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Photosynthesis Lesson for Kinder

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We recently added a new staff member and welcomed back another staff member to our BEST program. These staff changes created some tension, complaints, and communication issues with the staff. This in turn caused many late evening meetings and lack of cohesiveness within them. Mr. Gonzalez planned a meeting with the staff after work, they created Respect Agreements and he treated them to dinner while they worked. Since the meeting the staff has had ZERO complaints about each other and the program has run smoother. It was a WIN-WIN and bought both admin collaboration time and work time in the evening.

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Celebrating, learning, overcoming and growing TOGETHER
Our diverse collective experiences unite us as a school

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"Hit 2 birds with 1 stone"
Spend a few minutes in the classroom of the student that I need to question.

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The administrators at Lincoln have been promoting a positive school climate all year and helping to heal previous rifts within the staff. To that end, we have had a couple of staff meetings with classified campus supervisors in order to hear and respond to their concerns.  Lastly, personality conflicts which were stifling cooperation were addressed by having those staff members participate in an "intervention" led by our Olweus Coordinator to air out differences and ease tensions.

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Scheduling time with office staff, Instructional coach, Admin time, Custodian and student councils, classroom visits to ensure tasks get done!

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Boys Club is one of our school-wide Tier II Interventions that we started at Sherwood on January 25, 2017 (8 week session). We have a group of 9 students ranging from 1st-3rd grade. These students exhibit problem behaviors across multiple-settings.  Boys Club is being offered on Wednesdays from  2:10-3:30 p.m. The topics range from bullying, social skills, anger management, communication, teambuilding etc..

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Friday afternoons, most people are looking forward to heading home....but these co-administrators use our 3 PM Friday meeting to work on next week's bulletin (with future dates in mind), coordinate calendars, and plan out the necessary resources to tackle the coming week. Setting aside that time is hard to do when so many things need done - but investing in our time together makes things better for everyone else as a whole.  Together we are better! Putting more time in Friday, means less wasted time next week!

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For one week we had the HAPPINESS Challenge students were challenged to participate and those who turned in the form at the end of the week were put into a raffle. Office staff, teachers, custodians, lunch ladies all received tokens of gratitude from the children. We had 150 students turn in their forms.

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Our CCC team selects weekly school wide focus topics for both our Olweus class meetings and our PBIS lessons. We pair them with Olweus lessons and create Monday morning messages to be read in each room. Included is a short checklist for teachers to complete and turn in to the committee when they have presented the message and held their class meeting. This small step has built in unity, accountability and focus for our school.

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"Spending a few minutes to gain much needed time."
Organizing myself, and my office, at the end of each day is freeing up valuable time in the morning to visit classrooms and greet parents.

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Lorenzo and I have been trying to increase our class visits since the beginning of the school year.  We have been using the 20 second rule, taking the time to sit down 1-2 times per month to schedule the visits, to make it happen.  We have not quite gotten to the goal of all classes every week but are increasing our frequency.  We have just started following Sherwood's  model by putting our visits in the weekly bulletin as well.

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Student engaging with a Staff member in an ACT OF KINDNESS...working towards making ACTS OF KINDNESS A POSITIVE HABIT at BMS!

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Students and parents are taking time to help and support one another.