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!
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
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