Real Talk For Real Teachers By Conscious Discipline
Conscious Discipline
86 episodes
9 months ago
Dr. Valerie Parker is an educator, administrator, parent and wife, and serves as the Education Committee Chair for the Howard County Branch of the NAACP. She’s a self-proclaimed “fierce advocate for black boys everywhere,” and her research focuses on teacher perception of behavior that leads to student misconstruction. Dr. Parker firmly believes that changes in our perception can help address much larger, systemic issues: particularly the school to prison pipeline.
Essential Takeaways:
• Changes in perception can positively address and affect systemic problems.
• Self-regulation and building relationships with black youth isn’t optional, it’s crucial.
• Identifying your own implicit biases and triggers is essential to stopping the school to prison pipeline.
Important Links:
• Seven Powers: Powers of Perception: https://consciousdiscipline.com/seven-powers-power-of-perception/
• Four Elements of Connection: https://consciousdiscipline.com/resources/four-elements-of-connection/
Related Resources:
• Conscious Discipline with Excellence 2023: We Run This Shift: Ways Conscious Discipline Helps Circumvent the School to Prison Pipeline with Dr. Valerie Parker Available to Premium Resources Members only: https://consciousdiscipline.com/resources/we-run-this-shift-ways-conscious-discipline-helps-circumvent-the-school-to-prison-pipeline/
• Handling Upset: The Adult-First Mindset Shift: https://consciousdiscipline.com/product/team-registration-handling-upset-the-adult-first-mindset-shift/
Show Outline:
:00 Introduction
1:30 Becoming creative and curious about seeing behavior as communication.
3:00 Introduction to Dr. Valerie Parker
4:50 The school to prison pipeline
8:12 Implicit bias, ADHD, and autism
13:00 Big feelings, wishing well and what isolation teaches others
13:45 Building relationships
15:40 Autonomy, choices, and assertiveness
19:42 Calming strategies to inspire a love for learning
21:00 Being curious instead of judgmental
22:00 The Power of Perception
23:00 Helping teachers shift their perception
23:52 Identifying your own bias and triggers
25:32 How do I contribute to the school to prison pipeline?
27:51 Mindful moments for dysregulated students
30:52 Why Conscious Discipline matters
31:07 Changing the trajectory of the lives of adults and children
32:23 Self-regulation and building relationships for black boys isn’t optional, its crucial
33:45 Takeaways
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Dr. Valerie Parker is an educator, administrator, parent and wife, and serves as the Education Committee Chair for the Howard County Branch of the NAACP. She’s a self-proclaimed “fierce advocate for black boys everywhere,” and her research focuses on teacher perception of behavior that leads to student misconstruction. Dr. Parker firmly believes that changes in our perception can help address much larger, systemic issues: particularly the school to prison pipeline.
Essential Takeaways:
• Changes in perception can positively address and affect systemic problems.
• Self-regulation and building relationships with black youth isn’t optional, it’s crucial.
• Identifying your own implicit biases and triggers is essential to stopping the school to prison pipeline.
Important Links:
• Seven Powers: Powers of Perception: https://consciousdiscipline.com/seven-powers-power-of-perception/
• Four Elements of Connection: https://consciousdiscipline.com/resources/four-elements-of-connection/
Related Resources:
• Conscious Discipline with Excellence 2023: We Run This Shift: Ways Conscious Discipline Helps Circumvent the School to Prison Pipeline with Dr. Valerie Parker Available to Premium Resources Members only: https://consciousdiscipline.com/resources/we-run-this-shift-ways-conscious-discipline-helps-circumvent-the-school-to-prison-pipeline/
• Handling Upset: The Adult-First Mindset Shift: https://consciousdiscipline.com/product/team-registration-handling-upset-the-adult-first-mindset-shift/
Show Outline:
:00 Introduction
1:30 Becoming creative and curious about seeing behavior as communication.
3:00 Introduction to Dr. Valerie Parker
4:50 The school to prison pipeline
8:12 Implicit bias, ADHD, and autism
13:00 Big feelings, wishing well and what isolation teaches others
13:45 Building relationships
15:40 Autonomy, choices, and assertiveness
19:42 Calming strategies to inspire a love for learning
21:00 Being curious instead of judgmental
22:00 The Power of Perception
23:00 Helping teachers shift their perception
23:52 Identifying your own bias and triggers
25:32 How do I contribute to the school to prison pipeline?
27:51 Mindful moments for dysregulated students
30:52 Why Conscious Discipline matters
31:07 Changing the trajectory of the lives of adults and children
32:23 Self-regulation and building relationships for black boys isn’t optional, its crucial
33:45 Takeaways
Thank you for Listening!
Thank you for choosing to spend your precious time with us today. If you enjoyed this episode, please share its valuable information with others via your favorite social media platforms.
Real Talk For Real Teachers By Conscious Discipline
17 minutes 39 seconds
3 years ago
Creative Strategies to Inspire Hesitant Teachers
Conscious Discipline asks adults to make a mindset shift and a skill set upgrade before coaching children to do the same. For some adults, this type of transformational change feels difficult, scary, or overwhelming, and some teachers are hesitant to dive into Conscious Discipline implementation. Because Conscious Discipline requires internal transformation, it’s not a practice that can be mandated. So, how can administrators or school leaders approach hesitant teachers?
