Positive Discipline Class Meetings

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Positive Discipline Class Meetings Quiz

Test your knowledge of Positive Discipline Class Meetings with this engaging quiz! Discover key principles and practices that foster social-emotional skills and problem-solving in the classroom.

  • Understand the structure of effective class meetings
  • Learn how to facilitate discussions and brainstorm solutions
  • Evaluate your understanding of student engagement in a supportive learning environment
15 Questions4 MinutesCreated by EngagingTeacher23
Class Meetings always begin with...
Compliments and Appreciations
Bugs and Wishes
Outlining the lesson objective
Going through the agenda to choose a priority item
What is the seating arrangement for a class meeting?
Student choice
Students seated in a circle
Students and teachers seated together in a circle at the same level.
The purpose of Class Meetings is to...
Give teachers a regular scheduled time to teach social-emotional skill lessons.
Provide a space for students to regularly practice solving authentic, relevant problems and simultaneously practice social and emotional skills while feeling included and valued in a learning community.
Make sure students understand the rules and expectations of being part of the class.
Address behavioural issues teachers are experiencing.
After compliments and appreciations, the next step in a Class Meeting is to...
Go through the agenda for the priority item.
A round of Bugs and Wishes
Choose a meeting leader
Follow-up on prior solutions (from previous meetings)
If a prior solution is found not to be working the meeting leader should
Invite student to put it back on the agenda or, after the meeting, they can look at the list of solutions from the previous meeting and see if there is another they would like to try.
Ask the teacher to come up with an alternative solution.
Suggest the student with the problem speak to the teacher privately to find a solution.
Find out who is causing the problem and come up with a consequence for their behaviour.
After following-up on prior solutions...
The leader chooses which agenda item is a priority.
The leader asks the class to vote on which agenda item should be addressed first.
The leader first addresses any problem unfinished from the previous meeting and then takes new agenda items in order.
 
When presenting each agenda item
The leader chooses how to solve the problem (share feelings while others listen, discuss without fixing, or ask for problem solving help).
The teacher chooses how to solve the problem (share feelings while others listen, discuss without fixing, or ask for problem solving help).
The student who submitted the item chooses how to solve the problem (share feelings while others listen, discuss without fixing, or ask for problem solving help).
The class chooses how to solve the problem (share feelings while others listen, discuss without fixing, or ask for problem solving help).
If the student chooses “share my feelings, while others listen,” ...
They use the I statement format, the leader thanks them, and then moves on with the agenda
They have an open floor to share all their complaints.
The leader sets a timer for one minute for them to speak.
If the student chooses “discuss without fixing,”
The leader sets a timer for one minute for them to speak, and then the class has 3 minutes to respond.
The leader passes the talking object around the circle giving each participant an opportunity to offer a comment, a suggestion or pass.
They have an open floor to share all their complaints.
If the student chooses “ask for problem solving help,”
Students raise their hands and the student with the problem picks who can respond.
The leader or teacher suggests solutions.
The leader passes the talking object around the circle giving each participant an opportunity to offer a solution or pass.
When solutions are brainstormed
All solutions are recorded.
The teacher/leader selects which solutions to record
The student with the problem selects which solutions to record.
After solutions are brainstormed, the class can evaluate them by discussing which solutions are
Reasonable, Related, Respectful and Helpful.
Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Relevant and Timely.
Align with the school rules and policies.
Easy for the teacher to implement.
A solution or solutions are selected by
The leader or teacher
Group vote
The person who put the item on the agenda
If it is a group problem, all students vote. The vote is typically by majority. ° If it is an individual student problem, the student with the problem chooses the solution that will work best for them.
If you can not complete the full problem solving process within the 20 minute Class Meeting time
The meeting time should be extended.
The next meetings should start without compliments and appreciations.
The teacher should speed up the process by giving the solutions him/herself.
The item should be put first on the next meeting agenda and the meeting can be closed within the time frame.
 
Class Meetings should finish with a "Closing activity or class planning". This
Is mandatory
Can be used to plan parties, field trips, and curriculum.
Could be short closing activity from the list in the Positive Discipline book..
Could be voted on by the class.
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