Character Is Everything: What Is Compliance?
When I first started talking about the quality of compliance I used the word obedience. I got such a negative reaction from teachers and parents that I had to change the name of the quality from obedience to compliance. It seemed as if obedience was too strong a word and parents and teachers were offended by it. I still don’t think that there is anything wrong with the word obedience. Thirty years ago we demanded obedience from children. Today we can’t even use the word, and obedience turns out to be the last thing we get from children. Well, what is the definition of compliance? Compliance is when a person does what he is told, when he is told to do it, with a good attitude. And willfulness is the opposite of the character quality of compliance.
Ask the Principal - Discipling Kindergarten Students
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I teach graduate courses on weekends for the Regional Training Center, a company that is located in North Jersey. I teach courses in Cooperative Discipline, Brain Based Teaching, Multiple Intelligences, and Inclusion Strategies. This weekend I was teaching Cooperative Discipline and had a large group of eager students who were very interested in improving their behavior management skills. I asked each student to write down one question that they would like to “Ask the Principal.” Each student shared a question regarding just about anything in education today. For the next few weeks I will be sharing these questions and I will be providing an answer.
