Are You Sure You’re Teaching Respect?

Date: November 13th, 2019

Attaching respect to rules doesn’t actually teach kids what respect means!

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Good Consequences Are Connected to the ‘Offense’

Date: October 30th, 2019

For interventions to really work they need to provide consequences for a child’s actions.

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You Can’t Control Their Home Lives and It Doesn’t Matter!

Date: October 16th, 2019

We can’t change what a kid is allowed to do at home. BUT we CAN teach them the skills needed to behave in school!

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Solve Running in the Hall for the Rest of the Year!

Date: September 18th, 2019

Do you go nuts when kids run in the halls?

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How Many Times Do I Have to Tell Them?

Date: August 14th, 2019

Here’s my answer to the perennial question: How many times do I have to tell them!?

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All It Takes Is One Teacher Not Enforcing Rules

Date: March 27th, 2019

Don’t be the one to let seemingly small rules slide.

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Stop Banning Social Media in School!

Date: March 23rd, 2019

Kids have no boundaries on social media. And they never will if we just continue to ban it. INSTEAD we need to TEACH them how to use it!

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TELL Kids WHAT to Do

Date: December 19th, 2018

Instead of telling students what you DON’T want them to do, tell them what you DO want them to do!

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The Problems You Cause When You Let School Rules Slide

Date: November 24th, 2018

Do you let little infractions go because you think you have bigger fish to fry? Guess what? That is actually CAUSING the bigger problems!

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My Four Unbreakable Rules

Date: November 3rd, 2018

I have four standard rules for my classroom at any age. And my students know I will NOT budge on these!

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