Overview
This badge series is an asynchronous book study of Better than Carrots or Sticks. Books can purchased on your own or borrowed from the Peconic Teacher Center. Each badge will take approximately 1 hour to complete. In Better Than Carrots or Sticks, longtime educators and best-selling authors Dominique Smith, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey provide a practical blueprint for creating a cooperative and respectful classroom climate in which students and teachers work through behavioral issues together.
Resources
Read: Chapter 4 of Better Than Carrots or Sticks.
Evidence
This chapter discussed The Institute for Restorative Practice's first four informal practices: Affective Statements and Questions, Classroom Meetings, Informal Classroom Circles, and Impromptu Conferences. Please submit a response for each as evidence of your learning for this badge. In each post, please discuss why the practice is deemed important as well as how you can incorporate the practice into your own teaching situation. (If you do not yet have a teaching situation, please hypothesize how you plan to incorporate it once you do.)
1) Affective Statements and Questions that develop a child's sense of agency and identity.
2) Classroom Meetings that build community with and shared commitments to one another and the group.
3) Informal Classroom Circles to discuss content and issues that affect the group.
4) Impromptu Conferences to resolve low level problems that arise in the classroom.
