Positive Community

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Positive community is one of the four domains of the Responsive Classroom approach. A positive community is a safe, predictable, joyful, and inclusive classroom where all students have a sense of belonging and significance.  Teachers create a positive community when they:

  1. –Create the conditions for students to belong and be significant
  2. –Interact with students in respectful manner
  3. –Approach discipline in a primarily proactive way
  4. –Respond to misbehavior in ways that preserve the dignity of individual  students and the class
  5. –Provide opportunities to succeed that are equitable, fair, and just

 

See our latest articles about creating a positive community below.

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Classroom Management & Discipline Special Times in the Year
Keep Learning Going During Holiday & Vacation Times

Suddenly, it seems like the class is falling apart. Classroom routines that were going smoothly just a few weeks ago now seem rough around the edges. More and more children are forgetting to follow classroom rules. The noise level is higher, and academic productivity seems lower. What's going on?

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Professional Development and Community School Leaders and Administration Whole School
Lively Learning for Professional Development

With increasing demands to meet rigorous curriculum standards and improve the quality of instruction, efficient, productive professional development (PD) and staff meetings are more critical than ever. Too often, though, these sessions fall short of being fully engaging and productive—and opportunities for professional growth are lost. The familiar lecture-style meeting can leave participants feeling disengaged and facilitators weary; a free-wheeling discussion often feels aimless and unsafe.

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Special Area Classrooms Whole School
Working with Special Area Teachers

Q: "Specials" teachers often see each child for only one hour a week. What's one way that you and a special area teacher have worked together to help him/her get to know your students better?

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