Teaching tricks I learned from winning coaches
Date: August 15th, 2013
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [2:14] to learn how I take good coaching techniques and apply them in my classroom.
Does giving attention to an attention-seeker work?
Date: August 7th, 2013
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:22] to see how we sometimes reinforce bad behavior by our discipline choices.
Get the desks right or lose the class
Date: August 1st, 2013
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:46] to see how getting those desks right spells success or failure.
Dahlia’s Out-of-Control School Behavior: Getting a Reluctant Mom Involved
Date: July 25th, 2013
By: Polly Bath
Sixteen-year-old, blond, skinny, flirty, bombshell Dahlia was out of control. She was tardy, rude, skipped classes, swore at her teachers, and argued with every request.
Do you let a late student interrupt your momentum?
Date: July 18th, 2013
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:27] to learn why I never ask a child who is late to class where they have been.
Why I never tell a student to “act your age.”
Date: July 11th, 2013
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:10] to see why we can’t always expect students to “act their age.”
Another reason I avoid sending kids to the office.
Date: July 3rd, 2013
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:27] to learn why sending kids down to the office for behavior may not be a good idea.
How do I choose which behavior to target first?
Date: June 27th, 2013
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:31] to learn why the most impactful behavior is the one to target first.
Holding the Door: A High School Boy Learns the Hard Way
Date: June 20th, 2013
By: Polly Bath
Sophomore Greg Gunnars walked into the high school foyer, hurrying out of the sleet and freezing rain. He let the door swing shut behind him, as he always did, and kept walking in his unlaced high top sneakers.
Blam, blam, blam! Mrs. McCabe’s textbooks crashed to the floor as the closing door caught her on the shoulder and she lost grip of her belongings. Car keys and tampons flew like airborne projectiles and landed across the foyer. Lipsticks, snug in their polished cylinders, rolled out of reach. Student papers fled the shelter of their file folders and scattered everywhere.
Do you use “the wall” to manage recess behavior?
Date: June 13th, 2013
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:14] to learn Polly’s advice about using “the wall” to manage recess behavior.
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