Gene, Time and time again I have turned to your materials, your books, your school program “Values in Action!”, and your newsletter when I need guidance and focus. Although I have stacks of other materials, it is yours to which I turn first and last. I suppose you could say that they speak to me…. Read more »
3 Step Plan 1st Invite the student to describe what they feel is working as you begin a new time period. A focus on what works keeps kids on the right track. 2nd Validate or paraphrase the student’s description of what they feel is working back to the student. 3rdHelp the child see that what… Read more »
“Aside from basketball, the best thing I bring to the table is my character. I m not going to change because I ve got the money and I m number 1.” Dwight Howard, on being selected first by Orlando in the NBA Draft – Dwight Howard
Gene, As a former police officer with most of my background in the criminal justice system, I appreciate that you made sure I realized love is the basis for helping our kids. I understand discipline, behavior, etc. but nobody ever made sure I understand compassion. Thank you! Teresa Cooper Alamogordo, New Mexico Gene, I really… Read more »
Fears that prevent us becoming all that we can tend to show up In the following areas. Failure to progress, having inadequate resources, lack of knowledge or failure to achieve. Another way to characterize these fears is: 1-Fear of Not Doing Enough- 2-Fear of Not Having Enough 3-Fear of not Knowing Enough 4-Fear of Not… Read more »
When you’re counseling a student about an attitude or behavior, it s often effective to “begin at the end”. To do so, determine the objective of the meeting and what you hope to gain by talking with the student. In the process, pinpoint what you want the specific outcome of the meeting to be. Then,… Read more »
Sunday, February 19, 2006 CALLIE CLARK MILLER ~ Southeast Missourian Educators and even law enforcement agencies have established programs to help prevent bullying. The poster in the glass display case at Alma Schrader Elementary explains it best. Beneath the colored pencil drawing of an angry-looking girl wearing big black boots kicking a crying classmate, a… Read more »
During clean-up time the Center Inspector is responsible for making sure peers have cleaned up the area they have been working in before leaving and at the end of work time. They check their respective centers and ask peers to go back and pick up materials as well assist them. Robyn Meadows Montgomery County Schools… Read more »
CNN anchorman Anderson Cooper, in his address to graduates at Yale recently, made some excellent points. However, he forgot to mention success comes as we apply certain principals to our lives. Here are some key points you may not have learned in a college classroom but which are necessary for anyone’s success: (1) Find your… Read more »
I lay down rules for crying/whining. If there is crying or whining, I tell my kids that they must be sick, hurt, or tired. I feel their forehead and say, you don’t feel sick. I look them over and say, you don’t look hurt. Oh you must be tired…and I pick them up and put… Read more »
