From Shame on You to I Love You: How Eliminating Punishments and Rewards Increases Student Engagement

Byline: Jenny Shannon If you Google “How to motivate students” it generates a staggering 633,000,000 pieces of content. Though student motivation is at the forefront of every educator’s mind,...

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Potty Mastery Achieves Award Winning Status

Byline: Jenny Shannon Just announced! Conscious Discipline’s Potty Mastery: A Child Centered Approach to Toileting book by Joan Morgenstern took home top honors from two publications this month. Creative...

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A multi-ethnic group of elementary age children are laughing while their teacher reads them a book during story time.

Bridging The Worlds of Reading and Literacy

 Byline: Jenny Shannon Teacher, Conscious Discipline Action Team (CDAT) leader, and longtime Conscious Discipline Instructor Jennie Gries and children’s author Andrew Newman of Conscious Stories are some of the...

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Open Book

An Author-in-Residence with Conscious Discipline

Byline: Jenny Shannon Teacher, Conscious Discipline Action Team (CDAT) leader, and longtime Conscious Discipline Instructor Jennie Gries seemed destined to intertwine paths with Andrew Newman, a children’s book author,...

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Two Sisters’ Journey of Healing with Conscious Discipline

Wynnona Toeina and Katy Isennock honor their culture by acknowledging their people, homeland, and life-givers. Their mother is Rosebud Sioux. Both sisters have developed a deep passion and a...

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First Steps: Implementation Tips from the Field

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” While you may not be planning quite that long of a journey with Conscious Discipline, it’s still helpful...

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Helpful or Hurtful? Gamification through a Conscious Discipline Lens

Byline: Jenny Shannon The term, “gamification” has been met with both enthusiasm and debate by educators and scholars across the country. The basic definition of gamification is “the application...

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DA Magazine Explores the Benefits of SEL for Teachers and Administrators with Chief Growth Officer Jill Molli

District Administration Magazine (DA Magazine) featured Conscious Discipline Director of Development Jill Molli in a Thought Leadership Q&A this month. The topic of administrator and teacher retention is often...

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