Take Charge: Recent Episodes
Aaron Daffern
This channel is dedicated to a 30-day blog series sharing with teachers how to minimize misbehavior in the classroom. Learn more at AaronDaffern.com.
Teachers can help children reintegrate into the classroom by embracing them after a behavioral episode. Isolation breeds disconnection.
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When students fear that any mistake they make will cause irreparable damage, they live in fear and anxiety, both of which impair learning.
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Before helping students through disciplinary situations, teachers should first take care of their own needs through self-regulation.
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Teachers are triggered when they assume intent, magnify problems, or label students. They can remain calm by turning down the shark music.
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Composure is key to entering disciplinary situations. Emotions are contagious and teachers want students to "catch" their calmness.
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Emotions are the backbone of cognition and memory. Teachers should cultivate positive emotions and attend to the distress of their students.
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Students' misbehavior drops when they actively do learning rather than receiving it. They also need a chance to process new information.
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Teachers can plug students into learning by utilizing the five facets of student motivation into their instructional design.
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Rather than focusing on everything that went wrong, reflection can be improved by focusing on the bright spots and expanding on those.
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Through planned instances or peer observations, reflections are a powerful tool to increase our efficiency in the classroom.
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Teachers can pivot in stressful situations by acknowledging student intentions, clarifying missing skills, and taking time to practice.
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When teachers ascribe positive intentions to misbehavior and focus on solutions (not problems), they help move students toward a resolution.
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Misbehavior can be perceived from different perspectives. A healthy viewpoint would be to see the situations as opportunities for growth.
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The intentions teachers have when entering disciplinary situations precede them like a bow wave, setting the tone for everything to follow.
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Mindfulness allows us to accept each moment without judgment and quiet the storm that threatens to blow us away in hectic situations.
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Students develop executive skills when they are taught through powerful metaphors and given de-structured time to make choices.
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Important social skills like peer resolution and learning to be guided by an internal compass are key to reducing classroom disruptions.
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Students can learn to self-regulate through the power of breathing, learning about the hand model of the brain, and using a glitter jar.
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Teachers gain confidence in their classrooms with they intentionally focus on resonance, which is the interplay between flow and presence.
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Teachers gain confidence when they quiet their negative thoughts, know their limits, and increase their instructional competence.
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Teachers can use words to quiet emotions, offer two positive choices, and offer perspective taking to help students in an emotional state.
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Teachers can help students through the survival state by helping them breathe to calm down and using a firm tone of "no doubt".
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Discipline styles range from passive to aggressive. Rather than falling to either extreme, firm teachers use a tone of "no doubt."
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The three brain states (survival, emotional, executive) shed light on how students are driven to act in certain situations.
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Teachers should connect with their students through empathy to calm their agitation and begin the process of regulation.
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Well-prepared teachers minimize misbehaviors by organizing needed supplies, having any needed copies ready, and visualizing the day.
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Procedures are like guardrails across a bridge, providing structure and safety for daily tasks. Without them, everyday acts become chaotic.
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Connectedness is strengthened when teachers create a sense of family in the classroom. Rituals designed to show regard help build community.
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Teachers that are vulnerable bring themselves fully into the classroom, forming relationships and strengthening the learning culture.
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Teachers can take charge of their classrooms by following 6 principles to build culture and can take charge of the moment through 6 actions. To read this as a blog post, visit http://AaronDaffern.com/post/day-1-take-charge-of-your-classroom-and-the-moment.