SQUIRREL! Anyone who has spent ANY time with me knows that I sometimes (so sorry!) have the attention span of a squirrel. Well- news flash! So do our students!! Shocking, I know =)
How do you, as a middle school teacher, COPE? Distraction and relationships. True story. Of course, there is more to it than that, but take a look at THIS great and easy to read article. Seriously. It has some easy tricks to try!
ENGAGEMENT is a topic that we will ALWAYS be addressing.
Do you ever sit in a meeting and check Facebook, Twitter, email, etc? NO JUDGEMENT!! =)
Have you noticed that our KIDS do the SAME THING when in class sometimes? It's true and I KNOW many of you have seen it!
Over the week, I found THIS ARTICLE on more EASY PEASY ideas to engage our middle school students. From encouraging talking (they learn more from their peers than they do from us anyway!), to creativity there are TONS of ideas to help you make sure that they are engaged. Remember, more engagement= less behavior issues and higher academic achievement. I mean, isn't that why we are all here anyway?
How do you feel when you aren't engaged in a PD or meeting (not a faculty meeting of course since they are ALWAYS FUN!!!)? Checked out and bored? Imagine how our students feel when THEY aren't engaged?
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- SUPER awesome shout out to the STAFF for letting students stay in classrooms during lunch to finish homework or didn't bring a lunch on money to buy lunch and sharing half of theirs =)!
- SUPER awesome shout out to TAMIA for making tough phone calls! ~Heather
- SUPER awesome shout out to LYNN and HEATHER for modeling!
- SUPER awesome shout out to MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS for working together when problems arise! ~Alanna
- SUPER awesome shout out to MEGAN, again, for leading the engaging strategies in our faculty meeting!!!
- SUPER awesome shout out to MARLYS for holding down the fort when Lynn S. was out all week!
- SUPER awesome shout out to RYAN for covering my guitar class while I took an instrument to Sacramento on a Friday afternoon to be repaired! ~Alison
- SUPER awesome shout out to ELIZABETH for making a kid smile from here to Guatemala and back again! ~Tara
- SUPER awesome shout out to BRENDA for always covering stuff for us in the front office and via radio =)!
- SUPER awesome shout out to MARLYS and TAMIA for letting me use your room for ASL club on Wednesdays at lunch!
- SUPER awesome shout out to ALANNA, PETER P., STEPHEN S., RYAN, ELIZABETH, STEVEN T., TARA, LYNN, and CHRISTINA G. for running clubs during lunch or after school!
- SUPER awesome shout out to BRENDA, KC, and DUSTIN for helping me out this week! This is SO amazing to work with! ~Carol
- SUPER awesome shout out to KARRON for trading yard duty with me and taking the time to check in with me with my daughter at college! ~Julie
- SUPER awesome shout out to JAMES for ALL of the positive emails he is sending home followed up with Good News Referral! WOW!
- SUPER awesome shout out to DAVID
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