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Well none really--they redirect. They do not believe in punitive consequences so they have logical ones like if you are throwing a toy, they take the toy away and redirect.

Mostly redirection. If a child is having a really challenging time, the teachers will often send them to the reading corner where there are lots of books and soft cushions to sit on. Only if they are really being bad -- like purposefully acting out, hitting, punching, kicking, etc. -- they will then be sent to "the thinking spot", which is basically time out. I'm pretty sure they do one minute per year of age.

My daughter apparently had an epic meltdown today, but was still not sent to the thinking spot b/c she wasn't doing anything malicious.

they get down to the kid's level and talk about the behavior immediately after it happens. i have yet to see a daycare/preschool around here that implements time outs.

@matador84: I know my LO has had some bad days behavior wise at school (33 months) and on the worst days she has had to stay inside with the teacher while she cleans the classroom and the other kids are outside. So they take away the privilege of going outside. That was on a fairly extreme day.

On other days I have seen them have the child who was hurt tell the child who hit/pushed that they did not like it and why and then they separate the children.

Is your child the one hurting or the one being hurt?

you know, i have absolutely no clue.

Both of the ones we went to have them sit for a bit if they do something like spit or hit.

@matador84: so, I teach at our son's center in the 3-5 years room. There is a child in the 2s room who is frequently physically aggressive. The teachers do a thing called "gluing" where they keep the student in arms reach always. The child works, eats, rests, etc right next to a teacher. If he hurts another child it's documented in a form for the parents and the center. He's also removed from the room to sit with a director. I know that parents of chronically aggressive kids have to have a meeting with the teacher & director to figure out a plan to help the child and, after a certain amount of time, the child can be kicked out of the center.
All that said, I'm not sure spitting or pulling hair would immediately be counted as a serious offense. For as young as 2, it would heavily depend on the circumstances surrounding the incident. (Ages 3-5 no question I'd be writing them up, giving them reduced privileges, and meeting with parents if it kept happening. But the motivations of 2 year olds can often be complicated to figure out).

@blackbird: thanks for this. I was starting to feel clueless!

I know our school does reports to the parents on big things like biting, hiting, and you have to sign a form acknowledging it, but I don't actually know what they do for every little thing, at the time it happens. I think for the most part it's redirection and discussion.

Time out 1 minute for each year they are old.