Behavior Management

PBIS World offers solutions for specific misbehaviors utilizing a tiered system. Below is a sample of what you can expect- beginning with a description of the behavior, in this case aggressiveness and bullying, and the tier 1 suggestions.

 

Link to PBIS World

linoit.com

Use linoit.com to display objectives, post learning targets, share daily affirmations or quotes, list daily tasks, provide checklist, conduct exit tickets, and more. Did I mention it is free :)

Dude. be nice

"The DUDE. be nice project is a platform to inspire young people to build a positive community by recognizing a person or group in a fun, creative and meaningful way. We're all for making people feel appreciated.   If you want us to be a part of a DUDE. be nice Project in your community, email us at DBNproject@dudebenice.com. Learn more in the vid below."

About Dude. be nice

6 page, 5 day activity guide!

 

International Women's Day

In honor or international women's day YouTube launches #dearme, women post video messages to their 14 year old self, find out more at the links below.

About #DearMe

#DearMe (Denver, Women's Commission)

Denver Women's Commission 2014 Assessment: Windows into Denver Women and Girls.

The assessment offers insight and perspective on the issues most currently affecting women and girls in Denver. The DWC hopes this information can serve as the start of a civic conversation; a call to action for improving our community.

 

Windows into Denver Women Full Text

 

 

Teacher Becomes Student for a Day

Link to Full Article

 

First of all I hope every educator takes the time to read this article, better yet do what this teacher did and shadow a student for a day! The full text can be found at the link provided above, however these are the 3 takeaways the teacher describes:

• Students sit all day, and sitting is exhausting
• Students are sitting, and passively engaged for 90% of the day
• Students feel like a nuisance

In the full article this educator details how she will address these takeaways and offers tangible ideas for all teachers transferable across content areas. For the student perspective pick up Fires in the Middle School Bathroom, pictured below.

 

 

 

 



Trauma and the Teenage Brain

                         

                                                   

"As researchers work to solve one of the most persistent problems in public education – why kids in poor neighborhoods fail so much more often than their upper-income peers – more and more they're pointing the finger at what happens outside the classroom.
Shootings. Food insecurity. Sirens and fights in the night. Experts are finding that those stressors build up, creating emotional problems and changes in the brain that can undermine even the clearest lessons."

Link to Full Article
Ted Talk on Trauma and Health

Introducing New Vocabulary

After introducing new vocabulary have students spin the wheel to identify their action step, each option will promote retention and support a different learning style. Easily turned into a game for review prior to assessment.