| Sub-themes | Teachers’ Beliefs | Principals’ Beliefs |
| Beliefs about Academic Practices | ||
| 1) Differential Learning Practices | “I simply make adjustments to every lesson. I start teaching frontally and then I begin to adjust the lesson to the student’s goals and needs. It’s being flexible all the time.” (Miri) | “Every child here is different; his/her learning progress is different. If two third-grade children arrive and both of them still don’t recognize letters, their progress can be entirely different and the way you work with them is going to be completely different.” (Gila) |
| 2) Learning as a Facilitator for Students’ Emotional Wellbeing | “The goal is to return to the normative circle, the life mission is to learn in school, this is the expectation from children of their age group, and this is also our expectation, which is ultimately a therapeutic goal.” (Lili). | “The school is beyond learning; it is a message. It is a message of routine; it is a message of health. This is what children in the world and in this country do; they learn”. (Hadas) |
| Beliefs about Emotional-Behavioral Practices | ||
| 1) Forming a meaningful relationship with students | “First of all, I need the child to trust me, believe in me and to know that I am here to help him. I am not here to make him fail or be mad at him. I’m not criticizing him.” (Carmel) | “The teachers’ goal is to restore a sense of self-ability in the children. When a child feels that he/she is able to solve a problem or do an assignment and is reinforced for it, it can later effect all aspects of their life.” (Tali) |
| 2) Reinforcing Student’s Positive Behavior | “At the end of the day we look at the reinforcement table and see what occurred during that day and we choose a child as the star of the day. At the end of the week some of the children receive a star of the week.” (Sima) | |
| 3) Improving Students’ Emotional- Behavioral Regulation | “We teach the students several strategies of what to do when it’s difficult, what to do when they are angry. At the same time, I keep telling them: we are here to help you but you have to agree to receive help.” (Sima) | |