Positive - BehaviorFlip's Blog

How Do You Show Up?

Yes, students come in with their own stories, their own issues, and their own brain states. However, the way we show up has a direct impact upon whether that student is going to be able to regulate their system and engage in learning, or escalate their response system and show up as behavior issues.

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Nothing. Nada. Zilch. That's How Much a Second Chance Costs You.

"...my options were limited in the schools I worked in, as they had traditional discipline systems in place. My options were one of two, I could: 1) Ignore the behavior and pass the buck to the next teacher, or 2) Situation-dependent, write the student up and/or send them to the office."

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A Short, Simple List to Support Student Voice

The most strategic teachers embed student voice in the classroom without having to announce it. There doesn't need to be a banner that says, "I'M HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU." No grand gesture should be needed for students to know, "YOUR VOICE IS WELCOME HERE."

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Stuck in a Silo: A Teacher's Struggle to Address Student Behavior

But even up until last school year, in spite of the benefits of technology on my side, I still struggled with the same issue. I taught in a silo.

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Spark Intrinsic Motivation with this Simple Two-Minute Conversation

Once this cognitive dissonance comes to light- the student now has the intrinsic motivation to change- without coercion and utilizing just a simple question.