RESPONSIVE CLASSROOM I (RCII)
The Responsive Classroom approach to teaching and learning promotes academic and social excellence. Developed by classroom teachers, it consists of highly practical, research-based strategies for integrating the teaching of social and academic skills throughout the school day.  Used in thousands of classrooms across the country, these strategies enhance academic performance, increase students engagement in their own learning, improving social skills, reduced problem behaviors and foster respect and responsibility.

INSTRUCTOR(S): Origins Trained Facilitators
GRADE LEVEL: K-6
CREDIT: 1 or 2
Prerequisite: Responsive Classroom I

For educators who have participated in RC1.  It is in the week-long Responsive Classroom II workshops that all the pieces come together.  Participants build upon what they learned form Responsive Classroom I as trained facilitators guide sections of 25 educators through four foundational Responsive Classroom practices:

• Guided Discovery - introducing classroom materials using a format that encourages independence, creativity, and responsibility
• Academic Choice - increasing student motivation by differentiating instruction and regularly allowing students teacher-structured choices in their work
• Classroom Organization - setting up the room in ways that encourage students' independence, cooperation and productivity
• Collaborative Problem Solving - using conferencing role playing, and other strategies to resolve problems with students

Participants learn to structure lessons for differentiation and engagement through Academic Choice.  Facilitators address effective teacher language, challenging behavior issues such as chronic rule-breaking and power struggles through social problem-solving structures, such as role play and social conferencing, and deepen participants' understanding of Logical Consequences.