tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114620616478146859.post8666230678110804581..comments2024-01-04T04:19:56.443-06:00Comments on Building Strong Schools to Strengthen Student Outcomes: Why Students Don't Behave? Because We are not Teaching Them the Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Skills They Need Dr. Howie Knoff/Project ACHIEVEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00840424899738519344noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114620616478146859.post-86848985163491738782016-07-23T16:51:05.931-05:002016-07-23T16:51:05.931-05:00I agree that it is so important to have positive r...I agree that it is so important to have positive reinforcement and clear teaching of social skills with the element of holding students accountable. I worked in Derbyshire in the UK in a school where we were all trained in assertive discipline and worked as a team to create rewards and accountability with the kids. We had organised cooperative games every day and a fun time each week for those who were not being made accountable (they missed their fun time). It was a primary school and it worked really well because all staff worked together after training. One aspect I liked though was making parents accountable too and ringing them up whenever their child did really unacceptable things. Management were tasked with backing up the staff in this and not undermining them. We taught cooperative and fun playground games and bought group fun toys for the playground. This was in a very deprived area with difficult kids and they loved it! We also had teams and a cooperative sports day with parents joining in.. It was fun and prevented the usual boredom at sports day. Jax1https://www.blogger.com/profile/15085525661681403428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114620616478146859.post-42463589610159446882016-07-14T05:01:10.648-05:002016-07-14T05:01:10.648-05:00 As someone who lived in and studied at the Univ... As someone who lived in and studied at the University in the UK, I know that it WOULD work.<br /><br /> As with anything, it would just take planning, support, effective implementation, and good evaluation(s).Dr. Howie Knoff/Project ACHIEVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840424899738519344noreply@blogger.com