Have a Good Life: Color My Day with Kristin Bentley Transformative Principal 105

Color My Day with Kristin Bentley Transformative Principal 105

Sunday, January 3, 2016 by jethrojones

Kristin Bentley is a 2nd grade teacher in a Title I school.

She created an awesome app that helps manage classroom behavior: Color My Day

Using card pulls is not very effective.
Clip charts use separate clips to show that positive and negative behavior.
The two clips gave the ’93naughty’94 kids a chance to have a good day.
Goal for card pulls is to stay positive.
Card pulls don’92t give chances for kids to see what they can accomplish.
Clips change kids self-esteem.
Physical chart helps kids see and experience changes. Digital version allows teachers to collect and analyze data.
Think Time form allows student to fill out the form with teacher and record it in the app.
Data is collected school-wide and allows teachers to customize their individual reasons for clips up and down.
Digital version of clip chart allows teachers to have data to collect and prepare for RTI, special ed referrals, and more.
The app keeps track of the ratio of positive to negative ratios.
Very powerful for teachers to see how they are interacting with their students.
Teaches them a truth that we are both good and bad, and not just one or the other.
Discounts available by mentioning this podcast. Huge discount for teachers.
colormydaykids.com colormydaykids@gmail.com.