Waltzing Home From Work
Dr. John Draper
FASA Super Conference
July 22, 2007
john@clasleaders.org
Do you want students to:
•Tell the truth?
•Accept responsibility?
•Cooperate?
•Work on making you happy?
“We must combine the toughnessof the serpent and the softnessof the dove, a tough mind and atender heart.”
Martin Luther King
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You must never . . .
•Be Neglectful, Unconcerned
•Be Permissive, Inconsistent
•Be Hostile, Sarcastic
•Use questions or “you”statements to discipline
You must always . . .
•Be assertive
•Use “I” statements
•Think with your head, feel withyour heart!
•Use the toughness of theserpent and the softness of thedove!
Good Principles
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Training the Troops
Have teachers handle 95% ormore of the problems
Solve the problem before theparents get mad
Get teachers to correct theirown weaknesses
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Defusing Anger
•Student sheet
•Teacher response
Perception is Reality
•Teacher feedback
•Student survey
Large Groups:Large Groups:
Use positive peer pressure
Have students work to makeyou happy
Get an assembly quiet
Find out who stole the $ fromthe locker room
Drastically reduce the numberof fights in your school
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Recognition Program
•K.I.S.S.
•Make it a priority
Assemblies
•Practice
•Quiet 1, 2, 3
Who Did It?
•One clean sheet
•RTTET
Take The Fun Out ofFighting
•The messenger boy
•The promoter
One on One
Get a student to tell the truth
Supervise a student withoutlooking
Hold a parent in the palm of yourhand
Stop the Bully!
Touch a student’s heart whenyou lecture
Truth Book
•Put it in writing
•Consequence for the offense
•Consequence for the lie
Block sanding
•Bad language/behavior
•Write it
•Sand it
Tape recorder
•Stop the argument
•Keep it handy
No Contact Contract
•Terms
•Consequences
•Rewards
The One-minute lecture
•30 seconds of feeling
•10 seconds of silence
•20 seconds ofcompassion
Every Student is a PotentialWinner!Every Student is a PotentialWinner!
Some Are Disguised AsLosers -Some Are Disguised AsLosers -
Don’t Let Their AppearancesFool You!Don’t Let Their AppearancesFool You!
Waltzing Home From Work
Dr. John Draper
CLAS
Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools
john@clasleaders.org
www.clasleaders.org