Beyond Discipline (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Retief Libris Publishing, 2026
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Paperback. Discipline is not just about managing behaviour. It is about building the kind of school culture where students feel safe, staff feel supported, and accountability becomes part of learning.Beyond Discipline: Creating Safe, Inclusive and Accountable Secondary School Environments is a practical and thoughtful guide for school leaders, wellbeing teams, behaviour coordinators, and teachers who want to move beyond reactive punishment and build a stronger whole-school approach to discipline.Traditional approaches to school discipline often rely on detentions, suspensions, compliance, and consequences. While these may create short-term control, they rarely address the deeper causes of disengagement, conflict, bullying, exclusion, or repeated behavioural concerns. This book offers a more constructive path: one grounded in safety, inclusion, consistency, restorative practice, student dignity, cultural responsiveness, and shared accountability.Inside, readers will explore how to: Build a positive school climate where students feel known, valued, and supportedMove from punishment-based discipline to restorative and relational practiceCreate clear expectations, fair policies, and consistent whole-school systemsSupport teachers through professional development, shared language, and practical structuresStrengthen student voice, family engagement, and community partnershipsAddress bullying, harassment, conflict, and exclusion proactivelyUse data to evaluate discipline practices and improve school cultureBalance accountability with empathy, dignity, and ethical decision-makingEmbed inclusive practices for students with diverse learning, behavioural, and wellbeing needsDesigned for secondary school settings, this book recognises the complexity of adolescent behaviour and the pressure placed on educators. It does not offer simplistic slogans or soft alternatives to accountability. Instead, it shows how schools can hold students responsible while still preserving dignity, repairing relationships, and building the conditions for long-term behavioural growth.Whether you are a principal, assistant principal, head of year, wellbeing leader, behaviour support teacher, classroom teacher, counsellor, or education leader, Beyond Discipline offers a practical framework for creating schools that are calm, fair, inclusive, and accountable.For schools ready to rethink discipline, this book provides a clear path forward: not less accountability, but better accountability, built through culture, connection, consistency, and care. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …
Seller Inventory # 9781923674462
- Title
- Beyond Discipline (Paperback)
- Author
- Jacques Retief
- Publisher
- Retief Libris Publishing
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1923674463
- ISBN 13
- 9781923674462
- Series
- Book 3 of 3: The Regulated Schools Series
Discipline is not just about managing behaviour. It is about building the kind of school culture where students feel safe, staff feel supported, and accountability becomes part of learning.
Beyond Discipline: Creating Safe, Inclusive and Accountable Secondary School Environments is a practical and thoughtful guide for school leaders, wellbeing teams, behaviour coordinators, and teachers who want to move beyond reactive punishment and build a stronger whole-school approach to discipline.
Traditional approaches to school discipline often rely on detentions, suspensions, compliance, and consequences. While these may create short-term control, they rarely address the deeper causes of disengagement, conflict, bullying, exclusion, or repeated behavioural concerns. This book offers a more constructive path: one grounded in safety, inclusion, consistency, restorative practice, student dignity, cultural responsiveness, and shared accountability.
Inside, readers will explore how to:
-
Build a positive school climate where students feel known, valued, and supported
-
Move from punishment-based discipline to restorative and relational practice
-
Create clear expectations, fair policies, and consistent whole-school systems
-
Support teachers through professional development, shared language, and practical structures
-
Strengthen student voice, family engagement, and community partnerships
-
Address bullying, harassment, conflict, and exclusion proactively
-
Use data to evaluate discipline practices and improve school culture
-
Balance accountability with empathy, dignity, and ethical decision-making
-
Embed inclusive practices for students with diverse learning, behavioural, and wellbeing needs
Designed for secondary school settings, this book recognises the complexity of adolescent behaviour and the pressure placed on educators. It does not offer simplistic slogans or soft alternatives to accountability. Instead, it shows how schools can hold students responsible while still preserving dignity, repairing relationships, and building the conditions for long-term behavioural growth.
Whether you are a principal, assistant principal, head of year, wellbeing leader, behaviour support teacher, classroom teacher, counsellor, or education leader, Beyond Discipline offers a practical framework for creating schools that are calm, fair, inclusive, and accountable.
For schools ready to rethink discipline, this book provides a clear path forward: not less accountability, but better accountability, built through culture, connection, consistency, and care.
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