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School = Jail For Kids ?
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Education
The process through which wediscover that learning adds quality
to
our lives
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Characteristics of a QualitySchool
School is free of ongoing discipline problems.
Achievement is at least 75% on state tests.
All students achieve competence; grades belowcompetence are
eliminated.
Schooling is replaced by useful education
All students do some quality work.
Students and adults are knowledgeable re ChoiceTheory.
School is a joyful place; everyone findssatisfaction in their
work.
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Conditions For Quality
Supportive environment of warm,caring relationships, free of
coercion
Learning that is meaningful, relevantand useful to students
Self-evaluation for everyone
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A Quality School is grounded in RealityTherapy and Choice
Theory, both developed
by William Glasser.
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Reality Therapy
Counseling approach developed bypsychiatrist William Glasser
Helps people gain control overtheir lives by self-evaluating
theirbehavior, then choosing behavior
that meets their needs effectivelyand responsibly
Adjectives describing feelings arechanged to verb forms
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Key Questions in Problem-solving Process
What do I want?
What am I doing now?
Is what Im doing helping or hurtingme to get what I want?
What behavior could I choose that
would work better?
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Choice Theory
5 genetically determined needs
survival
love and belonging power and respect
freedom
fun
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4 Components of Behavior
Action
Thinking Feeling
Physiology
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Lead Management: Whereas bossmanagement is characterized by
coercion, adversarial
relationships, control and evaluation by the boss, in Lead
Management: Managers encourage
input & discussion ofwork, to improvequality
Manager or designeeshows or models workto be done &
makesefforts to increase
workers sense ofcontrol
Manager teachesworkers to evaluatetheir own work for
quality
Manager teaches thatcontinuousimprovement is
essential to quality Managers role is to
facilitate & support &create an environment
that is friendly andnon-coercive,therefore, non-adversarial
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References
Works of William Glasser, including the following:
Schools Without Failure (1969) Choice Theory in the Classroom
(1988) The Choice Theory Manager (1994) The Quality School:
Managing Students Without Coercion
(1997) Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom
(1998) Creating the Competence Based Classroom (1999)
Ludwig & Mentley. (1997). Quality is the key.
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Quality Schools Resources
The William Glasser Institute22024 Lassen Street, Suite 118
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Phone: (818) 700-8000 Fax: (818) 700-0555
Web site: http://www.wglasser.comE-mail: [email protected]
Huntington Woods SchoolWyoming, MI
Phone: (616) 530-7537
Center for RealityTherapy7672 Montgomery Road
Cincinnati, Oh 45236
Phone: (513) 561-1191Website:www.realitytherapywub.comE-mail:
[email protected]
http://www.wglasser.com/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.wglasser.com/
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Quality Schools Presentation
Presenter: Lisbeth K. Justice
Kent, Ohio
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (330) 673-5839
2003
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
