Sentences with phrase «rather than a punitive»

At first they tried to be comforting, interpreting Job's trouble as disciplinary rather than punitive, but soon, with the hard rigor of convinced logicians accepting an unquestioned premise, they were arguing back from Job's misery to his antecedent and corresponding sin.

Rather than a punitive time - out («Go to your room!»)

Be specific and logical rather than punitive: «If you play with the soccer ball in the house, we'll have to keep it in the garage.»

Rather than a punitive time - out at this point, take him to a comfy sofa in the den or to a favorite corner of his bedroom where he can calm down.

NYC should consider incentives, like a refund program, rather than punitive fees.»

Suddenly, its emphasis on camouflage and wilderness survival became engrossing rather than punitive.

Brain breaks are responsive to students and help us become allies of their behavior rather than punitive figures.

Efforts to keep children from dropping out of school must begin in the middle grades, a new report advises, and should include school - based reforms that enhance achievement, promote self - esteem, and provide personalized, rather than punitive, discipline.

A study from the Consortium of Policy Research in Education (CPRE) of Philadelphia schools after the reform found that schools using positive rather than punitive disciplinary measures had more faculty cohesion, better teacher morale, and served higher socioeconomic status students than schools not complying with the reform.

In Phase One, we will introduce our RP / SEL model to three schools and work intensively with them to improve the model, identify best practices, and create tools to support schools in using these best practices to create equitable school cultures based on restorative approaches rather than punitive ones.

That trust enabled them to accept the feedback accompanying her classroom observations as constructive, rather than punitive.

The majority of BME teachers did not feel positive about the appraisal system: only 30 % of BME teachers working in primary school and 23 % of BME teachers working in secondary school agreed the appraisal system is «supportive rather than punitive.»

In Phase One, we will introduce our RP / SEL model to three schools and work intensively with them to improve the model, identify best practices, and create tools to support schools in using these best practices to create school cultures based on restorative approaches rather than punitive ones.

Vos said the sanctions for D - rated schools should include things like more teacher training, rather than punitive measures.

Although other districts have sought help from businesses, Hayward's combination of engaging business and law enforcement while remaining positive, rather than punitive, is unusual, said Hedy Chang, director of Attendance Works, a national initiative that promotes partnerships to boost school attendance.

«The key is ensuring policy makers and schools take a supportive rather than punitive framework,» Hedy told participants.

Drew Furedi, formerly the executive director of Los Angeles Unified's talent management division and now its executive director of human capital initiatives, said the piloted changes focus on evaluation as «a growth and development tool rather than a punitive tool,» which will tie results to «aligned, targeted, professional development opportunities for teachers.»

Central to school - based RJ is the ability to respond to wrong - doing in a positive rather than punitive way.

At the classroom level, it allows assessments to be useful rather than punitive.

Liebowitz also argued that the sanction was «wholly punitive in nature,» violating Supreme Court precedent that requires sanctions imposed by a judge's inherent authority to be compensatory rather than punitive in nature.

In the right case, with a proper amount of evidence to prove the need for punitive damages, such a means makes sense, but most injured people are better off seeking only «economic» or «non-economic» damages rather than punitive damages.

When awarding attorney's fees on the basis of inherent authority, courts are limited to compensatory amounts rather than punitive ones.

Of course you want to correct bad behavior, but take constructive rather than punitive action whenever possible.

Their disciplinary methods are supportive, rather than punitive.

And teachers have reported using SEL skills in challenging circumstances — for example, when a school is facing budget cuts or a student is acting out — to regulate and guide their own emotions in a constructive rather than punitive or destructive direction.

Rather than punitive and restrictive interventions, I focus on healing by establishing a stronger connection / attachment between children and caregivers.

Our additional focus on positive referrals (Commendations) supports a positive rather than a punitive school environment.

Not exact matches

In December 2016, Trump stressed that rather than applying the same tariffs to all companies, he would use punitive tariffs to punish some companies that source overseas.

Thomas added that the sentence was «clearly issued on a punitive rather than on a legal basis» and said: «The constant harassment of members of the Christian community ought not to be occurring in a country where the constitution not only recognises Christianity, but also states that no - one should be molested or taken to task simply for holding a religious belief.

In a gently parented home, boundaries are focused on guiding rather than controlling children and are maintained through empathetic and creative resolutions rather than harsh punitive consequences.

With gentle parenting, setting limits focuses on connection and empathetic communication rather than control and punitive consequences.

In a gently parented home, boundaries are focused on guiding rather than controlling children and are enforced through empathetic and creative resolutions rather than harsh punitive consequences.

From this post, it wasn't obvious (to me at least) that you were arguing against all «harsh, punitive disciplinary measures» as ineffective in the long - term rather than just spanking.

«This review provides the opportunity to ensure that issues around the redeployment of the school workforce rather than redundancy, tight fiscal accountability rather than cheque book management, and the fair and equitable treatment of employees rather than subjective and punitive management are addressed.»

• There was near unanimity among the task force members (myself excluded), the State Board of Education, and the California Department of Education that NCLB - era accountability systems were excessively punitive, and that the focus should instead be on «continuous improvement,» rather than «test - and - punish.»

The law also comes across as punitive rather than supportive, because of the sanctions involved for schools that fail to show adequate yearly progress, he said.

Restorative practices differ from punitive justice in that the ultimate goal is mediation rather than punishment.

«If TCAP was used as a diagnostic tool, rather than as a punitive measure, our schools would not be in the absurd position of deciding whether to send students home without report cards or send home grades that may change once the state chooses to release the scores,» the TEA president said.

relying on an unnecessarily punitive and counterproductive management style that is intended to create a climate of fear, rather than collaboration, in our city schools.»

Rather than turn schools into punitive, zero - tolerance environments, the union is joining with community members to demand social workers, counselors, nurses, and other resources to support students who are facing challenges and trauma outside school.

The two greatest fears teachers expressed were that principals would not be properly trained to evaluate their staff and that the evaluations would be punitive rather than help teachers improve.

The Union supports a model of school improvement and accountability which is based around professional dialogue, and that is supportive and developmental, rather than one which is intrusive and punitive.

«We'd rather raise the profession through cooperation rather than through a punitive approach.

Penguin Group's CEO John Makinson issued a statement yesterday that basically outlines the company's reasons for going to court over the issue, rather than accept the punitive settlement offered to the publishers.

BookRix emerged at a time when ebooks were still not catching on among German readers, largely in part due to the odd tax laws that made ebooks fall under an almost punitive taxation rate as they were considered to be software downloads rather than books.

At best this is a punitive move rather than an obviously productive one.

As a result, punitive damages focus on the defendant's conduct, rather than the injuries suffered by the plaintiff.

In Pennsylvania, courts may also award punitive damages, which punish the at - fault party, rather than compensate the victim.

There is, of course, the possibility of other damages, such as emotional distress and punitive damages, but even punitive damages are often limited by law or by the judge to thousands, rather than millions.

They differ from the general and specific damages, because rather than make the plaintiff whole, the punitive damages are put in place as a deterrent and warning to the defendant.