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10/29/2019
For a long time, I dreaded calling parents because I knew the calls upset the parents. I felt awkward in a dynamic where the parent was embarrassed and many times defensive. I dreaded those calls: when you don’t have good news for a parent, the calls just don’t feel very good. This changed when I became familiar with a concept —- you only have authority if you are under authority. That became the key to positive calls. Most of a teacher’s […]
02/22/2018
There was another Active Shooter Situation, this time in Florida — A recent survey showed that about 50% of teachers do not know what to do. Read below from a training session with my local police on the best steps for teachers and students. This article is a summary of a Police seminar on an active shooter situation and focuses on: The teacher’s role regarding what to do in an active shooter event What items can secure the classroom and […]
09/29/2016
Normally during the teaching of a Drug Unit a teacher: Provides basic facts in regard to immediate, short term, long term effects of drug(s). The goal is to convince the students — this is not good for you. Provides an opportunity for a cost / benefit analysis — look at your goals; is experimenting with drugs worth messing with your future? Discusses how the absence of serious personal goals, your personality style, and level of self- esteem may affect a […]
05/02/2016
It is important to a parent that their child has a good relationship with the students in their class and their teacher. An important part of good relationships is cooperative and respectful behavior. Children have to become aware when they are not cooperative and/or disrespectful and how it affects others. One of the best instructional methods to accomplish this is an effective apology, written to and spoken to each person the child’s misbehavior affects. That would include: The parent […]
12/17/2015
While The Healthy Mind Curriculum Blog takes a break for the rest of the Holidays, so we can start the New Year Fresh and Bright, we want to share a special wish for all our followers and readers: Wishing you all the best in 2016 and always: happiness, love, health, joy and everything you can possibly wish for! Hope all your dreams come true, no matter how big they are!