What is perseverance? Perseverance is commitment, hard work, patience, endurance. Perseverance is being able to bear difficulties calmly and without complaint. Perseverance is trying again and again. You demonstrate perseverance when you … Give up your TV time to spend hours studying Try a new sport that is very difficult but you don’t give up… Read more »
My skin is dark And yours is light, Jose’s in-between Your day and my night. But, lo and behold, When we each scrape a knee The blood’s the same red For all kids to see. Two legs, two arms, Two ears, and a nose, If we stand at attention, We’ll strike the same pose. We’re… Read more »
Behavior Goal Setting It’s essential for all adults who work with a difficult child to consult and plan together for best results. 1- Hold a mutual goal setting meeting to determine the type of goal setting strategy and what targets will be your first priority. ( Gene has several ideas in his new book Discipline… Read more »
Welcome back for our tenth year. We now have over 7,000 schools in the Values in Action! Network. We have some great ideas to help you assist and guide your students/staff in creating an ethical community. As you have experienced in the past, our goal is to provide you appropriate age level solutions and strategies… Read more »
By ANNA NGUYEN Courier-Post Staff Every principal dreads office visits from students misbehaving in school. A new program at Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School has reduced these visits to Principal Scott Arnauer. It has also earned the school national honors. In September, faculty and staff introduced an “action level” program that addresses acceptable behavior for… Read more »
Often we never have all the data to solve problems when it comes to various behavior problems due to the fact we haven t taken the time to do the necessary fact finding. –
“Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.” – Joseph Addison
Zero tolerance, security programs not supported by evidence EDITORS: Professor Russell Skiba is an expert on school safety and discipline and can provide insights into the effectiveness of school anti-bullying programs, which the Indiana legislature is considering mandating statewide. Other states are considering similar approaches. Skiba directs the Safe and Responsive Schools Project at the… Read more »
Need a little help getting your oppositional kids to join in on the power of yes as well as keeping your promises and agreements? According to Becky Smith, a teacher at Liberty Elementary, this is a fun way to keep your promise as a teacher to do something fun or of special interest for your… Read more »
Dear Gene, Have to tell you a quick story about one of my kids. He’s an incredibly bright little guy — one of the smartest I’ve ever seen. But he has an equally incredibly hard time controlling his impulses. Emotional outbursts, physical outbursts, you name it, he does it. He ages out of preschool this… Read more »
