Responsive School Discipline: Essentials for Elementary School Leaders

Bring positive behavior to your school through strong, consistent, and positive discipline. Two experienced administrators offer practical strategies for building a safe, calm, and respectful school climate—strategies based on deep respect for children and for staff. See how to: • Establish schoolwide signals that get quick, quiet attention • Craft schoolwide rules that children take seriously—even cherish • Give staff techniques for teaching and reinforcing expected behavior • Use 10 practices that will help all children achieve positive behavior • Make restoring positive behavior the goal of responding to misbehavior • Create peaceful recesses, lunchtimes, hallways, and bus rides • Invite parents to work with you to improve school discipline

Each chapter targets one key discipline issue and starts with a checklist of action steps. For comprehensive discipline reform, go through the chapters in order. For help with a particular challenge, go right to the chapter you need.