What we do
Authoritative Leadership for Whole School Support
Experiential Positive Discipline Certification Workshops
Authoritative Leadership for Whole School Support
- Create a holistic approach to classroom leadership and management, authoritative school climate and restorative practices.
- Honor school histories, cultures and climates.
- Sensitive to grade level's teachers and students needs.
- Together we provide trauma sensitive tools while creating a path to a desired school climate culture.
Authoritative Leadership for Teacher Preparation
Experiential Positive Discipline Certification Workshops
Authoritative Leadership for Whole School Support
- Partner with SEL Chicago to provide tools and training for new teacher graduates.
- Build capacity around authoritative mindset and reflection.
- Empower new teachers with social emotional learning before they enter the classroom.
- Trauma sensitive curricula includes lessons to support learners who have been inpacted by trauma and insecure attachement
- Offer teachers-in-training opprtunities to understand the hows of restorative practices.
Experiential Positive Discipline Certification Workshops
Experiential Positive Discipline Certification Workshops
Experiential Positive Discipline Certification Workshops
- Positive Discipline Certification workshops can be offered in concert with whole-school implementation, and offer participants one year membership in the Positive Discipline Association.
- Aligns with the IBSE SEL Standards and CPS Framework for Teaching
- Positive Discipline for Early Childhood Educators
- Positive Discipline in the Classroom
- Teaching Parenting Certification
- Now available online
Building a Culture With Authoritative Mindset
Introduce
Introduce
Introduce
- Identify school leadership and staff ready to support and model Authoritative Leadership
- Provide Authoritative Mindset and Framework introduction to staff .
- Support adult focus on personal reflection, developmental relationships and emotional granularity.
- Invite time and space for staff readiness, buy in and questions.
Empower
Introduce
Introduce
- Facilitate adult learning around Authoritative Framework
- Provide school- wide understanding and shared language
- Experiential Building Authoritative Mindset Webinars available for staff in synchronous and asynchronous remote learning.
- Positive Discipline in the Classroom Certification suggested for leadership team
Support
Introduce
Support
- School leadership team strategy and support
- Behavioral Health Team, Grade Level Team or Departmental Team support to brainstorm solutions for individual challenges.
- Strengths-based classroom observation to build teacher confidence and skills
- School wide SEL Committee support for problem solving
Research Supporting AUTHORITATIVE SchooL CLimate
Authoritative Mindset builds connection AND accountability
Authoritative leadership style is an approach where adults build developmental relationships of trust using connection and accountability both in the classroom community and across every level of the school community. Authoritative leadership style (in parenting) was originally coined by Baumrind (1966) and describes a leadership style where the adults have both high expectations (demandingness, structure and firmness) and are considered warm (supportive and responsive). In the last decade, researchers have explored the effects of authoritative leadership in schools. These benefits include:
Higher student engagement and reading achievement
Lee, J. S. (2012). The effects of the teacher–student relationship and academic press on student engagement and academic performance. International Journal of Educational Research, 53, 330–340.
Lower suspension rates
Gregory, A., Cornell, D., & Fan, X. (2011). The relationship of school structure and support to suspension rates for Black and White high school students. American Educational Research Journal, 48, 904–934.
Less peer victimization and less bullying among middle school students
Gregory, A., Cornell, D., Fan, X., Sheras, P., Shih, T. H., & Huang, F. (2010). Authoritative school discipline: High school practices associated with lower bullying and victimization. Journal of Educational Psychology, 102, 483–496.
Cornell, D., Shukla, K., & Konold, T. (2015). Peer victimization and authoritative school climate: A multilevel approach. Journal of Educational Psychology 107(4), 1186–1201.
Lower levels of student aggression toward teachers
Gregory, A., Cornell, D., & Fan, X. (2012). Teacher safety and authoritative school climate in high schools. American Journal of Education, 118, 401–425.
Less truancy and fewer dropouts than schools using an authoritarian approach
Pellerin, L. A. (2005). Applying Baumrind’s parenting typology to high schools: Toward a middle range theory of authoritative socialization. Social Science Research, 34, 283–303.
The possibility of protection against the risk associated with low income and minority status
Hawkins, J. D., Oesterle, S., Brown, E. C., Abbott, R. D., & Catalano, R. F. (2014). Youth problem behaviors 8 years after implementing the communities that care prevention system: A community randomized trial. JAMA Pediatrics, 168(2), 122–129.