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?”

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Make School a Place Kids Want to Be!

Date: May 28th, 2025

School is the one place kids HAVE to be. Let’s jump on that and make school a place they WANT to be!

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No Relationships? No Rigor!

Date: May 14th, 2025

Build relationships with the kids in your school. Because you can’t have rigor without relationships!

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Inconsistency Breaks School Culture!

Date: March 5th, 2025

When kids are able to depend on every school adult to be consistent, that’s a culture!

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Give Kids the Gift of Consistency

Date: February 26th, 2025

Consistent expectations can help kids improve their behavior. So, give kids the gift of knowing what to expect!

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Ask Polly Bath: Taking Away ‘Specials’

Date: February 23rd, 2025

Polly answers the question: “I am a music teacher. I’m wondering what your opinion is on classroom teachers keeping kids out of ‘specials’ as a punishment for an earlier behavior issue. My thought is they are basically saying specials are unimportant.”

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The Power of Experiencing Community!

Date: January 15th, 2025

We need to do more than just teach our kids about community. We need to help them EXPERIENCE it!

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Ask Polly Bath: Building LOTS of Relationships!

Date: January 12th, 2025

Polly answers the question: “I keep hearing that building relationships with students is crucial for improving classroom behaviors, but I have SO many students! What can I do? How can I relate to them all?”

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Ask Polly Bath: Student Hates You?

Date: December 22nd, 2024

Polly answers the question: “I am a paraprofessional dealing with a fifth-grade boy who curses me out, hits me, throws things at me, and generally terrorizes me. He says he hates me and wants to force me to quit my job. I do not have support from the teacher. What can I do?”

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How I Do Observations

Date: December 17th, 2024

When I observe a student, I make sure to see the kid in different environments throughout the school day.

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