And in a separate thought:
We're doing a sort of Responsive Classroom Reboot now that we're back from December Vacation. One of the things we're doing is having the students create "rules" to go with our Middle School Values that they created in the beginning of the year. Arguably we should have had them create the rules but, for some reason, possibly just being all new to our current positions this year, we didn't. We also intend to have them help us create consequences. Some of my peers have noticed that some students are quite literally "begging" for consequences. It's not that we have no consequences, it's just that we don't have clearly delineated consequences.
In reading up to prepare for my part of our activity I came across this short article about using public discipline systems. I hate them and try very hard not to use them - although I can't swear I haven't very occasionally written names on the board or called out a student publicly. But I try hard not to and this is why.
https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/public-discipline-systems/
“Good teachers possess a capacity for connectedness. They are able to weave a complex web of connections among themselves, their subjects, and their students so that students can learn to weave a world for themselves.” ― Parker J. Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
Saturday, January 5, 2019
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