We feel that children are best disciplined by giving them a challenging environment that keeps them happy and busy. In this environment it is the staff’s responsibility to guide, encourage, and support positive discipline practices to help children set limits, and maintain self-control. The teacher guides the children through the problem-solving process to focus on a solution rather than a punishment. We also guide children through reflection, teaching them to empathize with other children’s feelings and see results of their actions. We provide a child with alternate activity choices to help children learn to self-regulate their behaviors and actions. If a child needs assistance in the decision-making process, the teacher helps redirection.
Classroom rules and expectations are developed in each classroom with input from the teachers and children. They are then posted in the classroom for parents and children to utilize in daily classroom interactions.
Physical discipline is NEVER permitted.
A preventive Pro-social curriculum and an Anti-Bully Policy are integral parts of our disciplinary policy.
We assume the primary responsibility for discipline lies with the child’s parents and consequently would expect parents themselves to reprimand their own child when they are present during center activities.
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