Kids Late to Class? | Let’s Talk About Behavior | POLLY BATH
Date: August 30th, 2025
Ask Polly Bath: Tardy All the Time?
Date: July 6th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “I am a Dean of Students and we’re having terrible problems with tardiness. Detentions make no difference. I’m trying to think outside the box – any ideas about how to combat habitual tardiness?”
Ask Polly Bath: Kids Hanging in the Bathroom?
Date: February 4th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “Is there anything we can do about bathroom behavior in our middle/high school? It is getting worse and worse!”
Ask Polly Bath: Kids Plugging Toilets on Purpose?
Date: October 29th, 2023
The Benefit of Hall Duty!!!
Date: August 23rd, 2023
Ask Polly: Aggressive Horseplay?
Date: January 29th, 2023
Polly answers the question: “Our middle school boys are very aggressive and ‘hands on’ with each other. I know horseplay is to be expected, but often things get out of hand at lunchtime or in the hallways. What can we do?”
Ask Polly: A Lot of Bus Behaviors?
Date: January 7th, 2023
Polly answers the question: “My 7th graders are getting a lot of bus ‘write ups.’ As their teacher, is there anything I can do to help with that?”
Kids Learn Empathy from YOU!
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.
Amazing DECREASE in Behaviors, Bullying…
Date: September 5th, 2021
When adults are visible in school hallways, two things happen: behaviors DECREASE, and kids become comfortable with you, just because they SEE you regularly!
When Teachers Are Visible It Changes School for Kids
Date: July 19th, 2020
You’ll be AMAZED what a little contact with kids can do to improve their behavior!!!
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