Responsive School Discipline: Essentials for Elementary School Leaders

Bring positive behavior to your school through strong, consistent, and positive discipline. Experienced administrators Chip Wood and Babs Freeman-Loftis 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 signals that get children's quick, quiet attention anytime and anywhere in schoolCraft school rules that children take seriously even cherishCreate peaceful recesses, lunchtimes, hallways, and bus ridesGive staff techniques for teaching and reinforcing expected behaviorHelp children with especially challenging behaviors avoid discipline problemsGive staff methods for quickly restoring positive behavior when a discipline problem comes upInvolve parents in improving school discipline