Should we be teaching kids everyone is a winner?
Date: April 10th, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:17] for my thoughts on whether teaching kids everyone is a winner is helpful to them in the long run.
The best way to target a behavior you want to change
Date: April 3rd, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:58] to learn how to target a behavior we want to change in the classroom. In order to target a behavior, we have to describe what we see. We see spitting, biting, saying no. We don’t see “inappropriate.” We don’t see “unacceptable.” Therefore, we shouldn’t use those terms when targeting.
School transition: why I start kids WAY early
Date: March 27th, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [2:09] for some of my wisdom and experience on helping kids make successful transitions.
Classroom management: recognize behaviors as symptoms
Date: March 20th, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [0:57] about how behaviors are symptoms that we need to get to the bottom of, if we want to change the behaviors.
Classroom management: how I respond to an attention seeker
Date: March 12th, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [0:38] for a handy tip on managing that attention-seeking kid in your class.
School climate: look up and say hello in the hall
Date: March 6th, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Classroom management – why a boy kept throwing his book at me
Date: February 27th, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:23] for an example of why in behavior management we absolutely have to get beyond symptoms to causal factors.
Classroom management – are you sure preferential seating is always in the front?
Date: February 20th, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [0:55] to learn why sitting next to the teacher isn’t always the best place for every kid who needs preferential seating.
Classroom management – if behaviors aren’t getting better, make a change
Date: February 13th, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [1:36] to hear my thoughts on how we can’t keep doing the same thing around behavior if it isn’t working.
Classroom management – keep a little behavior from becoming a big one
Date: February 6th, 2014
By: Polly Bath
Watch this video [0:58] to learn what I do to manage a kid who is getting antsy, before he or she goes too far.
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