10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher · Vicki Davis

How to Shorten the Line at the Principal's Office

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Joshua Stamper discovered that trauma-responsive strategies from foster care training could solve school behavior issues.

Joshua Stamper shares his journey from a struggling student to an administrator, highlighting how trauma-responsive strategies from foster care training transformed his approach to student behavior. He discusses practical methods like relationship-building, the push-in model, and empowering teachers to reduce office referrals and suspensions.

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A practical, relationship-first case for fewer office referrals.

Joshua Stamper and Vicki Davis frame the conversation around a familiar school challenge: how to respond to behavior without falling back on punishment that can widen mistrust.

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If the principal's office feels like a revolving door, start here.

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