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#171: If you want students to take REAL accountability for their behaviours, here's the 4 things you need to do.

May 18 · 22 min · Season 8 · Episode 171 · 16.6 MB
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Teachers are constantly being told to move away from punitive approaches — but rarely given the actual, practical skills to replace them with. And that gap? It's leaving teachers feeling disempowered, lost, and like restorative practice just doesn't work.

This episode is Claire's answer to that.

She's breaking down her exact framework for helping students build real accountability after big behaviour moments — in a way that's realistic, respectful, and actually works in a real classroom.

In this episode, Claire covers:

  • Why restorative conversations alone aren't enough — and what's actually missing
  • What real accountability looks like (hint: it's not a forced apology or a lunchtime detention)
  • Her four-step framework: Regulate, Reflect, Repair, Record
    • Regulate — why you can't skip this step, and how to support a student's nervous system before any conversation happens
    • Reflect — getting students to genuinely understand what happened and why, using scaffolds that don't feel like an interrogation
    • Repair — letting students choose their own pathway forward so there's real buy-in and ownership
    • Record — why documentation isn't punitive, it's protective — for you and for them
  • Why students shut down in behaviour conversations — and how this framework changes that
  • The difference between compliance and genuine change over time

Resources mentioned:

  • 🛠️ [Reflect & Repair Toolkit] — think sheets, regulation tools, reflection scaffolds, repair notes, and Claire's Classroom Management Digital Hub, all in one place

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