The Golden Hour – Stop and Go
Dr. Stephen Covey often used to ask this question:
If you need a tree today, when's the best time to plant a tree? Answer: twenty years ago. Which begs the second question: If you didn’t plant the tree twenty years ago, what's the second best day to plant a tree if you need it today? Answer, today.
One of the greatest challenges that immediately confronts many new teachers is maintaining discipline in the classroom. The trick to creating a disciplined classroom environment is that it's not something you teach, it's a habit you develop in your students. A habit that starts in day one, class one, hour one.
Discipline is the idea of creating the habit of self-discipline in both yourself and your students. Discipline is only taught when children are in cruise control of their behavior, not when they're out of control. I learned a long time ago that discipline is not a one-trick pony situation. It is several techniques, habits, and especially visualizations that are stacked one a top of one another that lock into a methodical environment where kids can thrive and know where they stand with you as the teacher.
The Golden Hour
That Golden Hour was the first hour I shared with each class at the beginning of the year. It was the BEST, most dependable hour where I could really set in motion the momentum I wanted to see through the entire year. That momentum hinged on the students understanding what and how I would communicate with them. The first concept I taught was “stop” and “go”. I’ll explain that in The Golden Hour – Stop and Go Part 2
Dr. Stephen Covey often used to ask this question:
If you need a tree today, when's the best time to plant a tree? Answer: twenty years ago. Which begs the second question: If you didn’t plant the tree twenty years ago, what's the second best day to plant a tree if you need it today? Answer, today.
One of the greatest challenges that immediately confronts many new teachers is maintaining discipline in the classroom. The trick to creating a disciplined classroom environment is that it's not something you teach, it's a habit you develop in your students. A habit that starts in day one, class one, hour one.
Discipline is the idea of creating the habit of self-discipline in both yourself and your students. Discipline is only taught when children are in cruise control of their behavior, not when they're out of control. I learned a long time ago that discipline is not a one-trick pony situation. It is several techniques, habits, and especially visualizations that are stacked one a top of one another that lock into a methodical environment where kids can thrive and know where they stand with you as the teacher.
The Golden Hour
That Golden Hour was the first hour I shared with each class at the beginning of the year. It was the BEST, most dependable hour where I could really set in motion the momentum I wanted to see through the entire year. That momentum hinged on the students understanding what and how I would communicate with them. The first concept I taught was “stop” and “go”. I’ll explain that in The Golden Hour – Stop and Go Part 2
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