1. WARM/STRICT
Todd Hawks, Presenter
August 4, 2014

2. OBJECTIVES
Participants will understand the differences between warm and strict
Participants will learn how warm and strict coexist
Participants will learn techniques to create a positive and strong presence in their classroom
Participants will learn ways to incorporate Warm/Strict in their classrooms

3. DEFINE IT WARM STRICT Positive, enthusiastic, caring, and thoughtful
Clear, consistent, firm, and unrelenting

4. KEY UNDERSTANDINGS Not opposites Seek to be both Simultaneously
Warm and strict are not opposites. Although many of us are socialized to think otherwise, you can and should seek to be both at the exact same time. When you are simultaneously clear, consistent, firm, and unrelenting and positive, enthusiastic, caring, and thoughtful, you send the powerful message that having high expectations is part of caring for and respecting someone.

5. MAKING WARM/STRICT EFFECTIVE
Explain to students why you’re doing what you’re doing
Distinguish between behavior and people
Demonstrate that consequences are temporary
Use warm nonverbal behavior
Temporary consequences: Get over it quickly yourself

6. EXPLAIN Why you are doing what you are doing Be genuine
How it will help them
Be genuine
Don’t make explanations superficial
That’s what they do in college
School is the real world
Far removed from explanation
“Sweetheart, we don’t do that in this classroom because it keeps us from making the most of our learning time. I’m going to have to try to help you remember that.”

7. DISTINGUISH Distinguish between behavior and people Example:
Your inconsiderate
Your behavior is inconsiderate

8. CONSEQUENCES ARE TEMPORARY
After consequence your next task is to forgive
Don’t hold a grudge
Get over it quickly
Model that once consequence is fulfilled, it is in the past
Be sincere
The slate is clean
You use a consequence so you won’t have to hold a grudge
Be sincere in your smiling and greeting
Show that the slate is clean

9. USE WARM NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR
Arm on shoulder
Facial expression
Convey sympathy
Get on their eye level
Don’t apologize about expectations
Sympathy-have to redo the work, but you know they can do better
Explain they won’t be allowed to talk to classmates that way…but don’t apologize because you care.
WARM/STRICT:
APOLOGY:
“Because I care about you, you must serve the consequence for being late.”
“I care about you, but you still must serve the consequence for being late.”

10. COMPOSE WARM/STRICT
Choose at Least 3
Practice

11. HOW YOU COME ACROSS Warm Strict Warm and strict by turns Warm/Strict
Which are you?

12. DISCUSSION Distinguishing between behavior and person
Conveying to students that there is no either-or
Showing students that consequences are temporary
Putting classroom incidents behind
Using warm nonverbal behavior
How are you at each of these? Discuss times when you may be warm or strict. Discuss how to be both in these situations. Share out.

13. Todd Hawks hawks@tindley.org 317-373-9475
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Todd Hawks