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Going beyond the curriculum and making it relevant to their lives.

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Relationships
Kids will not learn from a teacher they do not like or respect.  You have to convince students that you are there for the long haul and care about them as an individual, not just a test score.

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- Before meaningful instruction can really start, relationships must be established.
- You have to plan for *your* students.

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Know your students:

Taking a realistic understanding, and not putting pressures on students. Not looking at students as being deficient... taking an honest stock. Don't stereotype. Being real with a student. "I know you struggle with this." Still make sure you are encouraging students, using the extra effort to help a student to get there.

Not labeling students, but understanding who they are as a person.

Make an effort to get to know the student. Knowing little things about your kids will go a long ways.

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Strong teaching uses skills to teach content. The skills allow students to understand the content more thoroughly. Strong lessons develop students' independence. Strong lesson plans invoke the students' ability to self-teach and hone their skills, even when they don't realize it is happening.

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-Learning styles... figure out what type of learners they are so that you can help them
-their backgrounds
-students' likes/dislikes (basketball or pinterest)
-get kids to be excited so that they can learn from you
-behavior issues are less if you know the students
-students have to trust you (just like lady on TED talk said...)

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Strong teachers build relationships with students to help make the content more interesting so that they become motivated to want to dig deeper.

REMEMBER: NO "COVERING"

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Connected Learning

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Connected Learning

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Relationships

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Relationships

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Know your students

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Know your students