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Grounded in cultural competence and a firm belief in every child's ability, aptitude, and value.

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Just take a look around this cafeteria and the connection to a welcoming and affirming environment is completely evident.

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Knowing students well and holding an asset-based mindset that honors and affirms students as individuals with multiple identities and cultures is necessary for student's growth and skill development.

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Believing EVERY student has the capacity to learn and actualize their potential in both school and real world settings.

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The mural in the lunchroom is definitely a connection to this.

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The mural in the lunchroom is definitely a connection to this.

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John Dewey has always put an an emphasis on creating engaging and rigors curriculum. Move away from recall, get to the deeper more meaningful stuff

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A challenge to creating a welcoming and affirmative environment is the chaos of roster changes throughout the first month of school.

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Love the use of the phrase “joy of all learners.”

This is connected to our work during remote teaching and our transition now as we center the emotional well being of our kids.

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Challenge: How can I differentiate curriculum and make it inclusive when NY mandates a Regents exam that does not allow for student voice in the classroom? The Regents are also inherently exclusive exams that discriminate against students that are not good test takers.

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Having full buy in from staff on creating and assigning assignments that engage the students in 'high quality academic discourse' that is not necessarily 'regents aligned' and may be out of the students comfort zone. Pushing students to do more and to challenge them with high expectations is the best way to foster growth IMHO.

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Students will engage more if they can identify with the atmosphere/content. They will be more willing to learn is their culture is included

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For each unit I create/revise I look back and check for inclusiveness- where are the women? Where are the POC?

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Making lessons both a window and a mirror. 

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Making lessons both a window and a mirror. 

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Having academy town halls creates an opportunity for student voices to be heard

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When i was at Dewey, i was too in very welcoming and affirming enviorment. Which made learning very pleasant knowing i belonged there. Even now, it's very welcoming place.

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Schools should apply similar principles that teachers instill in their classrooms to developing their teachers. We want to set up our students for success and in turn deserve to be set up for success.

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Modeling appropriate behavior

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This connects to what we are doing at JDHS because we know that differentiated instruction is a classroom necessity and that teaching is not a "One size fits all" type of approach

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Getting to know your students on a more personal level allows them to feel comfortable and empowered to be heard in your classroom

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Implementing diverse texts from a variety of different writes who are not included in previous curriculum.

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Extend/challenge - How will students be involved in co-creating the school vision, policies, and practices?

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Extend/challenge - How will students be involved in co-creating the school vision, policies, and practices?

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I think that these ideas are connected thematically to the previous reading. There is a little bit more detail about actions to take, but I would like specific actions to take such as a specific classroom activity or template (and how to implement them). 

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I think that these ideas are connected thematically to the previous reading. There is a little bit more detail about actions to take, but I would like specific actions to take such as a specific classroom activity or template (and how to implement them). 

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Push students to apply to colleges with higher standards

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Easy to connect rigor to theatre, as humans tell stories naturally to connect with other humans. Rigor is reading, writing, directing, memorizing, designing any play or show. The full process has something for everyone. We will try to give the students something to look
Forward to every day.

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How do we get students to be comfortable opening up and sharing aspects of their culture with their classmates and peers?

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Challenge - Can the state put their money where their mouth is?

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Challenge - Can the state put their money where their mouth is?

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When will state exams be changed to be more inclusive? Until then, these ideas cannot be fully implemented. The system cant have it both ways- a unique education for each student while still maintaining oppressively standardized exams that have way too big of an impact on a student's future.

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Challenge- Will the involved students be able to speak for the uninvolved?

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Challenge- Will the involved students be able to speak for the uninvolved?

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I have always felt consistent/frequent professional learning is a key to being sucessful.

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Students need to be presented with challenging material to promote intellectual and academic growth, but not all teachers practice this value in the classroom.

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We must inspire change in the students by normalizing mistakes - this is where true growth occurs. When students can lean into discomfort and feel safe to take intellectual risks, that is the student owning their own high expectations.

-Zeno

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“Rooted in the idea that teaching and leaning is an adaptive process needing constant reexamination” which is what we have done in grade and subject groups during CPT time.

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Designing assessments that require students to critically think for themselves as opposed to regurgitate information.

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Schools should incorporate best practices that are promotes school wide for the students to adapt and accelerate efficient learning styles.

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They included “act” as a part of high cognitive demand tasks which caused me to evaluate actions I had incorporated for students and how I could include varied opportunities to act in the future

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Connect: At the beginning of the school year we give our students surveys to get a better idea of their multifaceted identities/interests/challenges so that we can use them to enrich learning.

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Creating spaces for student voices to be heard, centering students' experiences, connecting new learning to students' lives in relevant ways is an important indicator to creating a welcoming and affirming environment.

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Teaching through a trauma informed lens to emotionally support students. Realizing that responses from students are likely not premeditated but a internal/biological response.

Gershowitz

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Relies on student ownership in participation 

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Relies on student ownership in participation 

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With this year, our students are going to need help understanding their emotions more than ever. By helping them to learn to recognize their triggers and emotional breaking points, we can encourage our students to grow and become better citizens when they leave our community.

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Create opportunities for constituents outside of the classroom (families/local community) to be a part of building the school/classroom culture

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How do we make culturally diverse lessons while trying to equally represent all student backgrounds?

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Understanding each student and their individual identities/needs/abilities helps to create a connection that feels more personal and nurturing. Combined with culturally responsive material, the environment is set to be one of immersion and deep learning

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Students can feel welcomed and affirmed in a learning environment by seeing their diverse cultures and identities represented in the texts chosen for the curriculum.

