Lecture vs. Small Group Seating?

Date: February 7th, 2024

How desks are set plays a huge role in how kids focus. Set them up for success!

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Ask Polly Bath: Kids Hanging in the Bathroom?

Date: February 4th, 2024

Polly answers the question: “Is there anything we can do about bathroom behavior in our middle/high school? It is getting worse and worse!”

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Surviving Substitute Teaching!

Date: January 31st, 2024

Here are a few survival tips for substitute teachers.

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Ask Polly Bath: Logical Consequences?

Date: January 28th, 2024

Polly answers the question: “What is an example of logical consequences?”

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I Didn’t Do Anything!

Date: January 24th, 2024

You tell a kid to stop immediately and they respond with, “I didn’t do anything!”

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Ask Polly Bath: Consequence or Not?

Date: January 21st, 2024

Polly answers the question: “Does everything need a consequence?”

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Culture Eats Strategy

Date: January 17th, 2024

This is the type of culture that is needed between the adults in our schools!

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Ask Polly Bath: Hitting? Spitting? HELP!!!

Date: January 13th, 2024

Polly answers the question: “I have a kid who hits and spits at others. We have two paraprofessionals in the room and we all try our best to watch her but as soon as we hear a scream we know… she has done something to someone. Even though she gets sent to the office all the time she isn’t getting any better. Do you have any ways of dealing with this?”

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Nothing Working? Do This!

Date: January 10th, 2024

If you’ve got a child who keeps disrupting class, and interventions aren’t working… try this…

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Ask Polly Bath: Work Before Fun?

Date: January 6th, 2024

Polly answers the question: “Should kids have to wait for fun, like snack-time or recess, until their work is completed?”

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