Posts at the mailring:
QUESTION:
I received my "Discipline Without Stress" book and started introducing the levels and changing my behaviors. My question is how do I set everything up for the beginning of the year? What do I communicate to parents? I have to turn in a class discipline plan to my principal. What would it look like on paper? I usually send this same plan home to parents. Before I have always had the standard (1) warning, (2) 5 minutes time out, (3) 15-minute time out, (4) note home, and (5) trip to office. Very concrete, easy for principal and parents to understand, but it did not work.
RESPONSE:
The book has excellent forms in the back that you can use in your class to introduce the system. I used the parent letters and reflective essays almost word for word—just signed my name! I also made each child a copy of the hierarchy for them to refer to throughout the year to keep in their notebooks. I also made a big poster-sized version of it to hang on the wall. I made it look kind of like a stop light with a red, green and yellow circle for each level. Good luck! The book is very helpful!