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This is an important topic because as best practices in teaching continue to change, teachers need to stay up to date. However, the “old fashioned” methods of teaching aren’t necessarily “bad” either.

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Although assessments are important, I try to balance high expectations and not stress kids out about regents/ ap exams

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Connect - Restorative justice and PGC classes… The mindfulness program
Extend-
Working explicit social emotional practices into other subject areas…
Challenge-
Working explicit social emotional practices into other subject areas..

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Every student is a person, with a story. And its worth listening…

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Connect: Connects to my knowledge of needing to feel welcome and safe in a new environment in order to thrive.

Extend: This is something that the Multilingual Student Advocacy Council (an organization of JDHS student leaders) has discussed at length during their meetings last year and this summer. The club is coming up with welcoming posters that are translated into different languages in order to give students an immediate sense of welcome and acceptance. Scanning is also a harsh process for the students, and having teachers there to welcome students as they deal with having to scan into the building to assist with basic questions or provide basic resource to new students.

Challenge: Doing this for transfer students coming into the building at different times of the year?

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Students should experience a supportive and inclusive environment regardless of whether they identify with a certain identity.

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Being conscious of students’ potential prior trauma is going to be an important aspect of welcoming them back. We have to recognize that they may be hurting, and looking forward to being in a safe environment.

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"Students are engaged in high-cognitivr demand tasks that extend their understanding and require them to think, read, write, and act critically, applying their new learning and prior knowledge to authentic, real-world contexts and problems."

I think this is worth re-emphasizing and also pushing back on a bit. We are still beholden to the Regents which can prove to be an obstacle to giving students this kind of work.

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How do we create a healthy and efficient line of communication with families and community organizations to co-create school vision, mission, policies, and practices?

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Teach PD relates to you particular subject

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Having a wide variety of materials, like novels, that are grade level, SPED, and ENL appropriate that offer opportunities for mirrors and windows. Also, having curriculum that is consistent across grade levels so all students are learning the same skills and content where SPED/ENL teachers can differentiate for equity.

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we've been telling kids that mistakes are expected, inspected, and respected for years! expectations should be adjusted and hopefully not forced to be as if nothing happened (*cough* cancel regents forever *cough*).

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Connect - I feel as if we do connect with teaching rigorous lessons in our classrooms and we do equip our students with necessary tools and strategies needed for lesson.

Extend:  after learning what is possible during the pandemic with technology, learning to continue having that in the classroom.

Challenging: everything will be a challenge after coming back to in-person - hoping that our spirits will be brought back seeing everyone faces and connecting more one on one with our students needs

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Showing vulnerability to students and being honest helps to build a strong relationship.

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Extend… activities that allow students to get to know each other personally would assist in this goal.

Challenge… students will be reluctant to let others get to know them. Trust issues.

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It’s extremely important to know the students beyond the four corners of the classroom.
Ensure a friendly learning and teaching atmosphere.

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We teachers need to constantly update our skills to adapt ourselves to the changes nowadays. Teachers are also the students.

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I intro them to classic canon, but we mostly live in plays that they can see themselves in. Playwrights of every origin and orientation. 

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I intro them to classic canon, but we mostly live in plays that they can see themselves in. Playwrights of every origin and orientation. 

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Where do we draw the line between utilizing identity to identify school content and the high stakes tests they are expected to take?

When covering content: Who is left out of the story? Who has the advantage? What other perspectives might there be?

These discussions are valuable and affirming but will they help them come test time?

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Not really my pushback, however, the first indicator could be a point of tension for some and still needs addressing as a group.

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Just like with our students on-going learning is more effective when there is a menu of options to serve the needs and interests.

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Just like with our students on-going learning is more effective when there is a menu of options to serve the needs and interests.

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Connect: Aiming for student achievement, not by lowering the bar but by adding scaffolds to trach the same goal.

Extend: Success in this is dependent on pulling from prior knowledge and expanding from there, a key feature of most strategies aligned both to student success and creating positive environments.

Challenge: The "rigor" of standardized examinations are often aligned only to a particular line of thinking that students from diverse backgrounds may not share. Particularly for AP courses, instructions and examples students must engage with will often counter these culturally responsive initiatives.

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Inclusive curriculum and assessment is made possible by getting the students comfortable enough to open up and then for teachers to recognize and celebrate what is unique about them.

Focus should be more on formative assessments than on summative assessments.

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Rigor in SPED/ESL classes looks different.

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Rigor in SPED/ESL classes looks different.

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A task that has "high cognitive demands" for an gen ed student will look very different from task that is challenging for SPED/ESL.

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Building a relationship with families and students will be so helpful to extend the students success

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I teach new plays with every group, and every group brings their own unique voices to the table. We never stop learning, plus I dont wanna get bored with my content.

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We should not give students double period Ela and math, while also taking away social studies freshman year…CR-SE advises against that practice as well

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Students need to feel safe and comfortable to trust and become more involved in the classroom. Creating a welcoming and representative environment is the best way to reach the students and their potential.

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Teaching through a trauma informed lens.

Gershowitz

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Connect: Challenging/rigorous instruction  has been a centerpiece of our short term and long term planning, etc. So, this goal, this school year is good to see because it shows that there is school wide incentive, motivation and support to invest even more in this.

Extend: To build and practice critical thinking skills, students would benefit from more creative (doing things from scratch, etc.) assignments and opportunities.

Challenge: How do we help students take on a more active role in their learning?