https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi Virtual Discussion and Book Club en-us 2019-06-15 00:56:08 UTC 2026-04-13 16:30:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f4a1.png pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367670638 2019-06-15 01:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367670638 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367670708 2019-06-15 01:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367670708 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367670724 2019-06-15 01:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367670724 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367670743 2019-06-15 01:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367670743 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367670829 2019-06-15 01:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367670829 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367670996 2019-06-15 01:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367670996 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367671283 Below each chapter thread you will see a starting question. Feel free to respond to that question in your own post (use the + you don't need a "title") and/or come back and respond to other people's posts by adding comments. You can also "like" a post or use a post to ask a question of your own. There is no schedule, so just come post as you read! I look forward to hearing from other educators digging into this book!]]> 2019-06-15 01:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367671283 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367671776 "Every day is a new chance to connect with your most difficult students. They are used to people giving up on them." - I was drawn to this book because I think too many times we jump to punishment - which doesn't work anyway. ]]> 2019-06-15 02:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367671776 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367672752 2019-06-15 02:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367672752 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367673036 2019-06-15 02:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367673036 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367673094 2019-06-15 02:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367673094 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367673150 2019-06-15 02:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367673150 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367673231 2019-06-15 02:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367673231 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367673276 2019-06-15 02:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367673276 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367703197 I'm a HS Instructional Coach - you can follow me on Twitter @VHS_TchrCoach

]]> 2019-06-15 14:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367703197 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367732170 "Every behavior is a form of communication—even behaviors that require disciplinary action."
I heard someone say this in a PD session and it makes sense. These kids that are acting up are trying to tell us something.]]> 2019-06-15 22:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367732170 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367732423 I love the idea of school-wide mediations. At my middle school, sometimes the next step in discipline with chronic students is we have a meeting with the teacher and administrator. It can be powerful and usually works, but we don't do it all the time - and we should!!!]]> 2019-06-15 22:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367732423 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367733170 I love the idea of mediations too. Not sure how they would look as school-wide practice at my HS, but I think it would be wonderful if teachers added this step to their hierarchy of consequences with the goal of getting to the root of a student’s misbehavior. ]]> 2019-06-15 23:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367733170 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367733606 2019-06-15 23:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367733606 jfarrand https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367734648 Building the community with daily peace circles is key to the use of restorative circles.  The students need to feel like they belong to the community -class, school-before they want to restore.  

]]> 2019-06-15 23:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367734648 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367769913 “Students are not inherently troubled. Something has happened to cause that trouble.”  The introduction talks about how teachers feel discipline issues have increased, and how we need to change our responses to misbehavior. I feel like we spend too much time punishing that behavior instead of addressing it so that’s why I’m reading this book. ]]> 2019-06-16 13:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367769913 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367770390 I enjoy how this book already addresses pushback I may feel. I do wonder about where I will find the time for these conversations - but I can see how valuable they could be. I also feel like many teachers will need more modeling or help on what this looks like in action - myself included. ]]> 2019-06-16 13:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367770390 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367911664 This chapter gets at the heart of the issue. When kids are removed from class it helps temporarily, but they come back and nothing has changed. In many cases being removed from class is the reward. I see how consequences should be more linked to the infraction but I definitely think I will need do see/hear this in action. ]]> 2019-06-17 12:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/367911664 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368121277 This goes exactly along with what I tell my new teachers. If we remind a kid 10 times to stop talking (or whatever) and then suddenly give a consequence then the student doesn’t know where that acceptable line was. We have to remind them of expectations, let them know what the next step is and make the choice theirs. Won’t work without follow through though. Sometimes it feels like teachers jump up a hierarchy too fast - again, detentions don’t solve problems. ]]> 2019-06-18 13:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368121277 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368198236 This chapter included some great questions to have students reflect on while thinking about themselves: "If you were to move tomorrow, how would you want your friends to remember you? What about people who didn’t know you well? What words would you want others to use to describe you to someone you have never met?”]]> 2019-06-18 22:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368198236 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368198699 Does anyone have any ways their school already helps support growth mindset school-wide?]]> 2019-06-18 22:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368198699 micheale_koch https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368214099 I was thinking about starting this as a check in for 3rd graders. Especially after our weekends (4 day weeks) Mondays can be rough for some. Would I need to do them every day?  I like the idea of involving the whole community if necessary, as I find a lot I come across interrupts class time and causes major distractions for others. ]]> 2019-06-19 01:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368214099 micheale_koch https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368215453 I’m thinking this is what PBIS is supposed to be doing...the whole idea of not just punishing or giving consequences but making the student aware of what his behavior had caused to others. I am really liking the idea of having students come together as a community to say/offer what could be done to make things better. ]]> 2019-06-19 01:13:34 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368215453 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368345540 I think the push back sections of the book have some great ideas for when we talk about these ideas with our peers. Other teachers may scoff until they see the impact it is having in class. I'm guessing that those teachers who never seem to have discipline problems with the same kids others struggle with, are probably already doing something along these lines anyway. ]]> 2019-06-19 16:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368345540 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368511801 This chapter also includes a discussion on re-evaluating grading practices. I’m glad to see it as it falls in line with my district’s support of teachers moving towards Standards Based Grading. Anyone out there have experience with that? ]]> 2019-06-20 15:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368511801 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368513478 2019-06-20 15:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368513478 pauble https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368665973 One particular classroom comes to mind - the teacher focused on the message of "Be a good human" as the foundation for everything. She definitely connected with students and had almost no discipline issues. Teachers modeling how to care about others is KEY!!!

