Positive Discipline in Middle and High Schools
| Question:I need examples of ways to use Positive Discipline in the classroom with middle school students. I have 6 periods each day, with 43 minutes each (ridiculous). Class meetings and other strategies need to be applicable for me in that context. Elementary school teachers ways of implementing strategies often don’t work because of the revolving door/time problem. Which of your products would help me best? Answer:I think you would find the book Positive Discipline in the Classroom very helpful. It was written for Elementary through High School teachers. The way some teachers have dealt with the logistics you discuss is to have class meetings every day or every other day for the last 10 minutes of the period. I will share one story that is included in the above mentioned book. An seventh grade teacher was concerned about toothpick chewing. She had scolded, pleaded, nagged. Nothing had worked. Finally she put in on the class meeting agenda as “her problem” and asked for their help. The kids brainstormed, but didn’t come to a consensus in the 10 minutes allotted for class meetings in the first or second day. The third day the teacher said, “We still haven’t found a solution to toothpick chewing.” One student |
