Inner%Discipline%

- Barbara Coloroso

By: Justin Pagel, Megan Graetz, and Tess Thornton

When%I%was%young,%I%wanted%to%be%______%when%I%grew%up.%

Outline%O Inner Discipline Model O Barbara Coloroso O Big ideas O Implementing O Practice Challenges O Positives and Negatives O Debrief O References

Inner%Discipline%Model%

O Developed by Barbara Coloroso

Barbara%Coloroso%O International Author & Speaker O Author of 5 international bestsellers O Served as:

O Classroom teacher O Laboratory instructor O College professor

O Educational consultant for: O School Districts O Medical & business community O Criminal Justice System O Educational Associations around the world

Big%Ideas%Teachers use discipline rather than punishment. Assertive Confrontation is crucial when discussing misbehavior.

-Characteristics of Assertive Confrontation

Teachers and students can create natural or reasonable consequences.

-Natural: deals with reality -Reasonable: reasoning/planning

Big%Ideas%It is important to set rules for acceptable behavior early.

-The 4 Golden Rules Understanding that “kids are worth it”.

- Empowering, encouraging and guiding

Implementing%in%the%Classroom%

O Allow the students to come up with logical consequences for misbehavior

O If a natural consequence isn’t to harsh, allow the student to experience it

O Give the students the opportunity to solve their own problems

Practice%Challenge%#2%O You teach 4 year old kindergarten. Mira and

Kelly are girls in your class. You have a box of small rewards on your desk, including candy, stickers, and colorful erasers. While you're across the room helping Kelly, you see Mira take something from the box. What do you do?

Practice%Challenge%#4%You teach 5th grade. Kiki is a girl in your class. Shayal is a boy in your class. Your class has recently finished reading a book. You assigned an individual response writing assignment. You're scoring Kiki's response and it reminds you of Shayal's response. You compare the responses side by side. The sequence of ideas and some phrasing are identical, although some phrasing is different. What do you do?

Positives%O Discipline not punishment O No use of rewards

O Practice internal motivation not external O Students accept ownership O Students take full responsibility of problems

their behaviors create O Not of fear, but because it’s the right thing to do.

Negatives%%O Some people say that Inner Discipline applies

more to parenting than teaching O May be challenging to implement when

students disagree about who owns a problem

O May be hard to find the perfect balance between strictness and leniency

Our%Opinions%

References%O Coloroso, Barbara. "Inner Discipline." Inner Discipline. Ed.

Tugba Gercan and Esra Tekin. N.p., 2014. Web. 22 Feb. 2014. <http://www.metu.edu.tr/~e133376/project/Inner%20Discipline.htm>.

O Coloroso, Barbara. "Articles." Kidsareworthit. Ed. Curly Haired Productions. Kids Are Worth It, 2014. Web. 22 Feb. 2014. <http://www.kidsareworthit.com/Articles.html>.

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