]]> 2019-06-21 16:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368665973 sawetchm https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368764916 "Emotional regulation isn't instinctive; it's learned." (Intro) Students do not know HOW to control their behaviors and/or responses & must be taught. Just as with everything we do in the classroom, they must be TAUGHT how to regulate their emotional responses. 

]]> 2019-06-22 23:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/368764916 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369183149 I have seen this in many students when the cause is not uncovered, the behavior continues to happen.  I am an assistant principal and feel that teachers want me to address these problems when they have not done their due diligence to address it.  I am hoping to have all of my teachers read this book.

]]> 2019-06-25 22:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369183149 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369183462 Loved the Rabbit and the Hole analogy! I can hear some of my teachers now, "I don't have time for this." I hope they use mediations at least once to see the power of it.]]> 2019-06-25 22:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369183462 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369183578 I read another article about restorative justice and one elementary teacher had a great idea.  She had a "walking and talking mat."  It looked like it was a dropcloth with feet painted on it.  Above each set of feet was a talking point, for example "I felt _____ when you ____."  There were two sets footprints on there to get a conversation going.

]]> 2019-06-25 22:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369183578 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369183893 Love th idea of starting the school year off with check in circles.  We have used "Good Things" at my school which still could be used during the circle time.

]]> 2019-06-25 22:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369183893 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369183969 Love the idea of repairing the harm with the whole class and holding students accountable.  Again, I feel at my school, teachers "jump the gun" too quickly and call for an adminstrator to take care of the student.
Like the "iceberg perspective."]]> 2019-06-25 22:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369183969 jpelliccio https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369209667 I love the scripts, because I made a written discipline form last year that was reflective, but very rule based--"What rule was not followed? How did it impact my learning? How did it impact the learning of others in the classroom? How can I learn from this?" I like the verbal communication better because it's immediate and interactive, and I like the open-ended "What happened?" because it's not confrontational. I also like the follow up "How were you feeling when . . .?" because though the behavior may not have been excusable, maybe there's a reason and we can prevent it from happening again or reduce the chances.]]> 2019-06-26 02:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369209667 jpelliccio https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369210132 Out of school suspension for a high school student is really just a day off. In school suspension is removal from the classroom to a room where you can pretty much sleep or play games. Often, students who get in trouble are not the strongest students and have trouble keeping up/making up work when they're absent.]]> 2019-06-26 02:48:52 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369210132 jpelliccio https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369210321 I like the firmness of one warning. Kids know right from wrong. As long as the warning is clear and the consequence is established, I look forward to being more firm with my consequences next year.]]> 2019-06-26 02:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369210321 jpelliccio https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369210566 I think English class and Physical Education lend themselves to mindfulness! I find myself shying away from using the terminology of growth mindset or mindfulness because the teenagers have caught on and think it's corny (anyone else?).]]> 2019-06-26 02:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369210566 jpelliccio https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369210702 The mention of the digital age really caught my eye. We hear a lot of complaints in the faculty room about the kids not making eye contact, no social skills, always on their phones--but we have opportunities here to teach them. (Yes, on top of content, standardized tests, assemblies, etc.) but it's hard to hold them accountable for skills they don't have, and we aren't teaching them. We can complain that they don't get them at home, or we can address it at school.]]> 2019-06-26 02:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369210702 jpelliccio https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369210899 When you're having a hard time with a student, chances are, the other teachers are too. I think just teaming up and sharing what works, tracking behavior and accountability, could make a big push towards restorative practice. ]]> 2019-06-26 02:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369210899 jpelliccio https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369211070 We use Genesis for comments, but I found myself not relying too much on it this year for entering data as much as looking for it. How can I be upset when there are no comments for a student when I haven't added any myself? Next year I'm setting a goal to add clear comments with follow up.]]> 2019-06-26 02:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369211070 jpelliccio https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369211178 I don't think you pick this book up unless you've already sort of bought-in. It's nice to have clear strategies, specific scripts, and real-world examples. I feel supported going into the new school year.]]> 2019-06-26 02:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369211178 kahart2 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369629411 I like the author's suggestion for rephrasing how we'd usually ask questions to get more relevant responses and help the students to reflect. Even when identifying the "guilty party", I really like how just rephrasing the information that the student shared can help students to see it from the other student's perspective or realize that they had personally had more involvement in the problem that they had realized. I also really like the structure they are using including sharing goals and norms and recapping. ]]> 2019-06-29 03:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369629411 kahart2 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369689173 In my new school, there was a recent focus on class meetings. I'm wondering how using the proactive check-in circle strategy could be incorporated into class meetings. I think it would be really important to spend a lot of time practicing getting into the circles quickly and understanding the norms for this group. I like discussing the conflict with the whole class for some issues, but I think we have to be careful to make sure we're not broadcasting others students' poor behavior choices. Maybe I'm just not understanding. 


