CREATING A KIND AND CARING CLASSROOM
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The document emphasizes the importance of character education and fostering caring environments in schools to combat issues like bullying and low empathy among students. It outlines various strategies for teachers, staff, students, and parents to work together in creating supportive and respectful classrooms. Overall, it highlights the crucial role of kindness and character development in improving school climates and student well-being.
CREATING A KIND AND CARING CLASSROOM
- 1. BETTER TEACHERS, BETTER SCHOOLS
- 5. TEACHER’S PRAYER TO SAINT JOSEPH O Blessed Saint Joseph, guardian of the Child Jesus, we pray that you will help us in our daily troubles and tribulations as we try to pass on to our students all the teachings that they need, to be able succeed in their chosen professions. Help us to teach, and help them to learn. Guide us all as you guide your most Holy Son, Jesus. Obtain for us the graces we need, not only to teach and to learn, but to stay on the path shown by the Light of Christ. Amen.
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- 15. While we may be producing a smart, self-assured generation of young people, today’s kids are also the most self-centered and stressed-out on record.
- 16. Culture of Hate
- 18. Thrill of Viral Bashing
- 20. REALITY CHECK: Teens are now 40 percent lower in empathy levels than three decades ago, and in the same period, narcissism has increased 58 percent.
- 21. Rise in Cases of Suicide
- 22. Rise in Cases of Depression
- 23. RESPONSE
- 24. CCTV
- 25. METAL DETECTORS
- 26. HOME SCHOOLING
- 28. –Johnny Appleseed “Type a quote here.”
- 29. Research: student achievement increases when students feel comfortable in their learning environment.
- 30. Gentleness and kindness will make our homes a paradise upon earth. C. A. Bartol
- 32. A caring classroom is not only comfortable, it allows the teacher to spend more time teaching and less time handling student conflicts.
- 33. Effects of Crisis in Empathy: hurts students’ academic performance leads to bullying behaviors more cheating less resilience inability to collaborate inability to innovate inability to problem-solve
- 34. 34 Strategies to Win the War
- 37. The most important thing he did as a teacher.
- 38. Never let the demands of your job cause you to forget that each one of your students is a feeling- thinking human being. For education to be effective, it must be personal. - George Isaac Brown
- 39. The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important. - John Dewey
- 40. - Eye contact - Shaking hands - Smiling
- 42. Second Most Important Thing He Did as a Teacher: Teach Manners and the Golden Rule
- 43. If manners were an animal, it would be an endangered species. - Henry Rogers
- 44. 44 THE DAILY FOUR 1. Share good news (with a partner; 1 min each). 2. Tell about someone or something you’re grateful for (new partner; 1 min. each). 3. Affirm someone in the class. 4. Make us laugh. (Joke must be clean.) —Hal Urban, Lessons from the Classroom: 20 Things Good Teachers Do (www.halurban.com)
- 45. Choosing an Atmosphere Rude Courteous Inconsiderate Considerate Disrespectful Respectful Offensive Polite
- 46. Comprehensive Character Education BIG IDEA #1: A high-quality, comprehensive approach to character education is the most effective way to develop caring classrooms and schools— and thereby reduce bullying.
- 48. The 12-point comprehensive approach to character education. . . . . . is intentional, deliberately seeking to positively impact character development through every phase of school and classroom life.
- 49. School Climate Matters Bullying is strongly related to overall school climate. Bullying decreases when: school climate improves students have greater voice and responsibility for solving problems and making decisions that improve their school. —Dr. Maurice Elias, Rutgers University (based on a study of more than 100 schools)
- 50. IT’S IN OUR HAND TO CREATE THAT ATMOSPHERE 50
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- 52. Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it’s being done to him or by him. Frank A. Clark
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- 54. A Growing Character Problem: School bullying Cyberbullying
- 55. Children remind me of chickens, seeking out the weak and wounded and pecking them to death. They have discovered that my 9-year-old son, who is autistic, is bothered by loud noises, and they scream and whistle in his ear until he cries. —A mother
- 56. When students are victims of peer cruelty, it: Interferes with their learning. Disrupts their social and moral development. Makes school a miserable experience. Causes some to seek revenge. Causes others to become depressed and even suicidal.
