Robb Beane

WPU Assistant Professor. Advocate for relationships and relevance in education. Tweets are my own.

[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

Classroom management experts often make it sound like once you set routines, rules, and norms, the hard work is over, and the class will run itself.

In reality, that’s rarely true.

Teaching requires constant attention. The moment you ease up, things start to slip.

You have to stay steady, stay present, and keep your foot on the gas.

[Robb Beane @robb_beane]

@FixingEducation Students who didn't read on grade level have higher chances of dropping out of school .. so do students who are held back. Better identification of reading difficulty before 3rd and better reading instruction is what we need.

[Robb Beane @robb_beane]

@TolentinoTeach Time outside, fresh air, sunshine. Making sure to shut it down at the end of contract time. Not having work email on my phone.

[Robb Beane @robb_beane]

@MsEscoTeaches From my perspective, students do not find value in the work, nor the classes, they are required to complete. HS students do not like how school is structured, nor the rigidity of the requirements.

[Monte Syrie @MonteSyrie]

No time for relationship and community building in your classroom?

Then maybe you’re not managing your time very well.

We can always manage what matters.

What matters in your room?

Time tells.

[Robb Beane @robb_beane]

The only behavior management "tool" I hate more than PBIS is a clip-chart. My kids didn't even use their PBIS tickets because they found no value in them. Trinkets & lunch with the principal are not rewards for behaving like you are expected to.

[beanie0597_2.0 @0Beanie05923291]

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) sets the bar really low for behavioral expectations. It rewards students for behavior that they should be doing simply because it is the general expectation of the school and because they live in a civilized society. It also presents those who don’t care about positive feedback with the option to behave in uncivilized ways and forgo any praise or reward if they feel like it.

Schools that set clear expectations when it comes to behavior, teach and practice the expected behaviors, and issue consistent negative consequences for not meeting the expectations don’t need PBIS.

It’s appropriate to occasionally thank students for being prepared for class or respectfully listening and responding to classmates, but schools shouldn’t be fawning over students for normal behavior as if it’s the exception rather than the rule.

PBIS benefits and rewards the few students who see rules and expectations as optional. Meanwhile, it sacrifices the safe, calm, orderly learning environments that the majority of students who follow and appreciate the rules deserve.

PBIS is another education acronym that needs to be ditched and schools need to return to high behavior expectations and consistent consequences.

[Robb Beane @robb_beane]

@FixingEducation MUCH DEEPER. As a professor of education, it hard knowing the challenges that preservice teachers will face, and having to share those challenges with them while they still have optimistic naivety about all of the things they want to do when teaching.

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Dear parents,
Your child does not need to be the smartest in the class, the best on the field, or the most talented in the room.
But they do need to be teachable.
We are raising a generation that can Google anything, yet too many are forgetting how to listen, how to respect, and how to learn.
Being teachable is not about grades or intelligence. It is about humility.
It is about knowing you do not have all the answers.
It is about being open when someone is trying to help you grow.
Our job is not to raise kids who always get it right.
It is to raise kids who can take feedback without shutting down.
Who can admit when they are wrong.
Who can disagree without being disrespectful.
Who can be corrected without becoming defensive.
Because in the long run, teachability will take them further than talent alone.

[teacherofrecord @teacherofrecord]

Education has always seemed to be focused on fixing teachers. Teachers don’t need to be fixed, but they do need to be supported, encouraged, & appreciated.

[Robb Beane @robb_beane]

@mmccabemike @StephCopley I think it's time, but he'll stay until he wants to leave.

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

The teachers who have the biggest impact on kids, practice empathy. 

They don’t just teach their students; they try to understand them.

[Robb Beane @robb_beane]

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[Jonathan Alsheimer @mr_Alsheimer]

Yep

[Matt Miller 🗑️ @jmattmiller]

Let's knock it off with the all-or-nothing hot takes.

Good teachers utilize tech ONLY when it gets them the results they want.

Foolish teachers (and schools) use tech as their blanket strategy.

And tweets like this are rage bait.

Don't advocate for bans that take tools out of the hands of teachers and students.

Advocate for more responsible instructional decisions based on pedagogy and best practice.

[Mr G @DeputyGrocott]

It’s worth saying every so often: teaching is a profession. teachers are professionals.

[Robb Beane @robb_beane]

Some really cool things are happening in a partnership between @WmPennEd and @OskySchoolsIA. A student driven program to ease the financial burden of student teaching. https://t.co/OjnY8SiIgF

[Robb Beane @robb_beane]

@NFL_DovKleiman Troy Davis

[Dr. Bryan Pearlman #MaslowBeforeBloom @DrP_Principal]

Many educators are realizing that students learn best when their basic needs, emotions, and sense of safety are supported first. When we focus on Maslow before Bloom, we create calmer classrooms, stronger relationships, and more space for real academic growth. Trauma-informed practices, mental health awareness, and effective responses to challenging behaviors are no longer “extras” they are essential parts of helping every student succeed.

Questions?

1. How have you used Maslow Before Bloom this year in your classroom or school?

2. What do you want to learn more about in the trauma, challenging behaviors, and mental health space?

[Robb Beane @robb_beane]

@eduleadership It's not the device, it's how it is used. Lazy teaching puts devices in front of the student with no goal or objective. Most adults will use a device daily, often. Teachers need to use better strategies and use the device only when it is best instructional practice.

[Justin Baeder, PhD @eduleadership]

I mean, he’s got a point

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

Reflecting on my 20+ years as a teacher, a recurring theme stands out…
American schools often take on too much.

Schools shouldn’t be considered the lone solution for society’s ills. And many who believe this are teachers!

And when you take on too much, failure is inevitable.