]]> 2019-06-30 03:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/369689173 amensing1 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/370209163 2019-07-04 12:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/370209163 amensing1 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/370211439 2019-07-04 13:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/370211439 micheale_koch https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/370561080 I feel like in our school we have traded out the rules and given out school wide expectations with our school identity, we are the RAMS, respect, accountable, motivated and safe. So in our classrooms, hallways, bathrooms, cafeteria and at recess we as a school discuss what being a RAMS looks like and sounds like. I think this addresses the "not behaviors" and sets the stage for expectations of their behaviors. 
I'm also having trouble with some of my colleagues and their choices to overlook some behavior as "That's just so and so" or "It's their time, let them be". That's not fair to those who are trying to encourage those good behaviors and work with those choosing not to follow the set expectations. ]]> 2019-07-08 23:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/370561080 kahart2 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/370697911 I really like the idea of using open ended (not leading) questions to both ask what the student was thinking when they performed the behavior and how the other student felt.  I feel like we attempt to do this,  but younger students,  we often just get "mad" and "sad". We have to work on using open ended questions to get them to think more instead of just accepting this. ]]> 2019-07-10 02:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/370697911 kahart2 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/371096951 My school uses pbis so we try to focus more on the positive when developing classroom expectations.  One thing I considered as a school though is how our office discipline referrals are written.  They are a list of classroom and office managed violations.  Rewriting this as a list of positive behaviors that were not followed would certainly be better aligned to how we teach behavior,  but I feel like some of our parents need the violation list as a rationale.  Thoughts?]]> 2019-07-14 18:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/371096951 kahart2 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/371758676 I really like the PLAN acronym. Some of the social workers in my district also use the Zones of Regulation. I think these could work together.  I think that presenting and using this as a whole school would be powerful in giving a common language. ]]> 2019-07-20 18:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/371758676 micheale_koch https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/373191031 I’m liking the idea of using the new skills I’m teaching as a jumping off point about growth mindset. I want to have the Zones of Growth up so we can reference as a class any time. With 3rd graders I’m hoping that by knowing others are challenged and in the same boat, others are okay and can be an “expert” on the skill, or even some who are completely spooked by a skill will invite a sense of togetherness and community. ]]> 2019-08-04 22:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/373191031 micheale_koch https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/374216301 In teaching elementary students, I think it's important to teach mindfulness. Students at a young age need to understand and learn what their body is trying to tell them before they overreact and cause more damage than they meant too. 

In implementing this hack, it says that , "there are not 'good feelings' and 'bad feelings'; each feeling has its place and serves its purpose", which I feel is super important at any age. When I was young, we did have "good" and "bad" feelings...I like this better as students need validation for how they are feeling.  

As teachers we all feel all sorts of feelings during a day or week of school, I'm hoping to open this door for students to feel safe to talk about their feelings by me explaining how I'm feeling and why, like the example they gave...during morning meeting or whenever I can find a set time frame. I think it's important to model things like this to show it's okay and talk about the feelings and acknowledge how we are all feeling, especially coming back from weekends/breaks (high poverty school). ]]> 2019-08-13 00:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/374216301 https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/1459755274 2021-04-26 14:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/pauble/5hxud6rc4bwi/wish/1459755274