They've agreed, for instance, on a structured system of infraction slips and detentions for rule breakers. Well-behaved students get rewards. A teacher on special assignment runs an alternative classroom where severely disruptive students are placed temporarily or permanently. So we decided as a staff to create this program. From year to year, teacher to teacher, homework at Grout is due in the same format and on the same day of the week.
All students have the same notebook and system for organizing their work.
They really are returning it every day. Admittedly, schoolwide policies and practices may detract to some degree from teacher autonomy. But at this school, consistency for kids comes first. You want to support them because you want them to support their kids. You can't do it if you keep changing the expectations and rules.