Do you try to reason with a student who’s escalated?
Date: October 3rd, 2013
Earning the trust of a rough and scary high schooler.
Date: September 26th, 2013
I was headed to my third period class when I saw him – a tall, white, 11th grader, with a shaved head and a fully-loaded attitude. He stood across the hall from my classroom door, leaning against the wall as though he owned that stretch of hallway.
Starting a power struggle is a dead end
Date: September 19th, 2013
How I helped one student solve his own problem
Date: September 12th, 2013
Watch this video [1:28] to see how Polly helped a reluctant student to solve his own dilemma.
How do I manage my class when a student acts out?
Date: September 4th, 2013
Watch this video [1:55] to see how to keep the rest of your class focused when one student acts out.
What do you do when a student always blames another student?
Date: August 28th, 2013
Why I never manage behavior by saying, “I’m going to count to three…”
Date: August 22nd, 2013
Watch this video [1:14] to learn why threatening to count to three does NOT work as a behavior management tool.
Teaching tricks I learned from winning coaches
Date: August 15th, 2013
Watch this video [2:14] to learn how I take good coaching techniques and apply them in my classroom.
Does giving attention to an attention-seeker work?
Date: August 7th, 2013
Watch this video [1:22] to see how we sometimes reinforce bad behavior by our discipline choices.
Get the desks right or lose the class
Date: August 1st, 2013
Watch this video [1:46] to see how getting those desks right spells success or failure.
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