Judicious Discipline Academic Outreach Program
Judicious Discipline I: Increasing Student Achievement Through
Classroom Management and Ethical Practices
June 16-20, 2003
Course Schedule: The course will run from 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. June16-20, 2003.
Cost to Participants: $275
Graduate Credit(s) Available: 2 semester credits at an additional cost of $200
Course Content: The philosophy of Judicious Discipline is a logical match with the national call for an emphasis on "character education." In many states, graduation requirements are being proposed, often with the goals focusing on purposeful thinkers, effective communicators, self-directed learners, productive group participants, and responsible citizenship. This philosophy also models the respected school environment called for in safe schools research. Judicious discipline promotes all of these goals by recognizing student rights and the responsibilities necessary to learn and live in a democratic society.
The course will be taught in a relaxed lecture/discussion/activity format with participants involved in small group activities and presentations. The primary objective is to provide participants with tools and language that will apply immediately to their classroom or school environment.
- You will explore Judicious Discipline, a framework which strengthens student/educator relationships by encouraging the development of student accountability, self-discipline and responsible citizenship. Topics will include: positive ethical practices, disciplinary practices to avoid, statement of ethics, student ethics; grading practices, speech and expression, consequences, search and seizure, and many others.
- You will learn how to apply discipline and classroom management strategies complementary to ethical dilemmas which surface in schools and classrooms. Discussion will include: Judicious Model vs. Punishment Model, formulating school/classroom rules, and judicious consequences; and a review of the historical background and constitutional law applicable to public education.
You will be presented with strategies for putting the theories of Judicious Discipline into practice and given the opportunity to design your own teaching activities. In addition, we will provide sample lesson plans for both elementary and secondary levels.
Course Schedule: The course will run from 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. June 18-19, 2003.
Cost to Participants: $75
Graduate Credit(s) Available: 1 semester credit at an additional cost of $100
Course Content: This workshop offered for continuing education allows the participant to revisit the discussion of student rights, responsibilities and our professional role. Time will be spent on discussing how the implementation of JD has worked in the participant’s setting, along with further clarification of consequences, class meetings, integrating instruction with the philosophy, sharing lesson ideas, and current issues of safe schools. Prerequisite: JD I.
The Summer Institute Leaders:
Nancy Busse is currently Special Education Coordinator for River Bend Special Ed District in New Ulm. She previously served as the Dean of Students at LeSueur-Henderson High School. She has concentrated her efforts in special education for many years and has worked with students who have severe emotional/behavioral disabilities. Ms. Busse has a B.S. in music education, an M.S. in special education and a sixth year certificate in secondary school administration from Mankato State University. She has taught students ages five through adult. She has presented seminars on classroom management, Judicious Discipline, positive self-talk and school safety to school districts and parents in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Forrest Gathercoal is a professor emeritus of education at Oregon State University in Corvallis, where he has taught law to educators for more than twenty years. He is the author of Judicious Discipline, now in its fourth edition, and has led workshops on Judicious Discipline across the United States. He also has experience in public schools-before receiving his law degree he was a classroom teacher, coach, and high school vice-principal.
Ginny Nimmo has her M.S. in Education, and Specialist Certification in school psychology, and has been a school psychologist in Minnesota and Montana. Since 1987 she has been working in the Mankato Public Schools. She has been honored as the 1994 Minnesota School Psychologist of the Year. She serves on the state board of the Minnesota School Psychologists Association, and is currently President of that organization. Ginny is active in inservicing staff, parents, and community members in the areas of positive behavioral interventions, Judicious Discipline, parenting ideas, crisis response, and various other topics.