Date: August 4th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “I gotta get this off my chest… I have a student who is just downright MEAN! I am struggling to find the good in them and I can’t stand how their behavior impacts myself and others! What should I do? How do I handle this?”
Date: July 28th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “In my position, I offer support to kids who have difficult life circumstances. However, sometimes it seems the child doesn’t have the bandwidth to process my suggestions and still participate in their classwork. Do you have any ideas for me?”
Date: July 20th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “Any time my lessons involve vocabulary such as ‘the wind breaks’ or words that rhyme with something crude, my 7th graders start snickering and saying inappropriate things like ‘she said break wind!’ or ‘she said fart!’ This drives me nuts. Any ideas?”
Date: July 14th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “I’m a Music teacher, when I have a kid who misbehaves, I tell their classroom teacher but I feel out of the loop because I won’t even see the child again until the following week. And when I do see them… should I address the issue or assume it’s been handled?”
Date: July 6th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “I have a kid who is very anxious, and I try to help them process their experiences but… is it possible I’m overdoing it and contributing to the anxiety?”
Date: June 29th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “Is there an easy way to assess social emotional skills that we could use as a school to determine if we are consistently addressing the needs of our students and to help us measure our progress?”
Date: June 23rd, 2024
Polly answers the question: “Could you explain more about Tier 2 for behavior? I don’t know what language to use when I need help or when I need to document behavior.”
Date: June 16th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “One of my students was yelling, kicking chairs, and tearing down our bulletin boards so I had him escorted to the office. But when I walked by the office a while later I saw the child eating cookies! I’ll be honest, I WASN’T happy!! Why is this ok?”
Date: June 9th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “Younger kids always had difficulty separating from their parent or caregiver when coming to school but I’m pretty sure the pandemic has exacerbated this. Do you have any recommendations to help kids with this?”
Date: June 2nd, 2024
Polly answers the question: “We give our kids with higher ACES scores extra support but they often still resort to escalating behaviors and/or refusal. Why are they still struggling with learning?”
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