ES+Classrooms

**__EMOTIONALLY SAFE CLASSROOM [|www.ConsciousDiscipline.com]__** 

__**Members**__: Joanna Lemay & Emily Young (facilitators), Barb Loux, Jen Sakelarides, Sarah Roncolato, Jean Ruhf, Matt Bernd, Amanda Gercie, Heather Borger, Erin Ruyak, Maureen Henderson __ Thoughts from Chapter 2: __ - Reading All Kind of Minds to encourage kids to acknowledge strengths and weaknesses- Reading Have You Filled a Bucket Today? to encourage kids to be responsible for their actions- Seeing student evidence of Conscious Discipline "in action" in classrooms since we've started learning these techniques  __ To Do: __  - bring in supplies to make our own Conscious Discipline materials on December 12th- read Chapter 3 "Assertiveness" - notes from our December 5th CGT meeting - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The initial strategies that we have used to integrate Conscious Discipline in our classrooms are:

- taught kids to be STARs in class meeting format (positive feedback from students!) - during character ed time in class meeting format; used STAR strategy during line-up time - created "safe space" - use picture cues to help students identify feelings and behaviors - use rap - CD starts with ME as a teacher! my behaviors affect kids! - create feeling box or telling box to write down feelings or thoughts and get them out - acknowledge students' emotions
 * __TO DO:__**

Read Chapter 2- ENCOURAGEMENT - items discussed at our 10/17/08 CGT meeting **__RESOURCES__**

Click on the links below to access resources from our previous meeting sessions!

[|unitplan.doc] [|consciousdisciplinepretest.doc]

This material has been reproduced/adapted from the following with permission from Loving Guidance, Inc., Copyright Becky Bailey, 1-800-842-2846.