What’s causing children to misbehave, give up, withdraw, procrastinate, become perfectionistic, get angry, argumentative, bossy or depressed? How can teachers relieve the pressures imposed on them and rediscover the joys of working with kids? Sally will explain the two motivators of all negative behavior and show how to begin to solve these problems. She will offer a variety of effective discipline strategies including how to help students solve their own problems, increase student responsibility and handle bullies and power struggles.
A variety of techniques will be given to help teachers improve the quality of their relationships with students which will in turn increase student cooperation and learning. The goal is to reduce adult frustration, preserve the learning environment, increase achievement and have both children and adults leave at the end of the school day feeling energized and fulfilled.
- Building quality relationships with students
- Creating the best classroom climate for learning
- Eliminating power struggles
- Making discipline a breeze with a “bag o’ tricks”