I like how they explain the system approach school. All the school system approach schools spend endless hours designing and implementing new behavioral systems and punishments, but then there are always the few teachers that do not follow the rules,resulting in the system failure. During a staff meeting at my placement, I had a chance to experience this problem. We were trying to develop a writing curriculum that lined up horizontally and vertically to ensure that there is a universal writing curriculum that will help the students build upon their writing knowledge over the years. However, while we were working together to design this there was constantly some teachers complaining about it. We finally came up with a plan that everyone agreed upon, but I know that not everyone of those teachers are going to follow the plan as they are expected. This is the same problem that the system approach deals with their behavioral expectations and consequences.
The Love and Logic way allows the teachers to choose what works best for them, and it doesn't hurt the system as long as they are emphazing the core values that the staff developed.
I also felt better when they explained that it does take time to learn how to teach using Love and Logic techniques and you should learn from your mistakes and move on. I am always trying to implement their suggestions into the classroom, but I often make mistakes and forget empathy etc. Hopefully after much practice this will all come naturally!
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