The classroom atmosphere moves from ME to WE. Mutual Respect is born. The students and teacher learn to value each other's perceptions and opinions. Teachers still tend to perceive respect as a top down/bottom up thing, whether they articulate it or not. Class meetings open the heart. Remember, my students are VERY disconnected....most are in foster families, have been incarcerated, no fathers, been sexually exploited, etc. and are considered to be extreme. It is "feather time" (class meetings) that brings us into harmony when so much else in their world is discord.
Aggression happens (in classrooms and in the world) when we perceive others as so different they deserve to be hurt. When I discuss Class Meetings as a concept, I always say the need to be "felt", not described or explain. Whenever possible, here at the high school, I volunteer to sit in as a member of the class and co-lead with the teacher for the first meeting. With NO exception, once is all it takes.
Chris Haymond, CPDA
 
 

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