Dear teachers,
In the spirit of developing our appropriate language usage around NIS, there has been a fourth element to “Building a Caring Community” and that is the use of respectful language:
Reminding students and/or others, “That is inappropriate language, and that is not who we are” helps to hold a person accountable. F.E. Aboud makes note that, “If name calling or other discrimination happens at school and goes either unnoticed or is not discussed by adults, students infer that the behavior is widely accepted.”