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.
Oh, Shift: Shifting your Mindset with Conscious Discipline
Real Talk For Real Teachers By Conscious Discipline
49 minutes 33 seconds
3 years ago
Oh, Shift: Shifting your Mindset with Conscious Discipline
Conscious Discipline takes an adult-first approach to social and emotional learning. “Adult-first” means that we must shift our mindsets and upgrade our skill sets before we can effectively coach and model SEL for children. We create healthy mental models for the next generation by examining our own mental models now.
Of course, making a shift away from lifelong thought patterns and behaviors is challenging. It requires willingness, conscious reflection, creativity, and the ability to give ourselves grace along the way.
In this episode, hosts Latoria and Amy discuss making this mindset shift with Kenedria Thurman, a Conscious Discipline practitioner and the director at Florida A&M (FAMU)’s Educational Research Center for Children. Listen in as Kenedria shares her own personal journey with Conscious Discipline, as well as her experience introducing CD to staff and families. Kenedria also talks about implementing CD with children at home, and why it’s essential to let yourself “OOPS.”
Essential Takeaways
• Making a mindset shift and doing things differently than the way you’ve always done them is not easy, and you will sometimes “OOPS” (make mistakes). Be gracious to yourself and embrace mistakes as opportunities to learn and grow. As Kenedria says, “You might not have it today, but you’ll have it a little bit more tomorrow.”
• Openly admitting to your “OOPS” moments benefits the people around you as well. For example, children can not only learn from your mistakes, but also from the way you respond.
• Modeling is the most powerful way to share Conscious Discipline with others. When people see the positive impact of Conscious Discipline in action, they become willing to learn more. Families at Kenedria’s school began requesting resources, workshops, and training.
• It’s also important not to judge others who are simply using the skills they have. When people feel judged, they are not open to considering a new perspective.
Important Links
• Conscious Discipline Events (https://consciousdiscipline.com/professional-development/events/)
• Podcast: Coaching Skeptical and Willing Teachers in Conscious Discipline Implementation (https://consciousdiscipline.com/e-learning/podcasts/podcast-episode030/)
• Podcast: Creative Strategies to Inspire Hesitant Teachers (https://consciousdiscipline.com/e-learning/podcasts/podcast-episode073/)
• Free Resource: Phrase Comparison (https://consciousdiscipline.com/resources/phrase-comparison/)
• How to Be a Safekeeper: Emotional Safety for Adults (https://consciousdiscipline.com/how-to-be-a-safekeeper-emotional-safety-for-adults/)
Product Mentions
• I Love You Rituals Value Pack (https://consciousdiscipline.com/product/i-love-you-rituals-digital-value-pack/)
• Powers of Resilience: SEL for Adults Online Course (https://consciousdiscipline.com/e-learning/powers-of-resilience-sel-for-adults/)
• Conscious Discipline Book (https://consciousdiscipline.com/product/the-new-conscious-discipline-book-expanded-updated/)
Show Outline
• :00 Introduction
• 2:40 Introduction of guest Kenedria Thurman
• 6:31 Kenedria’s experiences implementing Conscious Discipline
• 9:14 Shifting from old to new with staff
• 12:18 Coaching families in Conscious Discipline
• 14:31 Responding to resistance from families
• 17:36 Practicing Conscious Discipline at home
• 28:27 Talking to your own family members about Conscious Discipline
• 35:22 “Power of the OOPS”
• 39:12 Recap and discussion
• 42:33: Question from a listener
• 44:34 More about I Love You Rituals
• 46:33 What’s Conscious Discipline celebrating?
• 47:26 Wish Wells
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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.
