waltzing home from work dr. john draper president, cambridge strategic services [email protected]
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Waltzing Home From WorkDr. John Draper
President, Cambridge Strategic Services
www.CambridgeStrategicServices.org
• Bubba got a cell phone
• Mother and college son
Do you want students to:
• Tell the truth?
• Accept responsibility?
• Cooperate?
• Work on making you happy?
Training the Troops
Have teachers handle 95% or more of the problems
Solve the problem before the parents get mad
Get teachers to correct their own weaknesses
Teacher Empowerment
• Providing consequences
• Accepting responsibility
Defusing Anger
• Student sheet
• Teacher response
Perception is Reality
• Teacher feedback
• Student survey
Large Groups:Large Groups:
Use positive peer pressureHave students work to make
you happyGet an assembly quietFind out who stole the $ from
the locker roomDrastically reduce the number
of fights in your school
Positive Peer Pressure
• Clear expectations
• Large group rewards
• NO group punishment!
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 of Fighting
• The messenger boy
• The promoter
One on OneGet a student to tell the truthSupervise a student without
lookingHold a parent in the palm of your
handStop the Bully!Touch a student’s heart when
you 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 of compassion
Every Student is a Potential Every Student is a Potential Winner!Winner!
Some Are Disguised As Some Are Disguised As Losers - Losers -
Don’t Let Their Don’t Let Their Appearances Fool You!Appearances Fool You!
Waltzing Home From WorkDr. John Draper
President, Cambridge Strategic Services
www.CambridgeStrategicServices.org