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After viewing the presentations and information provided, double click below and comment on your key takeaways.  What did you find most interesting?  What will you research further?  What is something you'd like to implement in your own professional practice?

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After viewing the presentations and information provided, double click below and comment on your key takeaways.  What did you find most interesting?  What will you research further?  What is something you'd like to implement in your own professional practice?

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Once you have posted your own comments, please respond to at least two other colleagues.

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Incentive planning....One thing that I plan on implementing is asking my students what are some items/treats that they would to be included in our class rewards instead of including items/ treats that I think they like.

As I read Oppositional, Defiant

and Disruptive Children and Adolescents, I thought about one of my students and how I can help him be successful in the classroom with the use of more of these strategies.

I  am also looking forward to revising the way we have done PLCs so that they are meaningful. In they video, I really liked howteachers had a post meeting where they were able to share data from their exit tickets.

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I am a firm believer in exit tickets.  It helps me see what I still need to do to make sure my students are grasping the idea.
As a I read on disruptive students, I was thinking about a student that I have now. It gave me some ideas on how I can reach him. I first have to realize that some of my babies come from bad home lives. After I can see where they are coming from, then I can better reach them.

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I believe students and teachers can grow from exit tickets. As a teacher exit tickets showed  me that I did not present the information as clearly as I thought. Exit tickets really show what the students got from the lesson and help guide everyday instruction.
As for disruptive students we have no idea what he or she is going home to. Several of our children do not have parents at home willing to help with homework or explain what to do so lots of times it is not going to be done. Usually a student is reaching out out for attention and as frustrating as that might be sometimes building the relationship with the child will go much further. The ideas were great and I hope to try some with some of my struggling students in the tier process.

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I am excited about the idea of PLCs as I've used them before and they can be helpful.  I'll be interested to find out how that will work for anomalies like me who are scattered.

I do not get to use exit tickets very often due to the nature of my classroom for academic subjects, but we do use a reflection sheet at the end of the day for students to self-assess their progress toward their behavior goals.  This has been useful because some of my students do not recognize their behavior as a problem in their reflection, and that gives a chance for further discussion.

Gaudet

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I found the "Motivator" sections incredibly beneficial to utilize within the classroom. I think it is important to come back to these suggestions and strategies every so often as we get bogged down by paperwork and requirements. Our students are constantly changing and their behavioral needs may change throughout the course of a year, month, week, etc. I plan on using these strategies to reevaluate what will best benefit my students that need an extra "reinforcer". I also love the idea of using a playing card to help students ask for help. I think many of our capable students get over looked in times of need because we assume they are able to figure it out on their own, when in fact they may be ashamed to ask for extra assistance. This is a great strategy to help those students learn that asking for help is a good thing.
I currently use Exit Tickets quite a bit in the classroom, however, I loved the information about offering the students a choice on how they would like to relay their understanding to me. I plan on utilizing this exit ticket choice in the future.

Zuckerman

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I found a quote toward the beginning of the video particularly relative to our school right now. “We are all trying to be excellent teachers, but the struggle is doing it excellently when trying it for the first time” with our new curriculums introduced this year, I feel like we can relate to this perspective. Meaningful PLCs could provide some much needed help in navigating our resources.                       Deschamp 

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I found a quote toward the beginning of the video particularly relative to our school right now. “We are all trying to be excellent teachers, but the struggle is doing it excellently when trying it for the first time” with our new curriculums introduced this year, I feel like we can relate to this perspective. Meaningful PLCs could provide some much needed help in navigating our resources.                       Deschamp 

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As the only gifted education teacher at our school, I sometimes feel as if I’m on an island all alone. PLC’s afford me the opportunity to approach problems as a team and to openly share and discuss failure, mistakes and uncertainty.

I love the idea of the post meeting. Being able to bounce ideas with fellow teachers about what works and what doesn’t work enables teachers to develop the confidence to select and adapt strategies that drive improvement. ~ Meyer

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I like that we utilize reinforcement surveys with our students. The more involved our children are in creating a rewards “menu”, the better buy in we will have. It also is another opportunity to have a deeper conversation with a student about their own behaviors and how these behaviors are affecting them with their academics and peer relationships.
I need to do a better job of having a constant conversation with our students who have a BIP about their specific behavior goals. They need to have a clear understanding of their expectations and incentives. Our teachers do such a great job in collecting the data every day ~ which is a difficult task.
Dodd

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I like meeting with my grade level team--discussing what is coming up and what we have already taught helps me better understand my own teaching. It provides me with thoughts on other presentations of information than what I already had in mind. It also helps when I feel a lesson didn't go well--ideas are shared to improve the lesson presentation--I feel safe sharing with my team and getting their feedback. Buel

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The strategies that you can use for the students with these behavior disorders are very helpful.  I will definitely try to use them when the situation arises.  I also loved how it pointed out praise.  It is so important for our students to be praised but sometimes we forget because we focus on the students who are misbehaving more.

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PLCs are extremely beneficial. I am currently taking a class at William Carey focusing on PLCs and improving data analysis. It was very interesting to watch the video and relate it back to the class I'm taking and my own personal experiences. One suggestion that I would offer is that teachers not only collaborate with their team on their grade level, but also with the grades above and below.

Exit tickets are a great formative assessment, if utilized correctly. I recently saw an interesting approach at exit tickets, in which the students were given independent work to complete. As the students completed their work, they had 3 baskets to choose from to turn their work in. One basket was green for the students who felt very confident and understood everything, one was yellow for the students who thought they "got" the lesson, but may be a little confused, and a red basket for those who didn't understand and feels they need more help.  I am thinking of using this method, but instead of baskets, I will put markers for the students to mark their papers, as I feel they will be more willing to admit they need more help without their classmates knowing.

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I am eager to begin more "tuned" PLC's. I enjoy having feedback from other teachers and hearing their various strategies. I have to remind myself that we do not always think alike and that I have to be able to relay the mathematical practices/strategies in multiple ways to reach a variety of learners.

I also enjoy exit tickets. They provide daily feedback as to how the lesson went and how well it was understood by my students. They love having them as well because they consider them a daily challenge.

-Childers

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I have used the "What Stuck With You?" poster in the past and have always been fascinated by student responses. It is always surprising to see the details they remember from a lesson.  I love the idea of using emoji's  since they are so popular right now; however, this does not guarantee the student truly grasped the lesson.  The sticky bars option is my least favorite due to the fact that some students may be embarrassed by their answer.

-Pavolini

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I think PLCs are very important. This gives teachers a time to collaborate, share ideas, and give support to one another on lessons. I am looking forward to future PLCs conducted in this manner.
I really like the idea of exit tickets. I have used them a few times and they are a really quick ssessment of who understood the lesson. A goal of mine is to get in the habit of using them more often.

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I know that I need to utilize exit tickets, but I wasn't sure how to go about it with second graders.  I really like  "What Stuck With You?"  I think that is a cool idea!  One of our standards is to ask and answer questions about a text, so I have a "What is my Question?" anchor chart that they use a sticky note to write their answer and their buddy or partner has to write the answer on a different sticky note.  Then, they place the question and answer sticky notes on the chart.  It is a great way to see who gets it and who does not! I can't wait to try exit tickets!

~Allen