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Aaron Daffern

Apr 29
10 min

The need for protection

Before learning can happen, students must be free of anxiety and stress in a protective environment.

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Aaron Daffern

Apr 27
11 min

Positive Intent

Intentions are hidden from teachers yet are often assigned negatively to misbehavior. It's better to presume positive intent.

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Aaron Daffern

Apr 25
11 min

Choose Positivity

Teachers have control over the atmosphere in their room. By choosing positivity, they choose the context very every interaction that occurs.

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Aaron Daffern

Apr 22
12 min

Why do students come to school?

If students don't have a clear purpose for coming to school each day, chaos will most likely reign. Make learning and cooperation explicit.

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Aaron Daffern

Apr 20
11 min

Finding Purpose in Teaching

Purpose is the fuel for life. As a teacher, do you know what your purpose is? How does that energize you?

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Take CHARGE Day 30: Restore the relationship

Aaron Daffern

Feb 13
6 min

Take CHARGE Day 30: Restore the relationship

Teachers can help children reintegrate into the classroom by embracing them after a behavioral episode. Isolation breeds disconnection.

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Aaron Daffern

Feb 13
7 min

Take CHARGE Day 29: Deleting save files

When students fear that any mistake they make will cause irreparable damage, they live in fear and anxiety, both of which impair learning.

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Take CHARGE Day 28: Calming yourself first

Aaron Daffern

Feb 11
5 min

Take CHARGE Day 28: Calming yourself first

Before helping students through disciplinary situations, teachers should first take care of their own needs through self-regulation.

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Aaron Daffern

Feb 11
6 min

Take CHARGE Day 27: Trigger thoughts

Teachers are triggered when they assume intent, magnify problems, or label students. They can remain calm by turning down the shark music.

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Aaron Daffern

Feb 10
6 min

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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Take CHARGE Day 25: The power of emotions

Aaron Daffern

Feb 7
6 min

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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Take CHARGE Day 24: Active engagement and pacing

Aaron Daffern

Feb 6
5 min

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 5
6 min

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 4
5 min

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
5 min

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 31
6 min

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 30
5 min

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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Take CHARGE Day 18: Perceptions of misbehavior

Aaron Daffern

Jan 28
6 min

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
6 min

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
6 min

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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