Category: podcast
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26 | Navigating Challenging Behaviors with Students and Families
The journey of developing a tool to help respond to behavior continues with more reflection and revisions. We’ve developed a student-facing behavior sheet and a parent-facing behavior sheet. It’s exciting the way we can support students’ regulation from many different angles.
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25 | Still Thinking
We’re presenting in Chicago at the joint NCTE/NCTM conference. Our session is with Jodie Bailey about a strategy called still thinking. We talk about this complex thinking strategy and share a variety of ways to use it.
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24 | Honoring All Families
There are many different kinds of families and people who invest in students. How can we honor different families and their traditions of celebrating?
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23 | Teachers Make a Difference for Children in Care
Inspired by Foster Care Awareness Month, we share our experiences as foster parents and offer insights for educators who are working with children in care.
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22 | Gratitude Changes Us on the Inside
A simple and powerful practice is the discipline of gratitude. Often Becca closes the day with a gratitude circle. We share the way this practice fosters emotional regulation, empathy, and community among students.
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21 | A Toolbox of Regulation Strategies
We’re talking about the importance of emotional awareness and different kinds of regulation strategies. We consider how to teach children to understand their emotions and develop coping strategies, emphasizing the role of emotional intelligence in the classroom.
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20 | Hope is Powered by Data
Hope is powered by data is a mantra we’ve been exploring. We think about using data to track behaviors. Let’s build habits and skills to navigate the world in healthy ways.
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19 | Labels Aren’t the Only Way
As educators, we see lots of tricky behaviors, and it’s natural to want to find labels to help us make sense of the way kids are behaving. In episode 19, we talk about helping students develop habits for positive behaviors without labeling students in negative ways.
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18 | Using Bias for Good
We’re talking about positive ways to leverage attentional bias. Inspired by the kindness momentum from Amy Ludwig VanDerwater’s book, The Sound of Kindness, we discuss ways to foster a positive classroom identity and uplift student voices.
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17 | The Sound of Kindness with Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater joins us to talk about her book The Sound of Kindness. This is a delightful conversation about ways to help children process tough times and how to keep our own lights alive.