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March 21, 2013
Teachers and school leaders who are just beginning to learn about the Responsive Classroom approach often ask me which book they should read first to get a good overview. It’s true there are an ever-growing number of wonderful books in the Responsive Classroom Library, at least thirty at last count! Margaret Berry Wilson’s latest book, [...]
Categories: Books, Managing Behavior, Parent Questions & Concerns, Social & Emotional Learning, The Responsive Classroom® approach, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: developmental teaching, Managing Behavior, Parent Questions & Concerns, social-emotional learning, Thinking Developmentally | 
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January 3, 2013
HEADLINE NEWS FOR EDUCATORS AND PARENTS New recommendations from the Council on School Health of the American Academy of Pediatrics published in the January 1, 2013, edition of the journal Pediatrics break new ground in warning parents and educators of the unequivocal harm in reducing, eliminating, or withholding recess from elementary age children. The #1 [...]
Categories: Education Reform, Importance of Play, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Alfred Adler, American Academy of Pediatrics, Babs Freeman-Loftis, Caltha Crowe, child health, Council on School Health, importance of play, Jane Nelson, recess, Responsive School Discipline, Rudolph Dreikurs, Ruth Charney, William Glasser | Post a Comment »
September 27, 2012
It’s the end of September and homework is beginning to come home in earnest. Teachers and schools have sent home letters about their homework policies, usually touting its value in teaching study habits and skills, and recommending that children spend a certain amount of time on homework each night (and increase that time as they [...]
Categories: Children's Positive Attributes, Homework, Parent Questions & Concerns, Schoolwide Issues, Teachers & Teaching, The Responsive Classroom® approach, Time to Learn |
Tags: children's positive attributes, homework, Parent Questions & Concerns, Responsive Classroom approach, Schoolwide Issues, Time to Learn | 4 Comments »
August 14, 2012
I regularly check out the Teaching Channel’s blog and newsletter posts (as well their video clips) and recently I read Sarah Brown Wessling’s “Top 10 Common Core Insider Secrets: Free White Paper with Essential Tips for Working with the Common Core” (requires registration). Wessling is the 2010 National Teacher of the Year and Teacher Laureate [...]
Categories: Books, Common Core State Standards, Education Reform, Schoolwide Issues, Teachers & Teaching, The Responsive Classroom® approach, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: Common Core, Common Core standards, Developmental Education, Responsive Classroom approach, Schoolwide Issues, Thinking Developmentally | 2 Comments »
June 19, 2012
In the desire to standardize academic expectations through the Common Core academic standards, to increase rigor and content knowledge, and to leave no child behind, signs are increasing that we may be leaving childhood behind. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog [...]
Categories: Education Reform, Teachers & Teaching, The Responsive Classroom® approach, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: children's developmental stages, Common Core standards, how children develop, Responsive Classroom approach | 2 Comments »
May 24, 2012
The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students by Jessica Minahan & Nancy Rappaport, MD, is reading I recommend for special education teachers, behavior specialists, school counselors, school psychologists, social workers, principals, and classroom teachers, who, of course, will spend the most time with the children described in this [...]
Categories: Books, Managing Behavior, Teachers & Teaching, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Functional Behavior Analysis, Nancy Rappaport MD, Responsive Classroom approach, The Behavior Code | 2 Comments »
October 24, 2011
The October issue of Kappan has a terrific article by Ross Greene about his approach called “Collaborative Problem Solving” with students in ways that help them participate in the solution to problems of their own making or to strategize about tough situations they may find themselves in at school. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a [...]
Categories: Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Babs Freeman-Loftis, Caltha Crowe, challenging behaviors, collaborative problem solving, discipline, Ross Greene, Ruth Sidney Charney | Post a Comment »
August 26, 2011
I’m pleased to announce that registration is now open for a new one-day child development workshop offered by Northeast Foundation for Children (developers of the Responsive Classroom® approach). It’s called Child Development Matters, and I’ll be presenting the first session on November 1st on the UMASS Boston Campus. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question [...]
Categories: Teachers & Teaching, The Responsive Classroom® approach, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: child development, child development workshop, Northeast Foundation for Children, Responsive Classroom approach | 4 Comments »
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