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BE THE PARENT YOU WANT TO BE! An Introduction to the Think:Kids Collaborative Problem Solving parenting approach
Do you ever feel frustrated with your child?Do you find yourself shouting often and imposing punishments or rewards in reaction to challenging behavior? Do you wish you had a more effective parenting approach that also helps to build a better relationship between you and your child? The Think:Kids Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) parenting approach provides parents with concrete tools to better understand and parent their kids in the face of day-to-day challenges – e.g., getting to school, homework, screen time – and more serious challenges. CPS helps parents to:
For more information, and to register for an upcoming CPS workshop in Brookline or Needham (evenings or mornings), please visit: BeTheParentYouWantToBe.weebly.com
BE THE PARENT YOU WANT TO BE! An Introduction to the Think:Kids Collaborative Problem Solving parenting approach
Do you ever feel frustrated with your child?Do you find yourself shouting often and imposing punishments or rewards in reaction to challenging behavior? Do you wish you had a more effective parenting approach that also helps to build a better relationship between you and your child? The Think:Kids Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) parenting approach provides parents with concrete tools to better understand and parent their kids in the face of day-to-day challenges – e.g., getting to school, homework, screen time – and more serious challenges. CPS helps parents to:
- Foster positive relationships with their child;
- Reduce their child’s challenging behavior
- Solve problems collaboratively and proactively;
- Build their child's skills in self-regulation, communication, and problem-solving.
For more information, and to register for an upcoming CPS workshop in Brookline or Needham (evenings or mornings), please visit: BeTheParentYouWantToBe.weebly.com
COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS
Our Manning Community Expectations help to create a safe and engaging educational environment that supports all students to reach their highest possible potential. We believe in the power of cooperation, responsibility, empathy, and self-control, and that our students’ families are always vital to creating a successful community.
Guiding Principles for ALL members of the Manning Community:
Download a copy of the Behavior Expectations for all students at the Manning.
Our Philosophy
All children can and want to succeed. In order to create a safe, engaging, and effective educational environment, children need boundaries, limits, structure, and consequences. Staff will work with students in an age appropriate way that is matched to the unique needs of individuals. We also expect all members of the community to support each other in taking ownership of their own behavior and making good choices.
Morning Pledge
I am somebody special and smart, with kindness and love in my heart.
I pledge to work hard every day, so I can proudly say, I am the best at what I do, I can even teach you!
Community Rules
Do Your Best
Be Respectful
Be Safe
Own What You Do
Turtle Awards
Turtle awards are regularly presented to students during morning assembly for exemplary performance that reflects the school’s values.
The Responsive Classroom
We use the Responsive Classroom approach to build essential skills:
cooperation, assertion, responsibility, empathy, and self-control. Students begin their day with a morning meeting, learn the importance of rules and logical consequences, are introduced to new materials through a guided process, and gain self-esteem through decision-making. The Responsive Classroom is designed to permeate all teaching at the school, including the thoughtful arrangement of each classroom to encourage independence, promote caring, and maximize learning. www.responsiveclassroom.org
Curriculum
We use EngageNY for our math curriculum, which is aligned to the 2011 MA Frameworks. You can see all the lessons on the website! You should see more activities to build conceptual rather than just procedural knowledge. Students will be able to explain and discuss their thinking on how they solved a given problem. Students will be able to solve the problem in more than one way and compare methods.
Guiding Principles for ALL members of the Manning Community:
- Treat ourselves and all others with respect
- Treat personal and school property with respect
- Come to school prepared for learning
- Wear school-appropriate clothing
- Follow community rules and procedures
- Resolve conflicts and encourage each other to make the right choices
- After a conflict, take appropriate time and space to regain composure and continue learning
- Try our best everyday to improve ourselves and our community
- Create and maintain a positive and safe environment
Download a copy of the Behavior Expectations for all students at the Manning.
Our Philosophy
All children can and want to succeed. In order to create a safe, engaging, and effective educational environment, children need boundaries, limits, structure, and consequences. Staff will work with students in an age appropriate way that is matched to the unique needs of individuals. We also expect all members of the community to support each other in taking ownership of their own behavior and making good choices.
Morning Pledge
I am somebody special and smart, with kindness and love in my heart.
I pledge to work hard every day, so I can proudly say, I am the best at what I do, I can even teach you!
Community Rules
Do Your Best
Be Respectful
Be Safe
Own What You Do
Turtle Awards
Turtle awards are regularly presented to students during morning assembly for exemplary performance that reflects the school’s values.
The Responsive Classroom
We use the Responsive Classroom approach to build essential skills:
cooperation, assertion, responsibility, empathy, and self-control. Students begin their day with a morning meeting, learn the importance of rules and logical consequences, are introduced to new materials through a guided process, and gain self-esteem through decision-making. The Responsive Classroom is designed to permeate all teaching at the school, including the thoughtful arrangement of each classroom to encourage independence, promote caring, and maximize learning. www.responsiveclassroom.org
Curriculum
We use EngageNY for our math curriculum, which is aligned to the 2011 MA Frameworks. You can see all the lessons on the website! You should see more activities to build conceptual rather than just procedural knowledge. Students will be able to explain and discuss their thinking on how they solved a given problem. Students will be able to solve the problem in more than one way and compare methods.
