Having just come from a team leaders meeting and
listening to some who went to a Love & Logic Conference
this summer:
Discipline problems will be GREATLY REDUCED if students
are give as many "choices" about as many things as
possible. (Read this: staff are people, too!) The
fewer the hard & fast rules and the more the choices,
you build trust in a relationship. Then, when you MUST
be hard and inflexible, you are more likely to get
cooperation (from both students & staff!)
Something for us all to consider as the new year
approaches!
--
Leah Hawkins
705 Hurst Drive
Bedford, TX 76022
> Hi Everyone,
> I'll be transferring to a middle school in Sept. and will have over 700
> students at the school. When I was visited the LMC this week, I found files
> where the previous librarian had seating charts for all the library
> computers ( 40 computers). I never did this at my elementary school.
> Each subject area teacher had to file out the chart in the beginning of the
> school year. I guess when the classes came for research, students sat at
> their assigned computer. All students have to log into the system, with
> their own student ID numbers, before they can access the computer's desktop.
> Being new, I just don't want to make additional work for the teachers. I
> want establish a relationship where I'm viewed as someone who is easy to
> collaborate with and have them feel comfortable in the library. The previous
> LMS had many, many rules for teachers and students to use the library. She
> is not available to answer any questions I may have on this matter. So, your
> advice on this is greatly appreciated. I'll post a hit. Thanks so much.
>
> Nancy O'Donnell
> Library Media Specialist
> Hoover Middle School
> 249 Thorncliff Rd.
> Buffalo, New York 14223
> odonn247@adelphia.net
>
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