M.E. Betts’s Reviews > Restoring Teaching: How Working Restoratively Unleashes the Teacher and School Leader Within You > Status Update
M.E. Betts
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I love the chapter title ‘this shit needs to stop’. It’s so relatable.
A lot of this section that I listened to centred around the idea of SHAME. Why children need it, why it’s integral to emotional intelligence and learning those soft curriculum subject areas.
— Jun 10, 2026 09:14PM
A lot of this section that I listened to centred around the idea of SHAME. Why children need it, why it’s integral to emotional intelligence and learning those soft curriculum subject areas.
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M.E.’s Previous Updates
M.E. Betts
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Past present future questions
3x3x3 meetings
P3 P3 F3
Make sure you follow through on whatever strategy you use
Talking circles are good, but have a word limit
Check in/out circles
In- two words to say how you’re feeling this morning
Out- my teaching, how did you improve etc
— Aug 03, 2026 06:21PM
3x3x3 meetings
P3 P3 F3
Make sure you follow through on whatever strategy you use
Talking circles are good, but have a word limit
Check in/out circles
In- two words to say how you’re feeling this morning
Out- my teaching, how did you improve etc
M.E. Betts
is 42% done
Realschools.com.au/rt (website with resources and a list of responses to say to students in common scenarios)
Don’t use donts
Looking left means memory
Looking upper right means creativity
Kids respond better to consequences they make themselves rather than given to them
— Jul 12, 2026 09:11PM
Don’t use donts
Looking left means memory
Looking upper right means creativity
Kids respond better to consequences they make themselves rather than given to them
M.E. Betts
is 14% done
Language = culture
Culture = language
“This shit needs to stop” - what happened to the trust between teachers and parents? Why is bullying so prevalent these days?
Act like you’re a god in the classroom, because whether it’s a good or bad day is mostly up to you. You’re in charge. Act like it.
— May 19, 2026 12:45AM
Culture = language
“This shit needs to stop” - what happened to the trust between teachers and parents? Why is bullying so prevalent these days?
Act like you’re a god in the classroom, because whether it’s a good or bad day is mostly up to you. You’re in charge. Act like it.