December 6, 2019

One of the BIG ah-ha's and take away from Tuesdays faculty meeting focused on what Student Engagement "looked like" was NO TEACHER TALK.  Not one of the posters had the teachers talking AT our students for even part of the period.  Less teacher talk and more students sharing is ONLY going to benefit YOU!   If we do ALL of the talking, then we are the ONLY "dispensers of information and they are the consumers".  That just isn't true!

Take a look at THIS ARTICLE for some EASY ideas to get away for being the ONLY one who talks and, yes, we still have some of this on campus that we MUST get away from!

With the holidays fast approaching, it can be a more stressful time than any other time of the year.  So how do we, as educators, keep our students focused on the positive so that it can only encourage us as well?  Take a look at THIS ARTICLE for an easy read on easy ideas such as being a "cheerleader", focusing on emotional needs of students instead of standards first, and more!

I am just going to leave this right here....

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• SUPER awesome shout out to DUSTIN, CAROL, DAVE F., KEVIN, and SANDY for administering the CA Healthy Kids Survey to our students!  MUCH APPRECIATED!!!
• SUPER awesome shout out to JAMES and PETER for the emails to parents about how basketball will be positive and run smoothly!
• SUPER awesome shout out to MICHELE, RUDINA, and MIMI for working to get the ENTIRE school logged on to parent portal! ~Brenda
• SUPER awesome shout out to CAROL and DUSTIN for leading the faculty meeting strategies!
• SUPER awesome shout out to ALISA for offering to help with supervision and for writing "Welcome back to the best place on Earth" on her whiteboard in the gym to welcome our kids back!
• SUPER awesome shout out to ROSA for the AMAZING Christmas stockings!  ~Brenda and KC
• SUPER awesome shout out to MEGAN for emailing ALL of the families of her students who were getting a D or F!!!!
• SUPER awesome shout out to DUSTIN for always being positive and having a full pot of coffee! ~Kevin
• SUPER awesome shout out to DUSTIN for being my partner in crime presenting to our faculty!  Also, my class is WINNING the TOY DRIVE!!!  =)  ~Carol
• SUPER awesome shout out to our CHRISTMAS ELVES who decorated the tree in the library for me while I was out sick! ~Karen (I am SURE all of you can guess who did it!!!)
• SUPER awesome shout out to ROSA for my pretty Christmas stocking! ~Karen
• SUPER awesome shout out to SPED squad (RSP, TAP, and related services), DUSTIN (always great conversations!), DAVE F. (fellow dog lover!), and LORRAINE (assistance with ELA). ~Marlys
• SUPER awesome shout out to LORRAINE for helping me with a 4th period moment!!
  ~KC