Ground Rules and Principles--The Basics
Take Ten Ground Rules:
How we are going to treat each other:
1. Everyone has the right to speak
2. No one must speak
3. Everyone must listen
4. No put downs . . . No name-calling
5. Disagree on issues—Don’t attack people
6. Agree to disagree
7. Keep a sense of humor at all times
Take Ten Principles:
1. Every person has the right to safe, violence-free places
2. School should be a violence-free zone
3. Disagreements and arguments are normal and to be expected
4. Every person has the right to feel however he or she feels
5. No one has the right to hurt someone or destroy something because of the way he or she feels
6. Weapons have no place in solving conflicts in school
7. Every person has the right to choose how he or she will solve problems and express himself or herself
8. “TALK IT OUT, WALK IT OUT, WAIT IT OUT and know when to get help” CAN work in a violence-free zone
9. People have the right to decide if a place shall be a violence-free zone, a TAKE TEN area
10. There is a connection between respect, personal power, and self-esteem
