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I work with amazing teachers that are extremely passionate about Social Studies.

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being able to do hands-on activities again!

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Student's ability to navigate virtual/digital content. 

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Student's ability to navigate virtual/digital content. 

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every student gets a device (classroom laptop carts for EVERYONE!)

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Communication and planning within the dept. SGA is new this year and is getting started.

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Having the kids back and more accountability on their part. 

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Having the kids back and more accountability on their part. 

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Being in a new school and we are structured by department, not grades

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Teamwork, great working relationships

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Teacher teamwork and support and connecting with students again

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Teacher teamwork and support and connecting with students again

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Great new course tasks (in Canvas), so that students are able to use info in a more practical way. It's more grading, but shows their understanding so much better than our old platform (Edgenuity).

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Great new course tasks (in Canvas), so that students are able to use info in a more practical way. It's more grading, but shows their understanding so much better than our old platform (Edgenuity).

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Social studies increasing the rigor and collaborating across contents.

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Give more incentives to turn in work on time

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Consistent collaboration and communication within PLCs

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Consistent collaboration and communication within PLCs

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We have combined our social studies and ELA departments into a humanities department. More collaborative work happening. 

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We have combined our social studies and ELA departments into a humanities department. More collaborative work happening. 

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We are doing a great job with collaborating in our SS PLC this year. Everyone is actively engaged

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We are doing a great job with collaborating in our SS PLC this year. Everyone is actively engaged

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Bring Brainpop back.

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Rollout of Achieve 3000 & building supports for students

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I have worked with the same group of AWESOME teachers for 2 years! They are very open to new ideas and initiatives.

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New course offerings that are engaging for students.

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Time to plan collaboratively, time to provide meaningful feedback, and time to meet with students individually

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Change FVS allotment guidelines to allow us to hire more full-time teachers. (We hit our max years ago and now rely on a lot of adjuncts to help handle the enrollment load.) 

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Change FVS allotment guidelines to allow us to hire more full-time teachers. (We hit our max years ago and now rely on a lot of adjuncts to help handle the enrollment load.) 

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Teaches supporting each other and cross content collaboration.  

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Teaches supporting each other and cross content collaboration.  

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Take them on meaningful field trips for education and exposure.

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Take them on meaningful field trips for education and exposure.

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Have a class set of laptops in every classroom with stable internet connection.

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to incorporate support for students within the day instead of on the teacher's time.

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to incorporate support for students within the day instead of on the teacher's time.

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Help them to find balance between rigorous classes, jobs, and extra-curricular activities

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Help them to find balance between rigorous classes, jobs, and extra-curricular activities

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Skill building for students (time management, organization, study skills, etc...)

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Being able to have in person meetings again has allowed more effective collaboration

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In person field trips!

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Critical thinking skills, study skills, organization skills

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Being face to face and working one one with the students!

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Being face to face and working one one with the students!

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- more support for learning opportunities that get us outside the classroom

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Bring back the digital tools that have been removed from FCS. (BrainPop, Blooket, etc.)

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Bring back the digital tools that have been removed from FCS. (BrainPop, Blooket, etc.)

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More time to meet with kids and plan as a team, grade level and department.

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More time to meet with kids and plan as a team, grade level and department.

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Bring USA Test Prep back to help US History students remediate content knowledge and prepare for the EOC.

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More field trips

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Help them learn how to socialize again

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Dedicated devices - 5 or so per teacher - for students who don't have one that day.  Brainpop!

A small fund to buy international food as we study the different countries

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covering less classes- find more subs

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With the increase in so much anxiety among them (diagnosed and otherwise), provide a sort of general calm of "it'll be okay" to alleviate that as a detrimental force as they get through this school year.

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With the increase in so much anxiety among them (diagnosed and otherwise), provide a sort of general calm of "it'll be okay" to alleviate that as a detrimental force as they get through this school year.

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Allow for a week long Georgia studies tour where 8th students get to take a week and visit special sites across the state of ga

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One thing that is going is for us is the students are better at working in TEAMS, they understand its purpose and we still uphold the model of using it for assignments and to organize instruction digitally.

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One thing that is going is for us is the students are better at working in TEAMS, they understand its purpose and we still uphold the model of using it for assignments and to organize instruction digitally.

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We're starting to incorporate more and more skill-building within our daily lessons.

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More time, more resources-There are several resources for the classroom (for me) that I am interested in buying.

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So happy to be able to do in-class activities with the students and meet face to face with other teachers

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Change the bell schedule to staggered - make it so the students are not all in the hall at the same time!

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Change the bell schedule to staggered - make it so the students are not all in the hall at the same time!

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prioritize Social Studies, not just Math and ELA!