- 57. All my life I have been teased. I love you very much, but I just couldn’t stand it any more. —An 8th-grade girl’s suicide note to her parents
- 63. U.S. Secret Service Study: Two-thirds of the student shooters had been bullied by fellow students.
- 64. The Educational Costs of Bullying Peer exclusion in kindergarten is associated with lower academic achievement in later grades. Even observing someone else being bullied can lower a student’s academic performance.
- 65. 3 Secrets of Success 1.Staff involvement 2.Student involvement 3.Parent involvement
- 67. When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people. Abraham Joshua Heschel
- 68. “How to Make Your School a School of Character” Ch. 11, Character Matters, p. 219 How to get staff involved
- 69. Create a Touchstone pp. 220-221
- 70. Develop a school touchstone or “way.” Written by staff and students together, the touchstone expresses the school’s core moral and performance values.
- 71. THE NORTHRIDGE WAY At Northridge School, we pursue excellence in scholarship and character. We celebrate and honor each other by being respectful, honest, kind, and fair. We give our best inside and outside the classroom. This is who we are, even when no one is watching.
- 72. Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama
- 73. THE ROOSEVELT WAY “There’s a way that students here are expected to act, and a way that they expected not to act.” —High School Counselor
- 74. Self-Study: Touchstone Implementation Visibility The touchstone is displayed in all classrooms and included in all school documents. Academics Teachers make connections with the touchstone when teaching their subject area.
- 75. Self-Study: Touchstone Implementation Discipline Staff refer to the touchstone when disciplining. New students There is a plan for teaching the touchstone to students who enroll during the school year.
- 76. Ongoing Professional Development Regular staff sharing of best practices (through buddy system, faculty and dept. meetings, etc.) Staff training in cooperative learning, class meetings, and other key strategies
- 90. Kindness does wonderful things to a face. Dixie Doyle
- 91. 3 Secrets of Success 1.Staff involvement 2.Student involvement 3.Parent involvement
- 92. “Involve Students in Creating a School of Character” Ch. 12, Character Matters, p. 247 How to get students involved
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- 94. 20 Kinds of Class Meetings How to Get Kids To Talk in Class Meetings Educating for Character, T. Lickona, Ch. 8 94
- 95. 20 Kinds of Class Meetings 1. Good news meeting 2. Circle whip 3. Appreciation time 4. Compliment time 5. Goal-setting meeting 95
- 97. 20 Kinds of Class Meetings 6. Rule-setting meeting 7. Rule-evaluating meeting 8. Stage-setting meeting 9. Feedback and evaluation 10. Reflections on learning
- 98. 20 Kinds of Class Meetings 11. Student presentation 12. Problem-solving meeting 13. Academic issues 14. Classroom improvement meeting 15. Follow-up meeting
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- 100. 20 Kinds of Class Meetings 16. Planning meeting 17. Concept meeting 18. Sticky situations 19. Suggestion box/class business box 20. Meeting on meetings
- 101. Student Voice and Cyberbullying Challenge student gov’t: “What can students, parents, and the school, working together, do to prevent cyberbullying?” Have schoolwide discussion, with delegates from each classroom. Ask students to take responsibility for a schoolwide campaign. Resource: www.stopcyberbullying.org
- 102. Get students to take responsibility: Counselors create anti-bullying “intervention teams” at each grade level. (Team members step in when they see someone being picked on.) Students provide emotional support to victims.
- 103. WELCOMING FRESHMEN Seniors plan and lead a half-day welcome for the new freshmen.
- 104. The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention. Kahlil Gibran
- 105. FRESHMAN TRANSITION PROGRAM Older students are assigned as mentors to all freshmen. The school trains the mentors. Mentors and their freshmen meet weekly.
- 106. BUDDY CLASSES An older class is paired with a younger class. The buddy classes get together weekly or bi-weekly. The older kids read to their little buddies, help them with their schoolwork, do a special project together, and so on.
