Five starting points:
1. You must respect your students.
2. You must believe in your students.
3. You must trust your students.
4. Your intentions must be clear.
5. You cannot use academic work you want students to do as part of your disciplinary approach.

Five Statements
1. Be fair and consistent…but you don’t need to treat all students the same way.
2. Don’t make threats…but follow through if you do.
3. Discipline isn’t personal…but you are a human being.
4. The culture of the school may trump your efforts…but don’t give up.
5. Your whole class needs to reinforce the academic and “civic” culture of your room…but you can’t force them to do so.