Rabbi Cohen's Behavior Management Ideas
Teacher-Student Duos
MDS Students
100

This campaign focused on Bein Adam L’chaveiro during Sefirat HaOmer.

Play BAL

100

This duo pairs an MDS math teacher with a student who is known as his constant instigator

Mr. Klayman and Charlie Gibber

100

This student is known for meticulously curling his front curl when he's thinking about thinking about thinking, wait, wha?

Rami Afilalo

200

This system uses positive supports and clear expectations to improve student behavior but also sounds like uncomfortable Ashkenazic disease

PBIS

200

This MDS duo pairs and Ivrit teacher and and a student who only knows one word, "roof."

Chmil and Ari Leopold

200

If you need to smell like a million bucks, see this student, the resident cologne salesman.

Finn Erber

300

This system borrows from ping-pong and just bounces boys from one side of the boys section to the other, allowing them to share their thoughts with other students. 

moving students seats during davening

300

This duo teams a learning specialist with the student she is most often associated with around MDS.

Jessica Kobrin and Joey Harary

300

He has the worst sitting posture in MDS. Maybe he should take lessons with Mr. Met

Sam Gibber

400

This campaign is based on safety, respect, and kindness, and comes with a very detailed, tiny-print, and very confusing behavior matrix that makes you feel like you are in the matrix. 

the MDS Way

400

This pair includes a middle school rebbe and the student known by the alias Liam Messas

Zev Kahane and Zachary Feit

400

He did not start the fire

Shmuly Pliskin

500

This behavior campaign has proven effective every time, even though everyone knows it isn’t an official program.

Rabbi Cohen raising his voice

500

This duo matches a former middle school science teacher with his fiery former student

Theo Tupaz and Jordan Hausner