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“Every school should be a hub of creativity.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“At Poinciana Schools, every student is like a beautiful Poinciana Tree that produces an abundance of blossoms of value.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“To key to classroom behavior management is to have a structured system in place whereby good behaviors are actively and abundantly rewarded, and bad behaviors are promptly and efficiently punished. Rewards should be like the air, ever present and always lingering. Punishment should be like a thunderstorm that is obvious and inconvenient yet quick, temporary and not abusive. The predominant theme of classroom management should be good behaviors and continuous rewards.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Greatness begins with the active pursuit of improvement.”

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Book:The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic

Source: The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic

“Rules and consequences are not the best tools for classroom management. Giving students goals and rewards is more effective. It’s about putting systems in place that actively incentivize good behavior and passively decentivize bad behavior. In this way, as a teacher you can spend less time on managing behaviors and more time on educating and leading.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“A classroom needs to feel like a safe place for both students and teachers. In order for creativity and higher level thinking to be present in the classrooms, a feeling of safety must first be present in the classrooms.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Allowing bullying in the classroom is equivalent to excluding learning from the classroom. If bullying is present in the classroom it causes the classroom to not feel like a safe environment, and people do not learn in unsafe environments - except for those things which they feel will ensure their present safety.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“The key to classroom behavior management is to have a structured system in place whereby good behaviors are actively and abundantly rewarded, and bad behaviors are promptly and efficiently punished. Rewards should be like the air, ever present and always lingering. Punishment should be like a thunderstorm that is obvious and inconvenient yet quick, temporary and not abusive. The predominant theme of classroom management should be good behaviors and continuous rewards.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“When students are inspired, they’ll do anything to gain new knowledge and understanding. They will seek to learn even more than the teacher seeks to facilitate learning.”

Inspiration Teacher Students Student Potential Poinciana Schools

Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“There’s a big difference between teaching and instructing. Telling kids what to do and giving them assignments is not teaching, that’s instructing. On the contrary, teaching includes helping students to cultivate talents, foster understanding, and develop skills. Anyone can instruct, but teaching is a gift.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“I see the most effective teacher being the one who facilitates learning in the same way a gardener facilitates growth, as opposed to the one who is just giving instruction.”

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Book:Principles of a Poinciana School

Source: Principles of a Poinciana School

“Students learn well through inquiry. We should embrace the students' natural inquisitiveness. We should also encourage students to ask more questions and better questions, and encourage them to use seeking as a means to finding answers.”

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Book:Principles of a Poinciana School

Source: Principles of a Poinciana School

“Sometimes we find ourselves searching for answers, When really what we need Is the discernment To ask the right questions.”

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Book:The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic

Source: The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic