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A sense of urgency means: making the most of the time we have available.  We should be well prepared through planning and resourcing for our classroom.  In the classroom we need to ensure good time management in our lessons so that we can be making the most of the time available.  The classroom should be led in a way that allows the children to know the routines and procedures so that no time is wasted in waiting for instructions or uncertainty of where they should be.

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A sense of urgency means: making the most of the time we have available.  We should be well prepared through planning and resourcing for our classroom.  In the classroom we need to ensure good time management in our lessons so that we can be making the most of the time available.  The classroom should be led in a way that allows the children to know the routines and procedures so that no time is wasted in waiting for instructions or uncertainty of where they should be.

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Having a sense of urgency means being prepared and organised. Having clear and easy to follow routines, so that the learning can flow and you can make every second count

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Creating an environment where students feel engaged and aware of what they are learning and why. Learning goals collaborated by student and teacher and met within a short timeframe. Extra learning and support given to reach these goals within a reasonable time in order to accelerate the learning.

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Teachers who are enthusiastic, focused and prepared make every moment of learning count. With preparation and focused learning goals students are encouraged and supported to achieve to the best of their ability.

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To develop, maintain and have an ongoing collaborative relationship with the students and whanau for effective and rich teaching and learning environment. To know the students and their whanau is to get to know the students strengths, challenges and interests and the aspirations of their whanau for their child.

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It is the environment, pace and learning tasks that build positive and energetic learners.  It is teachers picking up the pace, shortening time frames, decreasing teacher talk time and providing challenging learning.
It is students spending most of their time doing instead of listening, working on things that interest them, repeating key concepts on a rotational and frequent basis.
It is students having lots of talk time, receiving positive feedback and having some challenge to their learning.

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Sense of urgency for me is knowing where your students are in their learning, where they are heading, where they need to be and how I can support them to get there in the accepted amount of time.  

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Sense of urgency for me is knowing where your students are in their learning, where they are heading, where they need to be and how I can support them to get there in the accepted amount of time.  

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Knowing where I am and what I need and need to do, as a teacher to get my students to be hungry for learning. To get them to understand why they are learning these things. It's not learning just for the sake of learning - it's preperation for real-life problems. It teaches them to problem-solve, because we have built the toolbox that teaches them to give their best at all times in order to get work done appropriately, first time. Not to dilly dally, but to take learning seriously.

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Urgency is not quick or rushed. Urgency is having enthusiasm and excitement for what you are teaching, this will be passed on to the students and they will feel excited about the task and then will urgently want to learn it.

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That the students and teachers put learning first. It is the most important thing at school and the reason we are all here.

Having a sense of urgency means:
That teachers are organised and precise, making every minute count in terms of students goals. It means that classrooms are engaging with meaningful tasks where students want to learn.

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Teachers, in an honest desire to ensure that all students are "getting it" tend to teach too long and say too much.

Do we prompt too much and not give our students a chance to share their thoughts and ideas that link to the topic.

Are we giving the students a chance to take risks in their learning.

How are we as teachers empowering our students in the classroom. What is effective and what is not?

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Often it is the environment we create - is that engaging.  It is also the tasks that we assign - do the students actually need to do the task?  What do they gain out of completing the task?
The pace of the lesson is also important to student engagement and sense of urgency. Teachers often teach too long and say too much. Pick up the pace, shorten time frames, decrease teacher talk and provide challenge!

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Urgency in Learning, Teaching and Learning

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Urgency in Learning, Teaching and Learning

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- High Impact Engagement - Students have to be in charge of setting goals, making choices, reading, writing in order to be actively engaged. Achievement data shows that this is move effective with a higher yield.
- Lower Yield Practices - competing worksheets, engaging in oral turn taking, responding orally, engaging in listening, engaging in off task behaviours
- Observation data asks "Is this student engaged in an activity of sufficient impact to increase the learning outcome?" Are the students closing gaps in their learning achievement? Do they realise time is short? Are teachers engaging students in authentic and relevant learning experiences? Are teachers conveying the messages that what we are learning in important and urgent? Do teachers attitude and demeanor say that what we are learning is important and it needs to be done quickly?
- Sense of urgency in the classroom makes learning relevant, make it connect with other subjects, gives students to opportunity to create products from their learning, gives students the opportunity to solve real life problems using different methods rather then different levels of complication. It also gives students the opportunity to present their knowledge out of class.
- Teachers need to model how to see and feel the need for change in order to get rid of complacency. We need to believe in a future that has no data to support it. We have to see all students capable of achieving. We have to have the desire to have a greater impact on student learning. We need to lead changes and develop the skills necessary to accomplish learning for all

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Building a sense of urgency in the classroom

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Building a sense of urgency in the classroom

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- Teacher sets the tone and the pace of the classroom (students take their cues from the teacher's behaviour).

- Teachers need to be organised so students are able to see that the lesson is important.

- Learning activities need to be prepared before the lesson.

-Time management is essential as learning activities need to be timed so learning is accomplished.

-Teachers have thought through the lesson and thought about engagement levels of the students.

- Teachers enthusiasm for the subject will be able to transfer to the students learning also vital to have strong content knowledge.

-Learning tasks need to be targeted and meaningful.

-Teachers should be "roaming the class, inspiring, pushing, and extending the learning of their students all the way to the bell" p.3

-Every second is precious to the students.... increase the learning and increase the students full engagement.

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The need to breathe: How to develop urgency in the classroom

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The need to breathe: How to develop urgency in the classroom

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"Urgency is the spark of energy students need to engage in the difficult task of acquiring knowledge and skills."
Urgency starts with the teacher and empowers students to WANT to learn intrinsically. The learning environment encouraged by the teacher will then promote a sense of urgency with the students to their learning.
"If you want great knowledge, you must want it as badly as you [want] to breathe"
Learning must be relevant by connecting learning to other subjects, with the opportunities to create realistic products and presenting them outside of class, bringing in experts and using different methods.