The Kid Whisperer: How educators can teach kids to be better people
- Kid Whisperer addressed Kid #14’s repeated physical harassment of Kid #5 in an eighth-grade classroom at a private secular K-8 school in fall and winter months.
- Behaviors start well in the fall but deteriorate through middle school despite staff efforts, partly due to reliance on warm-fuzzy methods that interrupt instruction.
- Kid Whisperer calmly approached Kid #14, whispered privately, made eye contact conveying disapproval, and required a research project on why physical harassment is harmful.
- The research project must satisfy Kid Whisperer and include a plan ensuring Kid #5’s safety, reflecting parents’ high academic expectations amid shrinking teaching time.
- This Learning Opportunity avoids stopping instruction or empowering misbehaved students, potentially helping the principal create a better school environment.
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The Kid Whisperer: How educators can teach kids to be better people
PART II of II Dear Kid Whisperer, I am the principal of a private, secular K-8 school. Every year that I have been principal, the behaviors start out fine in the fall, and slowly deteriorate after that, no matter how…
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