Students Make Mistakes

Consistency

Corrections

What are they?

What aren't they?

Corrections

What are they?

• Individual or group opportunities to fix student actions
• A reminder for students who are inadvertently making the wrong choice
• Positively framed
• Emotionless 
• Fast

Corrections

What aren't they?

• A second or third chance for a student to fix behavior
• A reminder for students who are actively defiant
• Negatively framed
• Emotional
• Slow

The Right Correction

• Countdowns
• Anonymous Whole Group
• Non-Verbal
• Lightning Quick Indiviudal

Correction or Demerit?

Teacher

Student

Coach

Scenarios 2 and 4

Demerits

Demerits are a redirection and correction of intentional and/or repeated behaviors that conflict with the expectations set by the teacher and the school

Demerits: Best Practices

• Uses Live in the Now
• Is usually partially or fully “Off Stage” 
• Is quick and unemotional (but not robotic)
• Is recorded/tracked
• Avoids weakness / frustration

Uses Live in the Now

"The Bounceback"

• Know the scholar
• Identify something they tend to do well
• Tie that to the solution

Demerits: Best Practices

• Uses Live in the Now
• Is usually partially or fully “Off Stage” 
• Is quick and unemotional (but not robotic)
• Is recorded/tracked
• Avoids weak / frustrated phrases

Name

Consequence

Live In The Now

Small Group Practice

Scenario

You issue a demerit for talking. The scholar rolls their eyes and slouches.

Auto-Detention

• Talks back to a demerit without significant disrespect
• Rolls eyes in response to a demerit
• Refuses to fix behavior after receiving a demerit for that same behavior

Referral

• Earns 5 demerits
• Flips off another student
• Responds in a verbally disrespectful way to a demerit/redirect
• Causes a major disruption that prevents the continued learning in class

Auto-Detention

• Name the action, and that is is an auto-detention
• Name the appropriate response, and that you will have a follow up conversation if done correctly
  
• Follow Up​

Small Group Practice

Referrals: Knowing When

• The actions of a scholar threaten the dignity of another scholar
• The actions of a scholar threaten the dignity of a teacher
• The actions of a scholar prevent the continuation of learning

We do this together.