Creating the School Family

Carroll County teachers, as well as teachers from the surrounding counties, participated in this online book-study of "Creating the School Family: Bully-Proofing Classrooms Through Emotional Intelligence" which incorporated everything teachers & administrators needed to successfully create and teach 12 classroom structures, integrating social-emotional well-being into the existing curriculum. Participants collaborated to systematically create a positive school climate, dramatically increase teaching time, foster academic success, eliminate bullying, and decrease behavioral issues.

What was your favorite part?

"It reminded me of things I already knew, but i needed a reminder about them."


"Learning different strategies to use in classroom."


"I enjoyed reading this book"


"Interacting with other teachers was my favorite part."


"I loved the feedback and communication between everyone involved."


"It really correlated to my role as a teacher. I took many things from this book study and my classroom and bettered from it."


"The great ideas from the book & participants that I can incorporate in my classroom."


"I loved reading this book and hearing all the wonderful things people are doing for the students of Carroll Co There are so many wonderful things in this book I want to implement in my classroom. There was wonderful new information and reminders of things I needed to remember."


'The focus on teaching children to internal development of responsibility as opposed to just punching students.

That I was able to do this online."


"I really liked Chapter 4."


"Making the students feel like family."


"Getting to learn from other teachers."


"I enjoyed the take-aways from other teachers - seeing where they were and what they were implementing. I liked that it wasn't just classroom teachers, it was specialty teachers, Title 1, etc."


"The new ideas to implement in the classroom to help students feel more loved and cared for."


"My favorite part was the feedback that everyone gave one another. I loved reading what others posted on comments."


"The book was a good reminder that we as teachers are teaching more than just academic objectives but also life skills as well."


"Being able to do it on my own schedule within the week assigned."


"The content was practical, engaging, and could be implemented immediately."


"A lot of new ideas!!"


"Reading responses of others."


"It is hard to chose one thing. I love this book and I will use many of the strategies that we learned about."


"Creating a family in the classroom."


"Very convenient and relatable to my classroom."


TEXT: Creating the School family: Bully-Proofing Classrooms Through Emotional Intelligence by Dr. Becky Bailey

FACILITATOR: Sherry Barnard

TARGET AUDIENCE: Early Childhood, Elementary

COURSE STRUCTURE: Online Google Classroom

One Chapter per Week (worth 4 points) = 60 points

1 hour for the Chapter Reading

1 hour to respond to the guided conversation stimulus

1 hour to read others’ posts and reply to at least two other participants

1 hour for implementation

Click here for the Book Study Outline and Log to track time.