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[quote=Anonymous]I taught long before Responsive Classroom or PBIS.  
It sounds to me, that like everything else these days, we are trying to put accountability on caring.  Well, here is a secret: you cannot schedule caring.  You cannot teach caring--you must develop it and it does not come from one morning meeting.  
Everything has to be scheduled and structured in these program.s  That is not the way kids work.

For example, by devoting 30 minutes to Morning Meeting, you are putting stress on getting academics done the rest of the day.  And, schools are judged on test scores.

You are taking flexibility away from a classroom teacher.  I can remember many occasions when something would come up during the day--maybe, even during math--that needed to be addressed.  Sometimes, I might have even thrown my lesson plan out to adjust to a social need in the classroom.  I knew I would be able to use a different time later to get the math lesson taught.  But, by requiring teachers to use that time for that specific need, you are removing any opportunity to exercise their own judgment.

And, of course, I always started the day off by talking with the kids. If someone came in upset, of course, I made an effort to find the problem.  And, I might have given the class an assignment and taken the kid apart to talk with him.  Or, asked him to help me with something (nothing helps a kid as much as feeling useful).

I also had the flexibility on a beautiful day in a cold winter, to spend a little extra time outside.  Or, to take a little nature walk around the perimeter of the playground.  I don't think teachers today--or their students--get that opportunity.

You cannot mandate caring.

And, I cannot imagine counting 4:1 on positive to negative.  Any one with any sense knows you should give more praise.  [/quote]

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