Classroom MeetingsClassroom MeetingsClassroom MeetingsClassroom MeetingsLucia CrosleyLucia Crosley

Counseling 511 Spring 2008Counseling 511 Spring 2008http://luciamarks.angelfire.com/http://luciamarks.angelfire.com/

Report Prepared: February, 12, 2008Report Prepared: February, 12, 2008Classroom Meetings Classroom Meetings

Table of Contents• files for luci\DSCF3251.AVI• I. Introduction-Discuss Topic(Overview)-• II - Findings on Top Five Sites• Site 1: Conflict Resolution Education Connections• Site 2: Discipline Without Stress• Site 3: Twenty Kinds of Classroom Meetings• Site 4: Responsive Classroom• Site 5: Quality in Education: Classroom meetings

facilitated by students• III. Action Recommendations-• IV Closing Remarks• V. Additional Resources

Introduction• Twenty reviewed sites• Analysis of top five• Audience: Teachers, Parents,

Counselors and Administrators• Ease of Use• Material Usefulness• Overall Rating

Findings• Site 1: Conflict Resolution Education Connecti

ons• Site 2: Discipline Without Stress• Site 3: Twenty Kinds of Classroom Meetings• Site 4: Responsive Classroom• Site 5: Quality in Education: Classroom

meetings facilitated by students

Conflict Resolution Education Connectionswww.creducation.org

• Punishment and discipline• Examples of classroom meetings, middle

school and high school• Classroom management philosophy &

strategies• Relationship-driven classroom management Suggestions for handling surface behavior Redirecting negative behavior

Conflict Resolution Education Connectionscontinued…

• Teaching principles of a responsive classroom. Punishment versus discipline

• presence-teaching with an open heart• Seven Punishment and Discipline.• Soft VS. firm limits• R.O.P.E.S presentation outline• Conflict Resolution• School Discipline

www.Disciplinewithoutstress.

• Author Dr. Marvin Marshall • Discipline without Stress: Punishment

or Reward. How Parents and Teachers Can Promote Responsibility and Learning.

• Chapter on Classroom Meetings that you can open from this site

• Effectiveness of classroom meetings

Discipline Without Stress continued…

• Classroom meetings help to promote responsibility

• Promote social skills parallel to the core curriculum.

• Development of empathy• Modeling civility

Discipline Without Stresscontinued…

• Purpose and objectives of meetings

• How to plan meetings• Creating the physical

environment• Maps out meeting agendas

Twenty Kinds of Classroom Meetings

http://www.ethicsed.org/consulting/meetingideas.html

• Good News Meeting• Appreciation Time• Compliment Time• Goal Setting (e.g. for day, week,

unit)• Rule Setting (e.g. for lunch, trip)

Twenty Kinds of Classroom Meetings

continued…

• Feedback and Evaluation• Stage Setting (small group

activity)• Reflections on Learning• Student Presentation• Problem Solving (group, individual)

The Responsive Classroom

http://thereponsiveclassroom.org

• Created by classroom teachers • Backed by evidence from independent

research • Based on the premise that children learn best

when they have both academic and social-emotional skills.

• Classroom and school wide • Academic and social-emotional competencies

Seven Principles of a Responsive Classroom

• The social curriculum is as important as the academic curriculum.

• How children learn is as important as what they learn

• The greatest cognitive growth occurs through social interaction.

The Seven Principles of the Responsive Classroom

Continued…

• Cooperation, assertion, responsibility, empathy, and self-control

• Knowing the children• Know the families• How adults work together is as

importance as their individual talents

Student facilitated meetingshttp://www.4asq.org/blogs/edu/2006/01/class_meetings

• Basic overview of meetings• Getting students involved• Building a climate of trust and respect• Responsibility for self-ultimate goal• Student contribution=attachment

Student facilitated meetingscontinued…

• Learning is promoted by respect for student beliefs

• Teacher has “Veto” power-use sparingly

• Students should be maximally involved in decision making process

Action Recommendations

Conflict Resolution Education Connections

• Links to meetings• Strategies for implementation• Professional Development• Online module that explores

various types and purposes for specific meetings

• Video links to meetings for PD

Discipline Without Stress

• Create a PowerPoint for PD• Refer to chapters in book for how

to deal with particular issues in meetings

• Use meetings to control classroom climate and discipline issues

Twenty Kinds of Classroom Meetings

•Refer to this when “getting started”•A “How to guide”

The Responsive Classroom

• Get the entire community involved• Share resources with teachers,

parents, home and school association• Utilize during a PD in the summertime • Begin in September

Classroom Meetings Facilitated by Students• Start in September to create a

Student Based Classroom

• Discuss at back to school night to get parents involved

Closing Remarks• Audio Closing Remarks

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Additional Resources• http://luciamarks.angelfire.com• My Internet Address book will link

you to the 20 websites I reviewed for this report.

• Click on InternetAddressBook.xls under Counseling 511 Assignments