Students
have the right to learn and teachers have the right to teach in safety.
No one has the right to disrupt, to prevent other students from
learning, or to violate the rights of others.
Our Discipline Process
The
intent of this school discipline is to teach students who are acting as
a disturbance within the school environment, how to think of ways of
reaching their goals without violating the rights of others. This is
done by asking students to search within themselves and decide the way
they want to be. A discipline process, to be effective, must treat
students the same way as those having difficulty in an academic
subject: in a non-punitive atmosphere with understanding, respect, and
patience. This is what the Responsible Thinking Process (RTP) is all
about. Because RTP is based on Perceptual Control Theory, we know how
individuals control their perceptions, thus we are able to offer more
effective support when working with students. It's the application of
PCT principles through the procedures of RTP that really sets RTP apart
from all other approaches.
Our Beliefs
We believe that we are designed to control our perceptions, not out behaviors.
We
believe that as we control our perceptions, others may, whether
intended or unintended, disturb what we are trying to control.
We
believe people are individually responsible for how they control their
perceptions, regardless of any disturbances that may occur and who
creates them.
We believe that when a person is attempting to control another, counter-control may occur.
Copyright 2002 by George Venetis and Ed Ford
For more information about the Responsible Thinking Program please contact a building principal.
