IYT Session 2 Praise Benefits  Promotes good behaviour - Expectations  Sets positive class atmosphere  Support relationships  Raises/positive self-esteem  EASY AND FREE  Addictive  Flips attention to positive  Reduces negative behaviour – catching kids being good instead  Encourages risk-taking  Builds social acceptance  Makes teachers feel good – focusing on what is going well  Feedback from students  Students have a good day  Students paraphrase  Redirect a student in close proximity  Increases compliance – following rules and Routines Praise Barriers  Praise is a learned teacher skills that needs lots of practise  Child not used or comfortable with praise  High teacher energy  Interrupts flow of lesson  Attention is often draw to the good kids  Meaningless praise- non specific  Missing poor behaviour as an antecedent then praising another behaviour  Different expectations between teachers when team teaching  Capitalizing time with students who have beha...

At the end of the last term I went to some PD for PB4L-SW to help my school begin the PB4L journey. I found the PD energizing and encouraging. Afterward (in term 2) Leanne and I shared back what we got out of the PD with the other staff at school, with the support of Suzanne and Gay  (RTLB). See the slide we shared below. After sharing the content it was also nice to receive an encouraging email from another teacher at school.