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Rules in a Responsive Classroom are are tools intended to instill "habits of goodness" in children, as well as promote and sustain classroom community. These Responsive Classroom tools establish calm and safe classrooms and schools while helping children develop self-discipline and a sense of responsibility.
The primary goals of this approach to discipline are to: Establish a calm, orderly, and safe environment for learning. Foster an appreciation for the role of rules in school. Help children develop self-control and self-discipline. Teach children to be responsible, contributing members of a community. Promote respectful, kind, and healthy teach-student and student-student interactions. The Responsive Classroom Approach reflects the belief that discipline is a subject that can be "taught." Rather than being teacher directed, rules are created by teachers and students working together during the early weeks of school. Our classroom rules for this year will be posted as soon as they are decided.
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