Your first 90 days
Moving discipline from compliance to connection: three 30-day moves for each role, each tied to an Essential Element of Cultural Proficiency, and a 30-minute protocol that keeps your team doing the work every month.
Notice. Repair. Share.
Teachers take the educators row. Principals and district leaders take the leaders row. Teacher leaders often take both. Write your own move in the last row.
- Educators
- Pull your own removals by student group. Ask one restorative question before every removal.
- Leaders
- Pull building removals by group, staff, and category. Listen for the barriers in meetings.
- My move
- Educators
- Hold a re-entry conversation after every removal. Open one weekly circle.
- Leaders
- Lead one restorative conversation with staff. Protect PLC time for data and dialogue.
- My move
- Educators
- Bring your data and one student story to your team. Propose one change to a discipline practice.
- Leaders
- Share the pattern with staff and families. Revise one policy and put it in writing.
- My move
A 30-minute team protocol
Run it monthly with a PLC, grade-level team, or administrative team. The bar shows how the half hour is spent.
- 3 min
Ground
Read the guiding principles aloud. Each person names the one that challenges them most.
- 8 min
Look
Review one month of removals by student group and category. Describe the pattern before explaining it.
- 7 min
Name
Pick two recent referrals. Name the temperature and the root of each.
- 8 min
Discuss
Choose one discussion question from the worksheet for your arena.
- 4 min
Commit
Each member names one practice to change before the next meeting.
Open every meeting by asking what happened with last month’s commitments.
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