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Our students have regained many of their thinking and content skills, but they have lost many behavior and organizational norms during the year away.

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Professional Days for PLC to get together, rebuild culture and plan

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The fact that teachers are adapting to the sudden changes that are occurring during this pandemic and THRIVING.

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Our SS department is really being supportive of each other during this time.

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More hands on learning opportunities in social studies. 

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More hands on learning opportunities in social studies. 

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Bring back USAtestprep!

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More time, fewer required initiatives (SSS, Achieve 3000, etc.); we need subs, especially long-term subs

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We have an amazing 8th grade team that has gotten really close and support each other through everything this pandemic has thrown at us!

Our SS Team is always willing to work together, collaborate, trouble shoot, etc. Together we come up with great ideas for our kiddos

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More teachers and professional development

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Remove the restrictions that the county has placed on some digital tools.

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Remove the restrictions that the county has placed on some digital tools.

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I have a group of young teachers that are amazingly enthusiastic, eager, and creative

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We are focusing on Tier 2 vocab this year in our department; cross-curricular units; great teams

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Ditto on bring back brain pop if only for the videos

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Time. Teachers in multiple PLCs do not have enough time to work together effectively and get all of their grading done.

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I try to motivate my students in class, however the phone is the biggest motivator for most of my students these days...

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Smaller class sizes. We have gov classes over 40 and US and World classes over 35. Also having enough subs would be great.

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Get Dept Chairs who evaluate their dept members in TKES access to those teachers in TKES prior to the third month of the school year.

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1- Our "Financial Literacy Day" initiative went great last year and we made it an annual event for our school. 2- If I could do anything with my students right now, it would be to actually take them somewhere so they are able to SEE what they are learning (6th,7th, and 8th grade). 3- You all could grant me the serenity to understand how to manage adults :)

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Use social emotional learning time to accelerate students is US History (Milestone course).

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Brainpop, Full Subscription of Flocabulary and Field Trips

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Brainpop, Full Subscription of Flocabulary and Field Trips

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Provide them with more primary resources on 7th grade topics

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Get them back on track by grade level. The 10th 11th and 12 graders are all socially sophomores…

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Professional development opportunities for teachers; 1/2 days for opportunities to plan collaboratively with other teachers in the district.

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Build their soft skills so they can successfully manage their return to the classroom

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Despite many changes, our department is rolling with the punches so far.

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The African/Black Studies class is going very well

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The African/Black Studies class is going very well

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Incorporating more literacy in SS - very excited about new novel study in 6th

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Provide a solution for decreasing the number of students not completing assignments.

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Scheduled time from the district to accomplish the multiple trainings they want done instead of us trying to squish them in somewhere.

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Scheduled time from the district to accomplish the multiple trainings they want done instead of us trying to squish them in somewhere.

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Continue to support and encourage as we work back to some sense of normalcy 

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Continue to support and encourage as we work back to some sense of normalcy 

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A class set of headphones along with several cans of disinfectant (students can't link their airpods to the laptops).

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A class set of headphones along with several cans of disinfectant (students can't link their airpods to the laptops).

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Idealistic:  Create more spaces within the building, so students could eat breakfast/lunch outside of classrooms.
Realistic: Field trips and more access to digital platforms (Coach Digital)

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Fellowships for extended learning with programs outside of Fulton

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Have the students take charge of their learning and communication instead of having their parents do it for them

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Grant more planning time and more subs to cover classes, take away unnecessary programs that take up too much time

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Grant more planning time and more subs to cover classes, take away unnecessary programs that take up too much time

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would love districtwide assessment and review resources that students love - Gimkit, Blooket, Quizizz

these are fun and engaging and have so much potential

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more opportunities for our students to experience things outside the classroom:  Civil rights museum, MLK site, Kennesaw battleground, Roswell,  Oakland cemetery, synagogues, temples , and other meaningful sites

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Bring back BrainPOP and allow for more tech tools to be used; FCS has gotten so strict on tech in a time when tech is needed more than ever

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Post it Chart Paper, printer ink for classroom tag printer😂
Free air filter for my packed classroom

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Strong PLC meetings.
Dept-wide intentional focus on SS writing strategies, expectations, feedback, and calibration in grading.

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More time/opportunities to collaborate and plan in vertical grade level teams

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Bilingual Instruction and More Acceleration

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Bilingual Instruction and More Acceleration

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First, I'd provide my ESOL students with bilingual support that builds biliteracy (in both home language and english) given that language funds get transferred from the 1st to 2nd language. It is also one of the best ways to affirm students culture and identity.

Further, I'd like USA Test prep back for acceleration. I'd also love other resources/ strategies on how to accelerate students.

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Bring back USAtestprep

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Help them develop better time management skills.

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Help them develop better time management skills.