Date: June 10th, 2023
Polly answers the question: “Our high school has kids who work really hard and never get into trouble but it seems like we get so bogged down dealing with the kids who are having problems that these kids feel ignored. How can we encourage them to keep up the great work?”
Date: June 7th, 2023
We’ve lost the sense of community in our schools due to the difficulty of the past few years. Which has caused kids to become more internal, not recognizing how their actions impact others.
Date: April 22nd, 2023
Polly answers the question: “I have a 6th grader who keeps disrupting my history class so I give her detentions. But I’m not seeing any improvements in her behavior. How do I get better results?”
Date: March 29th, 2023
Accommodations are important, but they’re not enough. They need to be accompanied with skills and techniques so a kid knows what to do when they’re feeling a certain way.
Date: March 19th, 2023
Polly answers the question: “I send high schoolers down to the office when they act up in my class and it doesn’t seem to make any difference! So I wonder if I should just save the office for really higher level stuff so the kids know when they have truly gone too far?”
Date: December 7th, 2022
Date: November 16th, 2022
How do kids learn empathy? By watching us! When they see how we, as adults, interact with each other, they learn how to interact with others.
Date: November 9th, 2022
We want kids to focus and pay attention in class. But often when we say those terms to them, it causes them to do just the opposite.
Date: October 26th, 2022
Here’s a funny little story that totally shows the importance of teaching self-help skills to our youngsters. Kids shouldn’t get in trouble for not having skills we didn’t take the time to teach.
Date: October 12th, 2022
How we contribute to our school’s culture will have a huge impact on students, for good or bad!
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