Creating a School Family
The School Family builds connections between families and schools, teachers and teachers, teachers and students, and students and students to ensure the optimal development of all.
These connections provide the three essential ingredients for school success:
1. A willingness to learn: Without willingness, each interaction becomes a power struggle instead of a learning opportunity. The School Family brings all children, especially the most difficult, to a place of willingness through a sense of belonging.
2. Impulse control: Connection with others is the construct that literally wires the brain for impulse control. Disconnected children are disruptive and prone to aggressive or bullying behaviors. External reward/punishment systems cannot improve a child’s ability to self-regulate because they are not designed to teach new skills. The School Family uses connection to encourage impulse control while teaching self-regulation skills in context.
3. Attention: Our attentional system is sensitive to stress and becomes engaged with positive emotions. The School Family reduces stress while creating an atmosphere of caring, encouragement and meaningful contributions. These components are essential for children to develop and apply sustained attention.
The School Family is created through routines, rituals, and structures.
The School Family creates a fundamental shift in education and classroom management. Leave coercion, fear and external rewards behind, and step into a world where intrinsic motivation, helpfulness, problem-solving and connection govern your classroom.
Behavior Incentives
Fuzzies -
At the beginning of the year we earn fuzzies for warm fuzzy behavior. They save these at the end of week we use them to get things from our treasure box or purchase teacher coupons.
DoJo's (After Christmas)
DOJO's are a new way of behavior management in the classroom. Students can earn DOJO's for good behavior throughout the week. Students will be able to visit the treasure box or earn a teacher coupon if they would like. Every week DOJO's will start over.
How to earn DOJO's
- Following Directions the first time-
- Helping others
- Hard Work
- Participation
- Being Responsible
- Being Kind
- Working Hard
The School Family builds connections between families and schools, teachers and teachers, teachers and students, and students and students to ensure the optimal development of all.
These connections provide the three essential ingredients for school success:
1. A willingness to learn: Without willingness, each interaction becomes a power struggle instead of a learning opportunity. The School Family brings all children, especially the most difficult, to a place of willingness through a sense of belonging.
2. Impulse control: Connection with others is the construct that literally wires the brain for impulse control. Disconnected children are disruptive and prone to aggressive or bullying behaviors. External reward/punishment systems cannot improve a child’s ability to self-regulate because they are not designed to teach new skills. The School Family uses connection to encourage impulse control while teaching self-regulation skills in context.
3. Attention: Our attentional system is sensitive to stress and becomes engaged with positive emotions. The School Family reduces stress while creating an atmosphere of caring, encouragement and meaningful contributions. These components are essential for children to develop and apply sustained attention.
The School Family is created through routines, rituals, and structures.
The School Family creates a fundamental shift in education and classroom management. Leave coercion, fear and external rewards behind, and step into a world where intrinsic motivation, helpfulness, problem-solving and connection govern your classroom.
Behavior Incentives
Fuzzies -
At the beginning of the year we earn fuzzies for warm fuzzy behavior. They save these at the end of week we use them to get things from our treasure box or purchase teacher coupons.
DoJo's (After Christmas)
DOJO's are a new way of behavior management in the classroom. Students can earn DOJO's for good behavior throughout the week. Students will be able to visit the treasure box or earn a teacher coupon if they would like. Every week DOJO's will start over.
How to earn DOJO's
- Following Directions the first time-
- Helping others
- Hard Work
- Participation
- Being Responsible
- Being Kind
- Working Hard