Discipline for Promoting
Responsibility and Learning

The Raise Responsibility System
Part III of the Discipline Without Stress Teaching Model.

Part I of the Discipline Without Stress Teaching Model concerns teaching procedures (the essence of good classroom management).

Part  II of the Discipline Without Stress Teaching Model describes three (3) principles to practice:

Positivity (establishing good relationships),
Choice (a noncoercive, but not permissive, approach), and
Reflection (prompting self-change).

Part III of the model describes the The Raise Responsibility System, the key of which is described at the Hierarchy of Social Development.

Part IV of the model describes how the hierarchy of the The Raise Responsibility System is used to raise academic performance.

Overview
Shares 25 characteristics and seven (7) principles of the approach

Benefits
Key features and benefits

A Letter Worth Reading
How a teacher uses the system to reduce discipline problems while significantly increasing academic achievement

A Middle School Letter
A letter from an award-winning teacher whose frustration with traditional discipline approaches almost drove him from the profession that he loves and his reaction after implementing the system

A Letter to Parents from A Junior High School Principal
A brief description of the the hierarchy as described to parents

A Principal's Experience
How the three principles to practice changed a principal's professional and personal life

A Quick Start
Lists key links to implement the system

THE HIERARCHY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Describes the discipline and learning hierarchy and explains key concepts

Using the Hierarchy to Promote Learning
Show how it increase effort and performance in learning and contains examples for different subject areas

Support Group:
Links to a mailring for posting questions and receiving assistance from the Yahoo "Discipline without Stress" Group

Discipline Answers
Links to previous answers to posts at the Yahoo Support Group and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ's)

Impulse Management Cards & Posters
Displays dialogue relating to impulse control & cards and posters for promoting self-discipline

Simple Strategies for Dealing with Difficult Students
Shares simple strategies for dealing with difficult students

Teaching the Hierarchy
Compares the life of a butterfly to the four levels of the hierarchy

Reducing Bullying
Shows how to empower students to reduce bullying

Video Preview (Video Clip)
A ten (10) minute video showing the three principles to practice and the three parts of the system from the 90-minute video included in the In-House Staff Development package described at http://www.marvinmarshall.com/in-house.html