Solution: - To conduct RP session on the spot/immediately
- Consider the different type of offences; Minor & Major offences Eg: Major offences has to be conducted on the spot.
- In major cases where teachers cannot handle due to time constraint, students will be sent to OM/DM. The teacher involved has to follow up within the same day (or next day) to explain the situation. Bottomline, major and serious situation has to be dealt with at least within the same day (or next).
- In minor cases, teachers can meet students at the end of school or the next day morning assembly to conduct RP.
Brazil's problem: RP is time consuming, even for the least minor offence.
Solution: Introduce a co-form who will handle all RP issues/counselling to be done during silent reading period ie does not do any admin work/keying in of results etc.
1. Let student cooled off. 2. After cooling off session, get into a win-win situation with students; do not go into blaming. Sometimes another teacher can do the RP with the student. At the end of RP, students get to see that their behaviour is wrong and apologise to teacher
One greatest challenge - Giving standard answer in RP form
Suggested solutions: - Teacher to spend quality time with student. Prompt, if necessary. - Can try not using standard RP form; try getting students to write a journal
STRENGTHS: Group conferences for certain classes Suitable for smaller numbers of ppl in grp Forced students to think about the action CHALLENGES: Difficult top find suitable consequences to restrict the recurrence Following up is time consuming (esp form teachers) STRATEGIES: Hire a full-time staff to follow up (after 2 times), so the staff would understand the offender better to personalize the consequences. If all else does not work, send to DM
1. Empathize with teachers that it takes time 2. Persistence and mean business 3. Made then reflect on their behaviour (action must matter to the students) 4. Involve the parents in behavioural issues
What has worked? - Works for Upper Sec as compared to Lower Sec due to the maturity of the student - Time for student to reflection
What are the challenges? - Time (or the lack of it) - Same misbehaving student; recalcitrant offenders. - The ability of the student to express themselves given their background - Need to reinforce student to continue with positive behavior - Environment / set-up of environment to conduct RP - Follow-up action by teachers.
England’s suggested solution 1) Teacher to spend quality time with student during RP; prompt if necessary. 2) Can try not to use the standard RP form. Perhaps can try to get the student to write a journal.
Getting suitable consequences for the action that would not allow the recurrence of behaviour.
Proposed solution: To sit down and discuss with the student and find out the things that matter the most to the child and take it away from him/her as a punushment. Eg: Time after school, CCA etc.
RESTORATIVE PRACTICE
ReplyDeleteWHAT HAS WORKED?
-Building Up Relationship is a core idea of RP. Once you build relationship with students, it becomes easier when working things out with them.
-Upper Sec students are able to reason between a right and wrong behaviour, therefore RP is somewhat suitable for upper sec students.
WHAT HAS BEEN MOST CHALLENGING?
-Motivation of students. Students are not motivated as they do not looking forward into their future/(long term).
-RP doesn't work in every situation eg in latecoming. It doesn't really work even when we involve parents.
-Following up is a challenge as it is time consuming.
-Each individual has to be handled differently, in a case by case basis.
CHALLENGE: ‘TIME CONSTRAINT’ (Argentina's Challenge)
Solution:
- To conduct RP session on the spot/immediately
- Consider the different type of offences; Minor & Major offences Eg: Major offences has to be conducted on the spot.
- In major cases where teachers cannot handle due to time constraint, students will be sent to OM/DM. The teacher involved has to follow up within the same day (or next day) to explain the situation. Bottomline, major and serious situation has to be dealt with at least within the same day (or next).
- In minor cases, teachers can meet students at the end of school or the next day morning assembly to conduct RP.
From Denmark:
ReplyDeleteWhat has worked: Build good relationships with the students
What is challenging: Time consuming, students providing politically right answers, recalcitrant behaviours
Brazil's problem: RP is time consuming, even for the least minor offence.
ReplyDeleteSolution: Introduce a co-form who will handle all RP issues/counselling to be done during silent reading period ie does not do any admin work/keying in of results etc.
Problem- Defiance of student
ReplyDeleteSolution
Brazil comment on Denmark's problem:
1. Let student cooled off.
2. After cooling off session, get into a win-win situation with students; do not go into blaming. Sometimes another teacher can do the RP with the student. At the end of RP, students get to see that their behaviour is wrong and apologise to teacher
From Italy:
ReplyDeleteOne greatest challenge - Giving standard answer in RP form
Suggested solutions:
- Teacher to spend quality time with student.
Prompt, if necessary.
- Can try not using standard RP form; try getting students to write a journal
STRENGTHS:
ReplyDeleteGroup conferences for certain classes
Suitable for smaller numbers of ppl in grp
Forced students to think about the action
CHALLENGES:
Difficult top find suitable consequences to restrict the recurrence
Following up is time consuming (esp form teachers)
STRATEGIES:
Hire a full-time staff to follow up (after 2 times), so the staff would understand the offender better to personalize the consequences.
If all else does not work, send to DM
BLOW WIND BLOW
ReplyDeleteEngland Problem – Follow-up Action
Germany's thoughts on possible solutions:
1. Empathize with teachers that it takes time
2. Persistence and mean business
3. Made then reflect on their behaviour (action must matter to the students)
4. Involve the parents in behavioural issues
What has worked?
ReplyDelete- Works for Upper Sec as compared to Lower Sec due to the maturity of the student
- Time for student to reflection
What are the challenges?
- Time (or the lack of it)
- Same misbehaving student; recalcitrant offenders.
- The ability of the student to express themselves given their background
- Need to reinforce student to continue with positive behavior
- Environment / set-up of environment to conduct RP
- Follow-up action by teachers.
England
Italy’s problem
ReplyDeleteGiving standard answers
England’s suggested solution
1) Teacher to spend quality time with student during RP; prompt if necessary.
2) Can try not to use the standard RP form. Perhaps can try to get the student to write a journal.
England
Challenge from Holland:
ReplyDeleteGetting suitable consequences for the action that would not allow the recurrence of behaviour.
Proposed solution:
To sit down and discuss with the student and find out the things that matter the most to the child and take it away from him/her as a punushment.
Eg: Time after school, CCA etc.
ARGENTINA