Positive Community

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Positive community is one of the four domains of the Responsive Classroom approach. A positive community is a safe, predictable, joyful, and inclusive classroom where all students have a sense of belonging and significance. Teachers create a positive community when they:

–Create the conditions for students to belong and be significant
–Interact with students in respectful manner
–Approach discipline in a primarily proactive way
–Respond to misbehavior in ways that preserve the dignity of individual students and the class
–Provide opportunities to succeed that are equitable, fair, and just

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