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I realize the benefits of having essential standards planned. I look forward to developing these and working further with my awesome team!

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I realize the benefits of having essential standards planned. I look forward to developing these and working further with my awesome team!

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Help us to focus, plan and differentiate in order ro reach all learners.

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As a novice teacher, spending time working on the essential units has been so helpful because it has given us a clear direction of what to focus on and what we can spend less time on! It has given me more purpose to my teaching!

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My team is focused and facing the same direction. It is nice all being on the same page and we are able to help and support each other.

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When provided with enough time to plan, teach and reevaluate the standards, they can be very worthwhile.

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Purposeful work, bringing us together as a grade level, identifying the essentials so we can plan and dig deeper into what is most important. VALUABLE WORK- just need time!

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I love that focusing on essentials is a way to simplify...

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I love that focusing on essentials is a way to simplify...

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It is so important to have the time to collaborate with colleagues on essential standards that impact student learning.

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It is so important to have the time to collaborate with colleagues on essential standards that impact student learning.

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*Use resources to help with this important work. MAISA and TBAISD are powerful in helping us structure our lessons and our year.

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I am happy that we are all on the same page and we are focused. Our teaching is intentional and we cannot wait to continue our work to develop more friendly scales for our students.

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Facing the same  direction makes for powerful teaching and learning! Time given to collaborate is time well spent. 

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Facing the same  direction makes for powerful teaching and learning! Time given to collaborate is time well spent. 

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Working on Essential  Standards has helped us unify the language and teaching practices we use each day with all of our students.

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Working on Essential  Standards has helped us unify the language and teaching practices we use each day with all of our students.

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I love what Schmoker had to say!  Reading, Writing, Speaking.  YES!  Those need to be daily in all subjects. 

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I love what Schmoker had to say!  Reading, Writing, Speaking.  YES!  Those need to be daily in all subjects. 

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This focused time has been beneficial for our team. Release time to do this important work has made it possible. Many times we only get to the point of talking about the important work in front of us. This release time has allowed us to DO this work.

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Collaborating on the essential standards has helped our team to focus and give clarity to what's most important. We need time to continue this work.

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The communication around essential learning standards has made our team more cohesive and we are able to face the same direction for the better good of our students. Thank you for providing this valuable time!

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Having time to navigate through student reports to provide appropriate learning opportunities is beneficial.

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Conversations focused around essential standards help to move the learning for students and teachers in a common direction.

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Our work on the Essential Standards work has shown me that it is impossible to present and share with students ALL the standards in our curriculum  Time for conversations, and collaboration are key

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Our work on the Essential Standards work has shown me that it is impossible to present and share with students ALL the standards in our curriculum  Time for conversations, and collaboration are key

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I am grateful to work in a district that puts first things first!

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Our work with essentials has been crucial to the consistency we have developed among our team. We are working towards creating a consistent experience across our grade level, and essential standards help us to focus on what is most important for our students to learn.

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Time to plan for essentials is beneficial!!  Focusing on essentials allows for more intentionality.  I feel like I am teaching better and I know the standards better.

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This time to collaborate is essential to help us focus on what's truly important and is essential to move ALL our students forward.  

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This time to collaborate is essential to help us focus on what's truly important and is essential to move ALL our students forward.  

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By working together as a grade level to identify what our important standards are, how we are going to teach them, and when we are going to teach them we are providing a uniform experience for all students that guarantees student growth

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Planning and preparing the essentials takes intentionality and collaboration.  I look forward to the continued work with my colleagues as we work together on this important work.

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Planning and preparing the essentials takes intentionality and collaboration.  I look forward to the continued work with my colleagues as we work together on this important work.

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Students know what is essential and can develop goals to reach the standards. Focusing on the fundamental standards guides our intentional planning and daily practices.

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We are better teachers for doing this work and our students have better learning opportunities. We are more focused  and therefore working on quality lessons rather than quantity.

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We are better teachers for doing this work and our students have better learning opportunities. We are more focused  and therefore working on quality lessons rather than quantity.