PBIS Tip-of-the-Month
January 2025
Renewed Hope
May 2025 Find You Refreshed, Filled With Hope, & Noticing Small Opportunities
I hope your holiday experience and break finds you refreshed as 2025 begins. I encourage you to take a moment to reflect on the following and check out the linked resources:
Refreshed ~
- What small steps help you feel refreshed?
- What experiences help your students feel refreshed?
- How have you considered/used Focused Attention Practices? ...for yourself? with your students?
Hope ~
- How do you hold on to hope?
- What impact does holding on to hope have in your life? ...in your students' lives?
- When you have hope, how are your thoughts different?
- What do you do differently when hope is part of your thoughts?
- Shine Article: 5 Reflection Questions to Cultivate Hope in Your Life
- The Leadership Coaching Lab Article: Twenty Strengths-Based Coaching Questions to Inspire Hope & Resilience
Opportunities ~
- As you navigate each day what opportunities do you notice? ...in yourself? with your students?
- How do you currently leverage even the smallest of opportunities?
- How has leveraging those opportunities impacted your classroom?...your school?
- Medium Article: The art of spotting opportunities: A practical guide
- Edutopia Article: The Power of Saying Yes to Students
Wishing you an amazing 2025! ~ Melissa
Melissa K. Wurth
PLAEA School Psychologist | SEBH Consultant | PBIS Coordinator & Trainer
Resources
Keeping the Ideas Flowing
PBIS Apps Teach by Design ~
The December PBIS Apps Teach by Design article, Our Favorite Things 2024, describes 22 new things the PBIS Apps staff discovered (or started) throughout 2024. From items to podcasts to a recording of the PBIS National Forum's keynote speaker to "new this year" free online PBISApps Community of Practice monthly zoom sessions (note: resources from each session are archived & available to access whether you attend or not) and much more, there is sure to be something to add to your resources. Check them out!
Edutopia ~
The following are some recent articles from Edutopia with potential ideas for your classroom.
Using Student Reflections to Inform Your Small Groups - "Using students' perspective on math classes to inform your grouping practices can positively impact how they see themselves as math learners."
Communicating Expectations to Make Instruction More Effective - "When students understand how to interact with the material and with each other, they can better engage with the lesson."
Expanding How We Think About Classroom Participation - "Teachers can boost their students' investment and confidence by cocreating a rubric that affirms the many ways to engage with a lesson."
Science-Backed Studying Techniques - "If high school students were never taught how to study, they're going to keep being frustrated by using ineffective studying methods. Here's how to help change that."
Quote ~
"Every moment is a fresh beginning." ~T.S. Eliot
Experiencing Hope through Steps to Refresh & Small Opportunities
"On the Road" & Action for Happiness
May you remember that your wellbeing matters and no matter the size of the step you take to refresh contributes to that. May you notice even the smallest of opportunities and allow them to keep you hopeful.
"On the Road" Video (5 minutes 40 seconds):
"Kindness 101" brings lessons of kindness to classrooms nationwide
Link to free curriculum materials to bring the use of these videos to your classrooms:
Character Counts: Kindness 101
Action for Happiness Calendar:
Quote:
"Every day is a new start, not just every new year." ~lifeinlapehaven.com