Tag Archives: discipline
A Culture of School Discipline
The committee of teachers who interviewed me for the high school principal’s job had the usual questions, but it was clear that they all shared one overriding concern. “How do you feel about discipline?” is the way one teacher put it.
Feel about it? How do I feel about it? “Well,” I answered truthfully, “I’m not sure what you mean, but I will say that without good discipline in a school very little learning takes place.” Continue reading
Classroom Discipline: Don’t Ask Why
Teens are impulsive. That spontaneity is part of their charm. And it’s part of the problem, too.
Picture this: Nick sees a cute girl downstairs by the lockers. He thinks that he can impress her if he jumps over the stair rail from the upstairs landing to the commons below.
Not impressive, Nick, when the paramedics have to haul you to the clinic for a cast. Continue reading
Keeping Students in Class and out of the Principal’s Office
Most of students’ challenging behaviors have their roots in factors that come from outside the school, said Allen Mendler, Ph.D., author of Discipline with Dignity. “It’s mostly out-of school factors that are at the core of most discipline problems such as dysfunctional families, unsupportive parents, violence in our culture, garbage on TV, erosion of respect and morality, and drug and alcohol use,” he said. Continue reading
