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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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Students who wish to participate in extra-curricular sports must maintain acceptable grades; however, if grades fall the students are given ample warnings /opportunities to improve before being removed from the sporting team.
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I want to discuss a “new” practice that I was taught about in my schooling. Restorative practices is something that is being used in schools, developed in prisons for working out issues between inmates. I found it very interesting while learning about this to see how perfectly it aligned with Scripture. The process for working through problems with one another, the approach, the discussions, the solutions, and the restoration of relationships rather than focusing on the single occurrence. The participants are walked through how to work things out (biblically, whether the common society sees that or not) with the intent of teaching how to restore the relationship between them and how to keep it that way. They are able to advocate without sounding accusational that the individuals will be able to sustain and develop a stronger relationship. I do not see this used to its potential in the school where I am student teaching.
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When a student gets in trouble for speaking meanly to a friend, I talk to them, and then we pray for forgiveness. They then will ask for forgiveness from their friend. It is very effective.
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Students who go against school policies are individually talked to address the situation and if it is repeated, the child’s parents are made aware of it. It is relatively effective.
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Finding ways for redemption and relating it to our redemption.
