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Instead of throwing out punishment, we need to ask questions to repair the harm. Kids just want someone to listen.

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Every day is a new day to create a relationship with the most difficult student.

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In the section, "What you can do Tomorrow,"
was very informative to me. I plan to create a poster for the room that will serve as a visual and guiding tool on how to treat and speak with each other. Janice

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The book stated that discipline correlates with academic achievement. It stands to reason, in my opinion, that negative discipline will result in lower commitment and buy-in by the student, whereas a discipline plan that is more responsive than reactive will result in higher academic achievement. Janice

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Mediations are your way to play detective and listen until you feel all appropriate discoveries have been brought to the surface. You can usually enhance the conversation by using affirmations when you hear something new. “Wow, thanks for sharing that. That must have been tough.” Giving that feedback opens up the pipeline of conversation.

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A core idea of restorative practices is that students are not inherently troubled. Something has happened to cause that trouble. As teachers, we must dive into behavior as we do any learning deficiency in the classroom.

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The teacher as a mediator...hmm what a novel idea.

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" Every behavior is a form of communication - even behaviors that require disciplinary action. Our responsibility as professional educators is to try to understand those behaviors..." Page 10