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- 113. 3 Secrets of Success 1.Staff involvement 2.Student involvement 3.Parent involvement
- 114. “Build a Strong Home-School Partnership” Ch. 3, Character Matters, p. 60 How to get parents involved
- 115. Communicate to Parents 1. “Parents are the first and most important character educators.” 2. “The school’s job is to reinforce the character virtues being taught at home.”
- 116. Expect Parents to Participate
- 117. Get the Program to the Parents Let parents know what the school is doing in character education—and how they can help.
- 118. Parents and Cyber-Bullying Send home guidelines to help parents monitor kids’ online activity.
- 119. Character Education Homework Parent and child, independently, each make a list: “Who are 5 of your heroes? Why?” Then compare and discuss lists.
- 120. 120 The Difference a Teacher Makes “I was a bully before I came to this school. I used to make little kids cry. “When I met Mrs. Brown, I changed. I’m not a bully anymore, because Mrs. Brown taught me about character.” —a 6th-grade boy
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- 122. 122 Teacher as Model: Self-Inventory 1. Do I warmly greet each student? 2. Do I seek other opportunities to connect with each student? 3. Am I well-prepared for class? On time? 4. Do I model patience and courtesy, even under stress? 5. Do I treat my all students impartially? 6. Do I challenge all of them to do their best work?
- 123. 123 Anonymous Compliments 1. Each student draws the name of a classmate. 2. By the week’s end, the student writes an anonymous compliment about that person on a strip of paper, shows it to the teacher, and puts it in the Compliment Box. 3. On Friday, the teacher posts all the compliments on the bulletin board.
- 124. PEERS AFFIRMING PEERS At the end of the day: “Who saw kindness today?” “Who saw respect?” “Who saw determination?” “Who saw sharing?” —Jenna Smith, 3rd-grade teacher
- 125. Practice Kindness At the start of the day, all students take out their Good Deeds Journal and write: 1. A good deed I did yesterday . . . 2. A good deed I will do today . . . In all subjects, teachers make a connection to the good deeds theme.
- 126. Teaching Courtesy I teach my kids to greet and thank the cafeteria workers. The cafeteria staff say they always know when my kids are coming through. My students have a very high level of self-respect— because of the respect they show to other people. —Molly Angelini, 5th-grade teacher
- 128. 8 CONCRETE STRATEGIES THAT HELP RAISE CARING CHILDREN
- 129. 1. Look Face-to-Face
- 130. A simple way to increase face to face connection is to enforce one habit: “Always look at the color of the talker’s eyes.”
- 131. Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. Og Mandino
- 132. 2. Use More Emotion Words
- 135. A study found that praising children’s character traits rather than their behavior helped them internalize caring as part of their identities. The character-praised kids were also more likely to be more generous than those children who were told that they had donated because they were expected to do.
- 136. 4. Use Moral Discipline to Redo Uncaring Behavior
- 138. Make sure to display prominently photos of your kids engaged in kind and thoughtful endeavors so they recognize that “caring matters.”
- 139. 6. Use Real Events, Books, and News
- 140. Help stretch your child’s perspective-taking skills (the cognitive part of empathy) using spontaneous everyday moments.
- 141. In books: “Take the bears’ side. How would you feel if Goldilocks used your beds and chairs without asking?”
- 142. In the news: “The cyclone destroyed most of those children’s homes. What do you think those kids are feeling and thinking? What do you think we can do to help?”
- 143. In your family: “How does Dad feel hearing that his mom is so sick?” Don’t overlook asking: “I wonder if there’s a way we can help?”
- 144. 7. Be a Caring Role Model
- 145. One of the greatest questions to ask yourself each day is: “If I were the only example my child had to learn kindness and empathy, what did she learn today?”
- 147. So instead of always asking, “What did you learn today?” or “What grade did you get?” include:
- 148. “What’s something you did that was kind?” “What kind thing did you see someone do?”
- 149. “… children are hard-wired to care, but their capacity for empathy must be nurtured …”
- 150. Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind. Henry James
- 151. BETTER TEACHERS, BETTER SCHOOLS
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- 156. BETTER TEACHERS, BETTER SCHOOLS