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Aaron Daffern
Feb 10, 20206 min read
Take CHARGE Day 26: Composure
Composure is key to entering disciplinary situations. Emotions are contagious and teachers want students to "catch" their calmness.
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Aaron Daffern
Feb 6, 20206 min read
Take CHARGE Day 25: The power of emotions
Emotions are the backbone of cognition and memory. Teachers should cultivate positive emotions and attend to the distress of their students.
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Aaron Daffern
Feb 5, 20205 min read
Take CHARGE Day 24: Active engagement and pacing
Students' misbehavior drops when they actively do learning rather than receiving it. They also need a chance to process new information.
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Aaron Daffern
Feb 4, 20206 min read
Take CHARGE Day 23: Student motivation
Teachers can plug students into learning by utilizing the five facets of student motivation into their instructional design.
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Aaron Daffern
Feb 3, 20205 min read
Take CHARGE Day 22: Reflecting forward
Rather than focusing on everything that went wrong, reflection can be improved by focusing on the bright spots and expanding on those.
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Aaron Daffern
Feb 2, 20205 min read
Take CHARGE Day 21: Reflection tools
Through planned instances or peer observations, reflections are a powerful tool to increase our efficiency in the classroom.
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Aaron Daffern
Jan 30, 20206 min read
Take CHARGE Day 20: Pivot
Teachers can pivot in stressful situations by acknowledging student intentions, clarifying missing skills, and taking time to practice.
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Aaron Daffern
Jan 29, 20205 min read
Take CHARGE Day 19: Notice the intent
When teachers ascribe positive intentions to misbehavior and focus on solutions (not problems), they help move students toward a resolution.
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Aaron Daffern
Jan 28, 20206 min read
Take CHARGE Day 18: Perceptions of misbehavior
Misbehavior can be perceived from different perspectives. A healthy viewpoint would be to see the situations as opportunities for growth.
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Aaron Daffern
Jan 27, 20206 min read
Take CHARGE Day 17: Intentions
The intentions teachers have when entering disciplinary situations precede them like a bow wave, setting the tone for everything to follow.
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Aaron Daffern
Jan 27, 20206 min read
Take CHARGE Day 16: Mindfulness
Mindfulness allows us to accept each moment without judgment and quiet the storm that threatens to blow us away in hectic situations.
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Aaron Daffern
Jan 23, 20206 min read
Take CHARGE Day 15: Executive skills
Students develop executive skills when they are taught through powerful metaphors and given de-structured time to make choices.
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Aaron Daffern
Jan 22, 20206 min read
Take CHARGE Day 14: Behavioral and social skills
Important social skills like peer resolution and learning to be guided by an internal compass are key to reducing classroom disruptions.
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Aaron Daffern
Jan 21, 20207 min read
Take CHARGE Day 13: Calming techniques
Students can learn to self-regulate through the power of breathing, learning about the hand model of the brain, and using a glitter jar.
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Aaron Daffern
Jan 20, 20205 min read
Take CHARGE Day 12: Resonance
Teachers gain confidence in their classrooms with they intentionally focus on resonance, which is the interplay between flow and presence.
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Aaron Daffern
Jan 19, 20206 min read
Take CHARGE Day 11: Becoming confident
Teachers gain confidence when they quiet their negative thoughts, know their limits, and increase their instructional competence.
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Aaron Daffern
Jan 16, 20206 min read
Take CHARGE Day 10: Helping children through the emotional state
Teachers can use words to quiet emotions, offer two positive choices, and offer perspective taking to help students in an emotional state.
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Aaron Daffern
Jan 15, 20207 min read
Take CHARGE Day 9: Surviving the survival state
Teachers can help students through the survival state by helping them breathe to calm down and using a firm tone of "no doubt".
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Aaron Daffern
Jan 15, 20207 min read
Take CHARGE Day 8: Say what you mean and mean what you say
Discipline styles range from passive to aggressive. Rather than falling to either extreme, firm teachers use a tone of "no doubt."
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Aaron Daffern
Jan 14, 20206 min read
Take CHARGE Day 7: Brain states
The three brain states (survival, emotional, executive) shed light on how students are driven to act in certain situations.
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