Waltzing Home From WorkDr. John Draper

President, Cambridge Strategic Services

www.CambridgeStrategicServices.org

john@johndraper.org

• Bubba got a cell phone

• Mother and college son

Do you want students to:

• Tell the truth?

• Accept responsibility?

• Cooperate?

• Work on making you happy?

Training the Troops

Have teachers handle 95% or more of the problems

Solve the problem before the parents get mad

Get teachers to correct their own weaknesses

Teacher Empowerment

• Providing consequences

• Accepting responsibility

Defusing Anger

• Student sheet

• Teacher response

Perception is Reality

• Teacher feedback

• Student survey

Large Groups:Large Groups:

Use positive peer pressureHave students work to make

you happyGet an assembly quietFind out who stole the $ from

the locker roomDrastically reduce the number

of fights in your school

Positive Peer Pressure

• Clear expectations

• Large group rewards

• NO group punishment!

Recognition Program

• K.I.S.S.

• Make it a priority

Assemblies

• Practice

• Quiet 1, 2, 3

Who Did It?

• One clean sheet

• RTTET

Take The Fun Out of Fighting

• The messenger boy

• The promoter

One on OneGet a student to tell the truthSupervise a student without

lookingHold a parent in the palm of your

handStop the Bully!Touch a student’s heart when

you lecture

Truth Book

• Put it in writing

• Consequence for the offense

• Consequence for the lie

Block sanding

• Bad language/behavior

• Write it

• Sand it

Tape recorder

• Stop the argument

• Keep it handy

No Contact Contract

• Terms

• Consequences

• Rewards

The One-Minute lecture

• 30 seconds of feeling

• 10 seconds of silence

• 20 seconds of compassion

Every Student is a Potential Every Student is a Potential Winner!Winner!

Some Are Disguised As Some Are Disguised As Losers - Losers -

Don’t Let Their Don’t Let Their Appearances Fool You!Appearances Fool You!

Waltzing Home From WorkDr. John Draper

President, Cambridge Strategic Services

www.CambridgeStrategicServices.org

john@johndraper.org