Tips for Teachers
We know you work hard and need some extra inspiration and ideas from time to time. Here are a few tips and articles to help you use our programs, handle specific classroom issues, make the playground safer, and creatively integrate character education throughout the school year.
Bullying
Six Tips for Principals in Bullying Prevention
Find out what principal Marge Meyers learned when she and her colleagues began implementing the STEPS TO RESPECT program.
Bullying Report Booster Session
Conduct a booster training to support your school’s staff in receiving bullying reports from students.
Help Children Report Bullying
Your school can create an environment that encourages students to report bullying by using some of the strategies in this article.
School Climate
Positive Climate Brainstorming Activities
This article features fresh ideas for developing and maintaining a positive school climate for everyone.
Welcome Families with Warm, Bright Classrooms
Read our tips for involving students' families in your school.
Helping Kids Handle Economic Stress
Even though adults try to hide their stress over money, jobs, or the economy, kids often pick up on their worries. Here are some ideas about what to do when kids' worries affect their behavior and performance in school.
Sharing the Load: Ownership of School Reform
Marvin Berkowitz believes effective character education is not adding a program to a school; it is a transformation of the culture of the school.
Spread Skills Schoolwide
Tips for creating a plan to transfer SECOND STEP skills and concepts throughout the school.
The Good Leader
Marvin Berkowitz explains why school principals should foster the character development of their staff.
On the Playground
Supporting Social Skills on the Playground
This article explains how to support social skills on the playground using the SECOND STEP and STEPS TO RESPECT programs.
Handling Playground Problem Areas
Here's a list of tips for making your school playground safer.
Social and Emotional Learning and Academics
School Bonding Boosts Academic Success
School bonding is associated with increased social skills and greater academic achievement.
Program Implementation
SECOND STEP Calendar
These are some tips to help you get your SECOND STEP program going at the beginning of the school year and sustain it through the end.
How Is the Program Going?
Use this activity to find out how the SECOND STEP program is going in your school.
Get Off to a Good Start
Tips for the beginning of the school year.
Cement Those Skills
Tips for helping students use SECOND STEP skills beyond the classroom.
Tips from a SECOND STEP Vice Principal
Discipline referrals are down at Vice Principal George Goss's school. Goss gives ten tips he's learned from his successful SECOND STEP implementation.
