Unless discipline focuses on teaching children how to act appropriately, they won’t learn anything from it. Creating a supportive school climate—and decreasing suspensions and expulsions—requires close attention to the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of all students.
But all too often, preschools and early learning centers are left out of conversations about school climate and strategic planning for student discipline.
The Get Georgia Reading Campaign has released a new resource to educate childcare and school staff about embracing a new way of looking at behavior and discipline. Five videos, created for administrators, teachers, parents, policymakers—anyone with a stake in creating healthy classrooms in Georgia—show how to apply positive learning climate practices in everyday, real-life classroom scenarios:
- Video One: Why Positive Learning Climates Matter
- Video Two: The Power of Positive Learning Climate for Children Birth to 8
- Video Three: Five Mind Shifts Required to Create Positive Early Learning Climates
- Video Four: 3 Classroom Practices to Build Positive Social Emotional Engagement with Early Learners
- Video Five: Georgia’s Response to the Need for Positive Learning Climates