25. Corrective Chats
Description
Corrective/restorative/informal chats help us to get a student back on track and to avoid vicious cycles of ill will and repeated misbehavior. But how do you go about having one of these chats? (1:00 ) "What's filling our buckets?" segment. (3:15 ) Nic shares a story about his first experience having a corrective chat with a student. (6:15 ) We explain where these chats fit in the context of our other tools for responding to student misbehavior. (9:15 ) We talk about where these chats happen in the classroom and how to make space for them when we're also responsible for the rest of our class. (14:30 ) We walk through four steps for having a successful corrective chat. (23:15 ) How can these chats look when we are having them after a discipline referral and we're trying to "clear the air" before the student returns to class? (31:30 ) Takeaways.