About ‘Conscious Discipline’
Our approach to classroom management is based on creating a caring, empowering environment.
Conscious Discipline is a comprehensive social and emotional intelligence classroom management program that empowers both teachers and students. Based on current brain research, child development information and developmentally appropriate practices, the goal of this philosophy is to provide systematic changes in schools by fostering the emotional intelligence of teachers first, and students second.
Current brain research indicates fear and exclusion is detrimental to optimal learning and brain development.
Current brain research indicates fear and exclusion is detrimental to optimal learning and brain development. No one would think of relying on fear, exclusion or threats to teach reading, writing or math; yet our broader society persists in relying on fear when it comes to teaching discipline and guiding children to become socially competent. There is another way.
We have adopted this program to guide us in creating loving classroom communities. The Conscious Discipline program is one we can teach teachers. It is fully in keeping with both developmentally appropriate practices as defined by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The problem-solving skills we are teaching children are fundamentally commonsensical; the key differences are the focus on the teacher’s frame of mind as s/he approaches difficult sessions, and the many active learning lessons we can incorporate into our daily routine.
The Fundamentals of ‘Conscious Discipline’
The system is based on three major premises:
1) Controlling and changing ourselves is possible and has profound impact on others
2) Connectedness governs behavior
3) Conflict is an opportunity to teach
Conscious Discipline starts with the adults because how we, as adults, discipline ourselves is how we discipline our children. How we discipline our children is how they then discipline themselves. Are you willing to learn a different way?
For more information, see ConsciousDiscipline.com.