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Describe one or two discipline policies in place in your classroom or at your school that adhere to the model discussed in this lesson. Have they been effective?
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In many schools, there is now a prohibition on expulsion or suspension. Dr. Black encouraged use of these consequences so students can see the serious nature of their offense and repent. I am seeing behavior get worse because schools cannot expel students.
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Respect is a large thing that I expect from my students. I often say that it is not natural that we will all be everyone’s cup of tea, I do not expect everyone to be “friends” but I do expect everyone to respect one another and to treat everyone with kindness.
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We co-constructed norms with the students in our classroom based on anchor values. Inevitably the values that aligned with the fruit of the Spirit would surface and then we would discuss what it looked like to live them in community. I would generalize examples of Christ’s behavior as models, in hopes that one day they would meet Him for themselves and go, “That man in all Ms. Sinclair’s examples was Jesus!”
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I walk in relationship with my students while keeping them accountable for their choices. At my school, students are expelled after repeatedly choosing to cross established boundaries.
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When a student curses, he or she is sent to the admin team. The admin team has a conversation with the student, listening to his/her viewpoint of the incident, and then explaining the sinfulness of cursing.
