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Rule Creation

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“Rules provide a foundation on which we can build a classroom community and give children guidance about behavior expectations. In my experience, by cocreating rules with students, you will add the power of student investment in the rules. Children who have worked together to create their rules will believe in the rules, and they will want to follow them as well as help each other follow them.”

— from How to Bullyproof Your Classroom

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Classroom Management & Discipline Discipline

3 Practices That Support Positive Classroom Discipline

After the first few weeks of school, as students become more familiar with the rhythms and routines of the classroom, they often grow more comfortable in their learning environment. That ...

Elementary School School Leaders and Administration Whole School

Schwenksville Elementary: An Impactful First Year with the Responsive Classroom Approach

Location: Collegeville, PA Type of school: Public elementary school Grade levels: K–5 Number of students: 473 A Responsive Classroom school since: 2024 In the 2024–2025 school year, Schwenksville Elementary had ...

Positive Community SEL Skills

Teaching Skills for Life With C.A.R.E.S.

At the heart of the Responsive Classroom approach is a core belief: In order to thrive in and out of school, students need to develop key social and behavioral skills. ...

Rule Creation

Investing Middle and High School Students in Classroom Rules

First Weeks of School High School Middle School Rule Creation

Investing Middle and High School Students in Classroom Rules

Revisiting Classroom Rules

Classroom Management & Discipline Discipline Rule Creation

Revisiting Classroom Rules

Douglas Elementary: Giving Students and Teachers a Voice

First Weeks of School Rule Creation School Leaders and Administration

Douglas Elementary: Giving Students and Teachers a Voice

Everyday Rules That Work!

Classroom Management & Discipline First Weeks of School Interactive Modeling Rule Creation

Everyday Rules That Work!

How to Create Community with Classroom Rules

First Weeks of School Rule Creation

How to Create Community with Classroom Rules

What to Do When Students Start Testing Limits

Classroom Management & Discipline Discipline Positive Community Rule Creation

What to Do When Students Start Testing Limits

Clearing the Way for New Growth

Classroom Organization Hopes and Dreams Positive Community Rule Creation

Clearing the Way for New Growth

Self-Assessment and Goal Setting Go Hand in Hand

Joyful Classrooms Rule Creation The First Weeks of School

Self-Assessment and Goal Setting Go Hand in Hand

Music Class Rules

Rule Creation Special Area Classrooms

Music Class Rules

Special Area Rules

Rule Creation Special Area Classrooms Whole School

Special Area Rules

A Guide on the Side

First Weeks of School Interactive Modeling Positive Teacher Language Reminding, Redirecting, and Reinforcing Language Rule Creation Teacher Language The First Weeks of School

A Guide on the Side

The First Days of School

First Weeks of School Rule Creation

The First Days of School

Classroom Jobs

Classroom Management & Discipline Classroom Organization First Weeks of School Rule Creation

Classroom Jobs

The First Six Weeks of School

First Weeks of School Hopes and Dreams Interactive Modeling Rule Creation The First Weeks of School

The First Six Weeks of School

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