What is Co-Teaching when you boil it down?
Date: August 28th, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:01] for my thumbnail sketch of Co-Teaching. Something we ought to have in every classroom.
Does taking away recess work?
Date: August 21st, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [3:02] about why taking recess away is often an ineffective consequence. I also share a couple other consequences you might want to use instead.
Behavior management: manage vs. change
Date: August 13th, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:17] about how managing behavior doesn’t change it. Targeting the cause is the key.
One kid’s description of curriculum delivery that wasn’t working.
Date: August 7th, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [0:49] to learn how one of my students was experiencing today’s go-go-go, faster-faster-faster curriculum. Do you think this would cause behaviors in some kids? Do we deliver our curriculum in a way that kids have time to digest it?
School behavior: reforming your discipline code
Date: July 31st, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Classroom behavior: how ‘helping’ can provoke behaviors
Date: July 23rd, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:02] for a tip on how I sometimes help a kid in class who is resistant to help. The trick is to help them without embarrassing them, which can sometimes provoke behaviors.
Avoid behaviors: a tip for transitioning
Date: July 17th, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [0:53] for an easy way to avoid behaviors whenever your class is coming back from an activity.
How to avoid behaviors when a kid needs tutoring
Date: July 10th, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [0:47] to learn how to avoid sparking behavior in a student who needs one-to-one tutoring.
Behavior & preferential seating: think outside the box
Date: July 3rd, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:08] to learn a couple ideas for using preferential seating in unexpected ways to improve behaviors.
Behaviors: too many bathroom breaks?
Date: June 26th, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:27] to learn how I keep ‘bathroom breaks’ under control in my classroom.
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