Classroom Meetings Lucia Crosley Counseling 511 Spring 2008 Report Prepared: February, 12, 2008...
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Report Prepared: February, 12, 2008Report Prepared: February, 12, 2008Classroom Meetings Classroom Meetings
Table of Contents• files for luci\DSCF3251.AVI• I. Introduction-Discuss Topic(Overview)-• II - Findings on Top Five Sites• Site 1: Conflict Resolution Education Connections• Site 2: Discipline Without Stress• Site 3: Twenty Kinds of Classroom Meetings• Site 4: Responsive Classroom• Site 5: Quality in Education: Classroom meetings
facilitated by students• III. Action Recommendations-• IV Closing Remarks• V. Additional Resources
Introduction• Twenty reviewed sites• Analysis of top five• Audience: Teachers, Parents,
Counselors and Administrators• Ease of Use• Material Usefulness• Overall Rating
Findings• Site 1: Conflict Resolution Education Connecti
ons• Site 2: Discipline Without Stress• Site 3: Twenty Kinds of Classroom Meetings• Site 4: Responsive Classroom• Site 5: Quality in Education: Classroom
meetings facilitated by students
Conflict Resolution Education Connectionswww.creducation.org
• Punishment and discipline• Examples of classroom meetings, middle
school and high school• Classroom management philosophy &
strategies• Relationship-driven classroom management Suggestions for handling surface behavior Redirecting negative behavior
Conflict Resolution Education Connectionscontinued…
• Teaching principles of a responsive classroom. Punishment versus discipline
• presence-teaching with an open heart• Seven Punishment and Discipline.• Soft VS. firm limits• R.O.P.E.S presentation outline• Conflict Resolution• School Discipline
www.Disciplinewithoutstress.
• Author Dr. Marvin Marshall • Discipline without Stress: Punishment
or Reward. How Parents and Teachers Can Promote Responsibility and Learning.
• Chapter on Classroom Meetings that you can open from this site
• Effectiveness of classroom meetings
Discipline Without Stress continued…
• Classroom meetings help to promote responsibility
• Promote social skills parallel to the core curriculum.
• Development of empathy• Modeling civility
Discipline Without Stresscontinued…
• Purpose and objectives of meetings
• How to plan meetings• Creating the physical
environment• Maps out meeting agendas
Twenty Kinds of Classroom Meetings
http://www.ethicsed.org/consulting/meetingideas.html
• Good News Meeting• Appreciation Time• Compliment Time• Goal Setting (e.g. for day, week,
unit)• Rule Setting (e.g. for lunch, trip)
Twenty Kinds of Classroom Meetings
continued…
• Feedback and Evaluation• Stage Setting (small group
activity)• Reflections on Learning• Student Presentation• Problem Solving (group, individual)
The Responsive Classroom
http://thereponsiveclassroom.org
• Created by classroom teachers • Backed by evidence from independent
research • Based on the premise that children learn best
when they have both academic and social-emotional skills.
• Classroom and school wide • Academic and social-emotional competencies
Seven Principles of a Responsive Classroom
• The social curriculum is as important as the academic curriculum.
• How children learn is as important as what they learn
• The greatest cognitive growth occurs through social interaction.
The Seven Principles of the Responsive Classroom
Continued…
• Cooperation, assertion, responsibility, empathy, and self-control
• Knowing the children• Know the families• How adults work together is as
importance as their individual talents
Student facilitated meetingshttp://www.4asq.org/blogs/edu/2006/01/class_meetings
• Basic overview of meetings• Getting students involved• Building a climate of trust and respect• Responsibility for self-ultimate goal• Student contribution=attachment
Student facilitated meetingscontinued…
• Learning is promoted by respect for student beliefs
• Teacher has “Veto” power-use sparingly
• Students should be maximally involved in decision making process
Action Recommendations
Conflict Resolution Education Connections
• Links to meetings• Strategies for implementation• Professional Development• Online module that explores
various types and purposes for specific meetings
• Video links to meetings for PD
Discipline Without Stress
• Create a PowerPoint for PD• Refer to chapters in book for how
to deal with particular issues in meetings
• Use meetings to control classroom climate and discipline issues
The Responsive Classroom
• Get the entire community involved• Share resources with teachers,
parents, home and school association• Utilize during a PD in the summertime • Begin in September
Classroom Meetings Facilitated by Students• Start in September to create a
Student Based Classroom
• Discuss at back to school night to get parents involved
Closing Remarks• Audio Closing Remarks
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