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Confessions Of A Recovering Disciplinarian, Craig Lockhart
Confessions Of A Recovering Disciplinarian, Craig Lockhart
National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference
This presentation discusses, exposes, and confronts how student achievement is negatively impacted by poor school culture and climate. Discipline practices will be reviewed, and methods for establishing and sustaining a viable school-wide behavior management plan will be provided. This presentation equips the audience with the strategies to improve conditions in schools wishing to move to a better state of performance.
My Leadership Experiences With Peace Circles As A Restorative Practice, El-Roy Estes
My Leadership Experiences With Peace Circles As A Restorative Practice, El-Roy Estes
Dissertations
Restorative practices emerged on the scene within the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) as of recent. In 2006, CPS revamped their Student Code of Misconduct handbook from a strict and stern "zero-tolerance" voice to a more sensitive and subtle "restorative talk" approach. With this transition in effect, the school's culture and climate are expected to positively improve and at the same time support the social and emotional and academic performance of the students. Peace Circles is one of the alternate solutions to address these issues by decreasing out-of-school suspensions and improving social and emotional and academic learning. This capstone self-study will …
Impacts Of Mentoring Program On At-Risk Students, Melissa Marie Judd
Impacts Of Mentoring Program On At-Risk Students, Melissa Marie Judd
Murray State Theses and Dissertations
Many middle school students are considered at-risk due to attendance, lower levels of academic achievement, and behavior referrals. Mentoring programs have been in effect for decades and continue to yield positive results. The purpose of the study is to determine if fourth and fifth grade at-risk students are impacted by mentoring. The researcher seeks to determine if mentoring increases students’ attendance, increases math and reading test scores, and decreases the amount of behavior referrals. Participants were compared to their own data using a pre-tests and post-tests. Attendance comparisons were made between Spring 2016 and Spring 2017 semesters. Math and reading …