Give unconditional positive regard…
Believe they will behave… Teach children to work hard and to be kind!
- Caring is the key to conscious, positive discipline: “Kids don’t care how much you know…unless they know how much you care.” –Madeline Hunter
- Consider: What are your philosophical assumptions about discipline?
- How we greet children first thing in the morning and send them out the door at the day’s end builds community.
- Eliminate multiple warnings and repeated requests: Ask once and get the behavior you want.
- Meet puppets that teach class management!
- Raise your behavior expectations!
- Transform everyday discipline issues into teaching moments.
- Use American Sign Language (ASL) to calmly and quietly refocus behavior.
- Learn English/Spanish greeting and farewell songs and rituals that build community, teach kindness and literacy skills.
- Teach with passion: Manage with compassion!
Very helpful and timely. I really appreciated the refocus procedure!
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About Julia Barto
Julia Barto is a Title 1 kindergarten teacher in Beaverton, Oregon. She believes that for students to be truly productive and engaged, a classroom environment must exist wherein students like their teacher, and think their teacher likes them. We know from research, the most effective educators have healthy, positive teacher-student relationships. Madeline Hunter summed it up best saying, “Kids don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” Teachers have to continually communicate to their students that they
care, but even with a great student- teacher relationship, she knows student challenges are to be expected.
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