Administrator's Complete School Discipline Guide: Techniques & Materials for Creating an Environment Where Kids Can Learn
For principals, assistant principals, and others responsible for maintaining safe, productive and nurturing schools, here is a comprehensive, one-of-a-kind handbook for dealing with the new generation of behavior problems and building a positive learning environment in schools and district of all sizesTheGuidecovers changing school programs, staffing for effective discipline, and cutting-edge approaches such as peer counseling for dealing with student values and problems that are drastically different from those of only a few years ago. It also offers new solutions to old problems such as sexual harassment and drug abuse.Included are more than 175 tested checklists, forms, worksheets, and sample policies form successful schools across the country, ready to put to work immediately or to adapt to your specific situation.For easy use, all of this practical material is organized into 13 chapters with full-page forms, policies, and checklists that you can copy as many times as you need them for immediate use in your own school.The following is just a sampling of the kind of straightforward, hands-on help you'll find throughout the book:What doesn't work anymore and whyHow to drag your school's discipline philosophy into today's real worldTrust-building programs that can turn your school aroundGuidelines for a successful peer counseling programWhat it take s to have a curriculum in which all students succeedHow to make your school a safe-zone from gangsNew ways to keep weapons out of the schoolHow to plan an anti-violence education programWhat's new in drug educationHow to handle sexual harassment in schoolNew approaches to traditional discipline problemsWhat teaching policies work best with today's studentsHow to rejuvenate the partnership between home and schoolIn short, theComplete School Discipline Guidegives you an up-to-date resource for managing all of today's different and difficult discipline problems in your school, including scores of practical examples, step-by-step procedures, reproducible checklists, and working policies that can be adapted to fit any school situation.