Innovative interventions

Scannella and McCarthy

1. Educators cry for our own frustrations. Sometimes, we cry for those children who are not realizing their greatness.

Education is not about punishment; rather, it is about education, feedback, and self-control.
Self-control is worth ten times as self-esteem.
Students have the resources they need to change.
There is no such thing as failure, only feedback.
If something does not work, do something else.

2. Students usually see too many things at home and at school. They have learned from it.

There is no such thing as a resistant student. Teacher has not figured out what to do yet.
Adults speak like adults.
The student makes new choices.
Do not get mad, get curious.

3. Rapport

People like people who like themselves.
Relationships are all there is.

4. Why do children need to explain to adults all the time?

Meet students in their models of the world.
What motivates people?
How is personality connected to student behavior and motivation?

5. What you see depends on what you thought before you looked.

Believes drive behavior.
You can not solve a problem on the level it appears.
Confusion precedes clarity.
Trick students to give up believing below.

I am not very smart.
I see school useless.
I can not figure out how to study.
I have failed many tests.
I have no place to study.

6. Look at anything from a different point of view.

stubborn vs. determined.

7. How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.

Work hard, do well, be smart.
Shape behavior instead of modifying behavior.
Praise efforts, not intelligence.
Focus on self-control, not self-esteem.