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Understanding yourself and your students
Encouragement and empowerment begin by “getting into the child’s world” and gaining an understanding of the long-range results of your discipline methods. You will gain self-awareness by recognizing your personality style (Top Card) and what that style may invite from your students. You will learn how to deal with the belief behind the behavior of students through an understanding of the Mistaken Goals of Behavior.
The Eight Building Blocks for Effective Class Meetings
Students aren’t skilled at finding nonpunitive solutions. They are more familiar with punishment and rewards, and are often harder on each other than adults might be. The Eight Building Blocks for Effective Class Meetings teach students communication skills, respect for self and others, and nonpunitive problem-solving skills. They learn to encourage and empower each other. Most discipline problems can be eliminated through this process.
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Experiential activities that go beyond intellectual learning to reach the heart for real change
Participants will experience activities for personal understanding as well as activities they can use with students that will help them learn the skills they need for successful class meetings and other Positive Discipline methods.
The Teachers Helping Teachers Problem-Solving Steps
We all know how easy it is to solve a problem for someone else. Teachers will learn what wonderful consultants they can
be to each other. During this process, a volunteer presents a real problem. The group then role plays the problem, guesses the mistaken goal, and brainstorms suggestions. The volunteer can choose the suggestion that fits for him or her, and then practice through another role play.
Teachers appreciate the encouragement and help they receive through this process. Participants will learn how to continue using the problem-solving steps in their own settings.
Practice, Practice, Practice!
An important element of the workshop is that participants don’t sit passively and listen to lectures. Instead they have the opportunity to practice the skills they are learning so they will have more confidence when returning to their classrooms
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Teachers
