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Location:  ONLINE

Teresa Dempsey | Director, Professional Learning and Leadership

Fee:                
$125.00 per participant for each online book study
 
Classroom management is traditionally a matter of encouraging good behavior and discouraging bad by doling out rewards and punishments. But studies show that when educators empower students to address and correct misbehavior among themselves, positive results are longer lasting and more wide-reaching. In Better Than Carrots or Sticks, the authors provide a practical blueprint for creating a cooperative and respectful classroom climate in which students and teachers work through behavioral issues together. The authors explain how to establish procedures and expectations for student behavior that encourage the development of positive interpersonal skills; develop a non-confrontational rapport with even the most challenging students; and implement conflict resolution strategies that prioritize relationship-building over finger-pointing and retribution. Rewards and punishments may help to maintain order in the short term, but they're at best superficially effective and at worst counterproductive. This book will prepare teachers at all levels to ensure that their classrooms are welcoming, enriching, and constructive environments built on collective respect and focused on student achievement.

This 15-hour online book study is self-paced for users to complete at their convenience during the time period.  Participants must purchase their own copy of Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management. An optional one semester hour of Ashland University graduate credit is available for an additional $249.00.  

Participants are responsible for purchasing their own book. You can order the book here: https://amzn.to/35VQzuE

IN ORDER TO ACCESS THIS ONLINE COURSE, YOU MUST HAVE OR CREATE A PERSONAL GMAIL ACCOUNT WHICH ENDS IN @GMAIL.COM. Your school email will not allow you to access a Google Classroom course outside of your organization.

We now offer the ability to pay by credit card. To pay by credit card, please enter all registration information on this page and click the Submit button. On the following page, please click the Pay by Credit Card link to make payment by credit card.

If paying by purchase order, please email your PO to rengel@fairfieldesc.org 

If paying by check, please mail payment to:
Fairfield County ESC
Attention: Rob Engel
955 Liberty Drive
Lancaster, OH 43130
Fairfield County ESC W9: https://tinyurl.com/fairfieldcountyesc2019w9 

Please Note: A purchase order number or credit card payment must be received before you may begin the book study.

Please complete the registration form below. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Rob Engel at 740.653.3193 x 5270 or rengel@fairfieldesc.org.

Professional Development Refund Policy
•No refunds will be provided if the registrant does not attend or cancels registration less than 14 days prior to the beginning of the book study/workshop.  Please contact Rob Engel at 740.653.3193 x 5270 or rengel@fairfieldesc.org to cancel your registration.
•No registration fee will be charged if cancellation is received 14 days prior to the start date of the workshop.
•Credit card payments will be refunded minus any applicable PayPal fees (2.9% plus 30 cents).