Teach Transition Skills or Suffer the Consequences!
Date: October 4th, 2022
Transitions between classes tend to create behaviors. Why? Because we don’t give kids the few minutes they need to mentally prepare themselves for the next thing.
Ask Polly: Student Mental Health in High School
Date: September 25th, 2022
Polly answers the question: “My high school students have so much on their shoulders and mental health concerns are on the rise! How do I address these challenges without lowering the academic bar?”
Ask Polly: High School Apathy
Date: September 4th, 2022
Polly answers the question: “I told a student the other day that her grades were slipping. It didn’t matter to her at all… Is there anything I can do to get them to value their education?”
General George Patton or Mr. Rogers
Date: June 12th, 2022
We need to find the balance in our schools between General George Patton and Mr. Rogers.
Overcoming Inconsistency and Unpredictability
Date: May 29th, 2022
We know that consistency is so important when dealing with kids, but have you ever wondered, “Why can’t we be more consistent?”
Create a “Culture Calendar”
Date: May 22nd, 2022
SEL and Standing in Line
Date: May 15th, 2022
When you teach kids how to stand in line, teach them the SOCIAL SKILLS involved – they can use these the rest of their life.
Disrespect is a Behavior to Manage
Date: April 3rd, 2022
Before we can hold kids responsible for DISRESPECT we really have to define RESPECT. Then we have to teach it.
Don’t Belong? Harder to Learn.
Date: January 16th, 2022
When kids don’t have a sense of belonging, it makes it difficult for them to learn. And, thanks to the pandemic, many of our students are struggling with feeling like they don’t belong!
Bring Kids and Adults Together with a Culture Calendar
Date: December 26th, 2021
A school-wide, year-long “Culture Calendar” gets adults and kids interacting in a different way, which then causes the kids to see the adults differently. And that’s a good thing!
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