"Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management" Book Study (Summer, 2025)

Content
12 modules

Rating

Course length
15 hours

Instructor
Lisa Weier

Released
05 Apr 2025

Price
$0 - 50

Description

* This course is worth either 15 continuing education contact hours (CECH) or one graduate credit. 

 

In Better Than Carrots or Sticks, longtime educators and best-selling authors Dominique Smith, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey provide a practical blueprint for creating a cooperative and respectful classroom climate in which students and teachers work through behavioral issues together. After a comprehensive overview of the roots of the restorative practices movement in schools, 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 and mutual understanding 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.

 

Book: Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management by Smith, Fisher, and Frey 

                    ISBN-10: 1416620621

                    ISBN-13: 978-1416620624

Objectives

Participants will: 

  • Learn restorative practices to use in the classroom

  • Develop methods to create rapport with challenging students

  • Gain insight on how to create positive climates within the learning environment

 

 

Better Than Carrots or Sticks - Alignment to Professional Teaching Domains 

 

Danielson Domain

Connection to the Book

 

Domain 1: Planning and Preparation

Embedding restorative practices into lesson planning and routines


Domain 2: Classroom Environment


Building a culture of respect, trust, and accountability


Domain 3: Instruction


Using restorative conversations to guide student behavior and engagement

Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities


Collaborating with colleagues to implement restorative practices schoolwide

 

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Additional Resources
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Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management
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Week 1: Chapter 1
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Week 2: Chapter 2
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Week 3: Chapter 3
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Week 4: Chapter 4
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Week 5: Chapter 5
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Week 6: Chapter 6
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Final Reflection and Conclusion
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