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I would say that my biggest take away from this week is the importance of always staying positive and respectful! I need to stay this way for not only my students, but also for my fellow teachers and parents!

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If we want to enact change within our classrooms and students, we need to start with a lot of honest self-reflection.

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My take-away for this week is the idea that we can be so much more successful as teachers when we make it a point to avoid negative influences and instead seek out the positives in our day-to-day experiences with students.

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This week I was reminded of how many ways negativity can affect the classroom setting or school setting.

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Shannon Aspen I am really getting a lot out of this book/class.  The biggest thing I took away THIS week is that good teachers (and I want to be a good teacher!) take responsibility for their actions. 

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Shannon Aspen I am really getting a lot out of this book/class.  The biggest thing I took away THIS week is that good teachers (and I want to be a good teacher!) take responsibility for their actions. 

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Just like those in our personal lives, our relationships at school need to be consistently maintained in order to prevent disfunction.

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If I always focus on what is best for the students, I will make the correct choices.

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Effective teachers know they are the variable in their classrooms and use that status to creative positive learning interactions for all of their students.

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Choosing to consistently focus on the positive improves the overall atmosphere of your classroom and school, improves relationships, and as a result promotes student success.

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Positivity not only in your teaching, but in your person, will improve education across the board.

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My biggest take-away for this week is how I control the tone of my classroom and how it is important for me to filter out the negatives and focus on the positives!

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Bring the positive every day! "If our attitude shows we want to be there, our students will reflect that positive energy back to us" (Whitaker 59).

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Throughout this week my one take-away would be to focus on filtering out negatives that don't matter and sharing a positive attitude!

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Accepting responsibility is an essential difference between more effective and less effective teachers.

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The age of the students and the material taught may be different for each of us, but our unified goal is to be the teacher that has a positive impact on the students entrusted to them.

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My one take-away from this week is that this class has a variety of tremendous teachers with great ideas on how to become more effective teachers; collaboration is an amazing tool!

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Praise does not have to be given publicly; the most effective praise is given privately to students.

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This week from my group's discussions, I learned that with a little quick thinking and perseverance, we can turn negative situations out of our control, into positive situations that we CAN control in our classrooms.

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Effective teachers are able to create a positive environment in their classrooms, no matter the circumstances that happen around them.

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My take away for Week 3:

Positivity can take you a long way when you are a teacher.

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This week I realized how important my words, actions, and responses are in the classroom and that I am always the role model for the kind of behavior and environment that I desire.