Hacking School Discipline Together: 10 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Schoolwide Restorative Justice (Hack Learning($25.49Value)

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Eliminate school discipline and classroom management problems with schoolwide restorative justice Washington Post bestseller Hacking School Discipline brought restorative practice to classrooms around the world. The sequel, Hacking School Discipline TOGETHER, is helping all stakeholders--teachers, students, counselors, principals, superintendents, and parents--create a schoolwide restorative justice system that can change the culture of schools around the world. When administrators, teachers and staff are not responding collaboratively to student behaviors, schools can succumb to a frustrating and anxious culture of ignoring or punishing, in which both students and adults struggle. We may feel powerless to have a positive impact on our students and not trust the other adults to do the right thing, rather than confidently addressing student behaviors in ways that help them learn new skills, build better relationships, and learn to be accountable. Enter the Hacking School Discipline sequel Hacking School Discipline TOGETHER , featuring all new content from 40-year teacher, school leader, and restorative justice expert Jeffrey Benson, who provides a roadmap for schoolwide staff unity, compassion, consistency, and restorative practices that do far more than send students to detention and suspension. Benson not only shares the kind of practical solutions that typify all Hack Learning Series books, he pulls you into the story of a school shifting to a culture of restorative practices; you see one school's transformation while you learn how to create your own. Hacking School Discipline TOGETHER shows you how to: Fix the chronic structural flaws in routines and practices that make it harder for students to do the right thing. - Take positive actions when working with a student who is struggling to behave well. - Clarify the role administrators must play in addressing significant misbehaviors. - Take the critical steps for integrating a student back into the classroom. - Prevent misbehaviors rather than react to them. - Understand how important it is for all staff to be pulling in the same direction and how to make that happen. This book uniquely speaks to administrators guiding a school to a culture of restorative practice, to staff members longing to help all students learn from their impulsive decisions, and to teachers creating classrooms that foster responsibility, forgiveness, and accountability. We can change the status quo in which the adults in a school are independently making stressful decisions with struggling students, and students are concluding that their biggest mistake was being caught, and instead, follow this roadmap to a school where administrators increasingly trust staff and staff increasingly trust administrators, and students get the benefit of what we do best: educate. You've read other books about school discipline; you may have read the original HSD. Now, it's time for Hacking School Discipline TOGETHER, the restorative justice education book that reveals the immense possibilities of a schoolwide discipline system rooted in accountability, compassion, and restoration. Read the new HSD today; eliminate discipline problems tomorrow. "Hacking School Discipline Together acknowledges the very real demands teachers and administrators face when dealing with discipline and offers practical and doable solutions that can be implemented immediately and systemically. Benson also takes time to address common areas of pushback respectfully and logically, helping administrators make the case for building a status quo of restoration instead of a culture of punishment." - ROBYN JACKSON, AUTHOR OF NINE BOOKS, INCLUDING THE BESTSELLING NEVER WORK HARDER THAN YOUR STUDENTS AND THE AWARD-WINNING NEVER UNDERESTIMATE YOUR TEACHERS Jeffrey Benson has over forty years of experience as a teacher, mentor, and school administrator. His passion is supporting schools to be more successful with more students. He is an internationally known author, and his books include Hanging In: Strategies for Working with the Students Who Challenge Us Most; Ten Steps for Managing Change in Schools; Teaching the Whole Teen: Everyday Practices that Promote Success and Resilience in School and Life; and Improve Every Lesson Plan with SEL. He also authored the widely read article "100 Repetitions."Jeffrey is often hired to lead school change initiatives, facilitating interdisciplinary teams that convert long-standing dilemmas into cutting-edge growth and community-building and creating more inclusive school and classroom cultures. He is a member of the ASCD faculty, is frequently published in education journals, and speaks at conferences on such topics as working with challenging students, integrating SEL into everyday practices, and the science of learning and teaching. His website is JeffreyBenson.org.