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Classroom Meetings

Explore top sites promoting conflict resolution, discipline without stress, and various meeting ideas for a student-oriented approach. Action recommendations for implementation included.

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Classroom Meetings

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  1. Classroom Meetings Lucia Crosley Counseling 511 Spring 2008 http://luciamarks.angelfire.com/ Report Prepared: February, 12, 2008 Classroom Meetings

  2. 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

  3. Introduction • Twenty reviewed sites • Analysis of top five • Audience: Teachers, Parents, Counselors and Administrators • Ease of Use • Material Usefulness • Overall Rating

  4. Findings • 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Discipline Without Stress continued… • Classroom meetings help to promote responsibility • Promote social skills parallel to the core curriculum. • Development of empathy • Modeling civility

  9. Discipline Without Stresscontinued… • Purpose and objectives of meetings • How to plan meetings • Creating the physical environment • Maps out meeting agendas

  10. Twenty Kinds of Classroom Meetingshttp://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)

  11. Twenty Kinds of Classroom Meetingscontinued… • Feedback and Evaluation • Stage Setting (small group activity) • Reflections on Learning • Student Presentation • Problem Solving (group, individual)

  12. The Responsive Classroomhttp://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

  13. 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.

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Action RecommendationsConflict 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

  18. 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

  19. Twenty Kinds of Classroom Meetings • Refer to this when “getting started” • A “How to guide”

  20. 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

  21. Classroom Meetings Facilitated by Students • Start in September to create a Student Based Classroom • Discuss at back to school night to get parents involved

  22. Closing Remarks • Audio Closing Remarks..\aduioout2.wav • Thank you for viewing my PowerPoint presentation

  23. Additional Resources • http://luciamarks.angelfire.com • My Internet Address book will link you to the 20 websites I reviewed for this report. • Click on InternetAddressBook.xls under Counseling 511 Assignments

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