Building Citizenship Through Discipline: Positive Approaches toTraditional Procedures

1. Character building through self-awareness and responsibility

2. Improving ability to participate cannot occur through the prohibition of participation (exclusion).

3. Purposeful contributions to the community which enforce accountability, foster an understanding of responsibility as a community member.

We continue further into our journey as we deliniate specific areas we wish to address as change relates to Discipline. Our approach is one that concentrates on the self-worth of the individual who breaks rules and aims to correct the behavior through relevant, meaningful and corrective means rather than solely through punitive action. Students will serve the community as retribution for their inappropriate actions. In turn, they are asked to self-reflect on the experience, taking responsibility for their actions and seeing the importance of appropriate decision-making as they grow to become more involved members of the community.

Feel free to visit the sites of my colleagues as we begin to investigate changes in the traditional approach to discipline:

Annamaria Rigolio:                 http://edfolio.fdu.edu/RigolioA/

Maria McCusker                      http://edfolio.fdu.edu/McCuskerM/

Emily Corby                            http://edfolio.fdu.edu/CorbyE/