ED FORD:
RESPONSIBLE THINKING PROCESS (RTP)
Ed Ford is the president of Responsible Thinking Process, Inc. He served in the U.S. Navy, was a newspaper reporter, taught high school for six years and then went on to get his master's degree in social work.
RTP helps students:
The RTP is not designed to control behavior, "change" students, keep students, "in line," or maintain an orderly class. Rather, it is designed to cultivate respect for oneself and others, combined with a pervasive sense of responsibility for one's own actions. When these results occur, classrooms acquire a climate of respect, discipline, and academic learning and positive human relations improve.
RTP helps students:
- understand what they want from life for themselves and
- learn how to develop plans for getting what they want, while
- not infringing on the rights of others.
The RTP is not designed to control behavior, "change" students, keep students, "in line," or maintain an orderly class. Rather, it is designed to cultivate respect for oneself and others, combined with a pervasive sense of responsibility for one's own actions. When these results occur, classrooms acquire a climate of respect, discipline, and academic learning and positive human relations improve.