Posts Tagged Discipline Without Stress Teaching Model

Avoid This Discipline Without Stress Mistake

On June 2, 2016 / Discipline Help

If you are new to the Disciple Without Stress approach, here is some advice:

One common early mistake teachers make is to think that knowledge of the levels, ABCD, is the “magic key” to Discipline Without Stress—that once students know the levels and can identify their level at any point in time, that all the teacher has to do is ask, “At what level is this behavior?” and the child will magically move to level C or D. If only it were that easy!

Realize that the levels are just a UNIQUE vocabulary aspect of Discipline Without Stress that enables teachers and students to more easily communicate about types of behavior choices. They also enable students to reflect silently in … >>>

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Having a Teaching System is Better than Having a Talent for Teaching

On April 14, 2016 / Classroom Management, Discipline, Learning, Responsibility

Working in Harlem under contract for three years with the New York City Board of Education taught me an invaluable lesson: Having a teaching SYSTEM is far superior to talent when a teacher faces challenging behaviors in the classroom.

The assistant superintendent and I were very impressed while observing a teacher one year. We agreed that the teacher was a “natural.” However, when I visited the teacher the following year, she told me that three boys were such challenges that she could use some assistance.

Even teachers with a “natural talent” are challenged by student behaviors that teachers in former generations did not have to deal with. To retain the joy that the teaching profession offers and to reduce one’s … >>>

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Having a System is Superior to Having aTalent

On September 1, 2011 / Learning

Working in Harlem under contract for three years with the New York City Board of Education taught me an invaluable lesson: Having a teaching SYSTEM is superior to talent when a teacher faces challenging behaviors in the classroom.

The assistant superintendent and I were very impressed while observing a teacher one year. We agreed that the teacher was a “natural.” However, when I visited the teacher the following year, she told me three boys were such challenges that she could use some assistance.

Even teachers with a “natural talent” are challenged by student behaviors that teachers in former generations did not confront. To retain the joy that the teaching profession offers and to reduce one’s stress, a SYSTEM to rely … >>>

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NEWSWEEK: Billionaires Waste Money on Education

On May 19, 2011 / Learning

“Back to School for the Billionaires: They hoped their cash could transform failing classrooms. They were wrong. NEWSWEEK investigates what their money bought” was the headline in the May 9, 2011 issue of Newsweek Magazine.

The article is about the money invested by Bill Gates, The Sam Walton Family, Eli Broad, and Michael Dell. The magazine states, “There weren’t many positive results that we could identify.” (page 43)

Anyone who has had experience as a classroom teacher could have predicted this. Education improvement starts in the classroom, not with money or with administrative mandates.

Instruction has to do with both teaching and learning. Teaching is, obviously, the responsibility of the teacher. To be successful, the teacher has to … >>>

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Enriching the Brain for Learning

On March 31, 2011 / Learning

Marian Diamond is an internationally known neuroscientist who has studied mammalian brains for decades. Dr. Diamond is the author of “Magic Trees of the Mind: How to Nurture Your Child’s Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions from Birth through Adolescence.”

Her recipe for enriching the brain to increase academic success heavily relies on nurturing the uniqueness of each brain in a caring environment. Her studies have shown that an enriched environment includes:

1. Setting the stage for enriching the cortex by first providing a steady source of positive emotional support, which includes encouragement and tender loving care. (The emotional brain develops before the analytical brain.)

2. Providing a nutritious diet with enough proteins, vitamins, minerals, and calories.

3. Stimulating all … >>>

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Undoing the Past

On October 22, 2010 / Parenting

Do you know anyone who can undo the past?

When people do something wrong and you tell them that they made a mistake (and then proceed to tell what should have been done), the person will resent it—even if you are right.

The reasons are simple. You come across as a grouch, and the other person suffers a loss of dignity. People can’t do anything about a mistake that has already been made. They no longer have control over a situation in the past—and no one enjoys not being in control.

Telling people what should have been done has no constructive value; the past can’t be undone. But people can LEARN from the past. When others make mistakes, share suggestions … >>>

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