Curriculum, School Store, & Behavior
Date: July 23rd, 2025
Here’s how one teacher I met connected intrinsic rewards with curriculum, school values, the school store, and behavior. Brilliant!
Control? Power Struggle?
Date: July 18th, 2025
Kids often try to keep a piece of their control when you give them a direction. Be careful this doesn’t lead to a power struggle!
Squabbling?
Date: July 15th, 2025
Ask Polly Bath: Helping Angry Youngsters?
Date: July 12th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “How can I help my young students work through anger, frustration, shutting down, and refusal when they already don’t have much control over their emotions?”
Do Kids WANT to be in School?
Date: July 9th, 2025
Ask Polly Bath: Tardy All the Time?
Date: July 6th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “I am a Dean of Students and we’re having terrible problems with tardiness. Detentions make no difference. I’m trying to think outside the box – any ideas about how to combat habitual tardiness?”
Partner Up with Parents Early
Date: July 2nd, 2025
If you can build a relationship with a parent early on, it will be so helpful. Then, if you need to have a tough conversation, it’s within the context of that relationship.
Ask Polly Bath: Consequences Not Working?
Date: June 29th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “We have some students who just don’t care about the consequences we give for their behaviors. What do we do then?”
Kid Refusing to Work in Your Class?
Date: June 25th, 2025
Ask Polly Bath: Autism and Refusal
Date: June 22nd, 2025
Polly answers the question: “Do you have any strategies for helping students with autism who refuse to do non-preferred activities?”
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