In this episode, you’ll join Dr. Becky Bailey in conversation with special guest Becky Jones, a behavior coach for Long Early Learning Center in Abilene, Texas. Rather than mandating what to do or butting heads with her hesitant teachers, Becky met her teachers where they were and sought out creative solutions that invited cooperation and connection. Ultimately, the center’s hesitant teachers became inspired and excited about Conscious Discipline implementation, even trickling the information down to families at home.
Essential Takeaways
• Some hesitant teachers may need a model to help them become more comfortable implementing Conscious Discipline strategies. Becky filmed videos of I Love You Rituals and placed them in a shared folder.
• It’s sometimes helpful to reach hesitant teachers by first reaching their students. Becky shared videos of breathing strategies with teachers and students. Students got excited about the breathing strategies. When teachers saw the positive change in their students, they became inspired and excited in turn.
• Instead of simply reading Shubert books in classrooms, Becky left tools and visual aids behind. For instance, each class received Cranky Cream, an interactive Safe Place Choice Book, and a We Care Bag.
• Children brought Conscious Discipline knowledge home to their parents, who asked their teachers about it. Teachers were excited to share Conscious Discipline strategies with both students and families.
Important Links
• Conscious Discipline Events (https://consciousdiscipline.com/professional-development/events/)
• Five Steps to Self-Regulation Icons (https://consciousdiscipline.com/resources/five-steps-to-self-regulation-icons/)
• Safe Place Breathing Icons (https://consciousdiscipline.com/resources/safe-place-breathing-icons/)
• Conscious Discipline Cream Labels (https://consciousdiscipline.com/resources/conscious-discipline-cream-labels/)
• Podcast Episode 030: Coaching Skeptical and Willing Teachers in Conscious Discipline (https://consciousdiscipline.com/e-learning/podcasts/podcast-episode030/)
Product Mentions
• I Love You Rituals Value Pack (https://consciousdiscipline.com/product/i-love-you-rituals-digital-value-pack/)
• Shubert Books (https://consciousdiscipline.com/product/shubert-value-pack/)
• S.T.A.R. Breathing Tool (https://consciousdiscipline.com/product/s-t-a-r-breathing-tool/)
• I Choose Self-Control Board (https://consciousdiscipline.com/product/i-choose-self-control-board/)
• Conscious Discipline Book (https://consciousdiscipline.com/product/the-new-conscious-discipline-book-expanded-updated/)
Show Outline
• :00 Introduction
• 1:44 Dr. Becky Bailey in conversation with special guest Becky Jones
• 3:09 I Love You Rituals
• 5:36 Breathing techniques
• 7:27 Shubert books
• 11:06 Establishing procedures
• 13:37 Recap and conclusion
• 15:06 What is Conscious Discipline up to?
Real Talk For Real Teachers By Conscious Discipline
Dr. Valerie Parker is an educator, administrator, parent and wife, and serves as the Education Committee Chair for the Howard County Branch of the NAACP. She’s a self-proclaimed “fierce advocate for black boys everywhere,” and her research focuses on teacher perception of behavior that leads to student misconstruction. Dr. Parker firmly believes that changes in our perception can help address much larger, systemic issues: particularly the school to prison pipeline.
Essential Takeaways:
• Changes in perception can positively address and affect systemic problems.
• Self-regulation and building relationships with black youth isn’t optional, it’s crucial.
• Identifying your own implicit biases and triggers is essential to stopping the school to prison pipeline.
Important Links:
• Seven Powers: Powers of Perception: https://consciousdiscipline.com/seven-powers-power-of-perception/
• Four Elements of Connection: https://consciousdiscipline.com/resources/four-elements-of-connection/
Related Resources:
• Conscious Discipline with Excellence 2023: We Run This Shift: Ways Conscious Discipline Helps Circumvent the School to Prison Pipeline with Dr. Valerie Parker Available to Premium Resources Members only: https://consciousdiscipline.com/resources/we-run-this-shift-ways-conscious-discipline-helps-circumvent-the-school-to-prison-pipeline/
• Handling Upset: The Adult-First Mindset Shift: https://consciousdiscipline.com/product/team-registration-handling-upset-the-adult-first-mindset-shift/
Show Outline:
:00 Introduction
1:30 Becoming creative and curious about seeing behavior as communication.
3:00 Introduction to Dr. Valerie Parker
4:50 The school to prison pipeline
8:12 Implicit bias, ADHD, and autism
13:00 Big feelings, wishing well and what isolation teaches others
13:45 Building relationships
15:40 Autonomy, choices, and assertiveness
19:42 Calming strategies to inspire a love for learning
21:00 Being curious instead of judgmental
22:00 The Power of Perception
23:00 Helping teachers shift their perception
23:52 Identifying your own bias and triggers
25:32 How do I contribute to the school to prison pipeline?
27:51 Mindful moments for dysregulated students
30:52 Why Conscious Discipline matters
31:07 Changing the trajectory of the lives of adults and children
32:23 Self-regulation and building relationships for black boys isn’t optional, its crucial
33:45 Takeaways
Thank you for Listening!
Thank you for choosing to spend your precious time with us today. If you enjoyed this episode, please share its valuable information with others via your favorite social media platforms.
