Date: July 25th, 2013
Sixteen-year-old, blond, skinny, flirty, bombshell Dahlia was out of control. She was tardy, rude, skipped classes, swore at her teachers, and argued with every request.
Date: July 18th, 2013
Watch this video [1:27] to learn why I never ask a child who is late to class where they have been.
Date: July 11th, 2013
Watch this video [1:10] to see why we can’t always expect students to “act their age.”
Date: July 3rd, 2013
Watch this video [1:27] to learn why sending kids down to the office for behavior may not be a good idea.
Date: June 27th, 2013
Watch this video [1:31] to learn why the most impactful behavior is the one to target first.
Date: June 20th, 2013
Sophomore Greg Gunnars walked into the high school foyer, hurrying out of the sleet and freezing rain. He let the door swing shut behind him, as he always did, and kept walking in his unlaced high top sneakers.
Blam, blam, blam! Mrs. McCabe’s textbooks crashed to the floor as the closing door caught her on the shoulder and she lost grip of her belongings. Car keys and tampons flew like airborne projectiles and landed across the foyer. Lipsticks, snug in their polished cylinders, rolled out of reach. Student papers fled the shelter of their file folders and scattered everywhere.
Date: June 13th, 2013
Watch this video [1:14] to learn Polly’s advice about using “the wall” to manage recess behavior.
Date: June 6th, 2013
Watch this video [1:51] to learn how to focus on the real problem behind things that drive us crazy in the classroom.
Date: May 29th, 2013
Watch this video [1:41] to learn why Silent Lunch is not a great behavior management technique, and what you might do instead.
Date: May 23rd, 2013
There I was, veteran teacher, well-traveled behavior consultant, and what did I do? I broke my own first rule of behavior management: Never Assume. As in: never assume students know what to do, or if they know, that they will do it!
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