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Sometimes we are the adults that show these kids that we care about them.We can't lower our expectations just because we feel sorry for them.

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How to empower students living in poverty without lowering expectations. 

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How to empower students living in poverty without lowering expectations. 

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My biggest take away was how to empower students in poverty.

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Amazing presentation on empowering students in poverty! Great day overall!

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The importance of how and why to build relationships with not only students but families as well.

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How to effectively use learning centers in the classroom

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Empowering students is incredibly important to learning and education. Providing students with an opportunity to document work in an online portfolio is a great way to do thos

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Your first year of teaching will be a learning experience, but all worth it in the end

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Power of connection and networking within teaching. Teaching by can be an isolating career and these opportunities are SO important

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How to incorporate stem bins into yourclassroom.

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My biggest takeaway was that there are so many different technology pieces that I want to explore and use.

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My biggest take away was that building relationships with families are extremely important in the classroom.

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Being unapologetic about being a teacher!

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Megan Dougherty

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My biggest take away was to get through the first shock that you’ll experience during your first year of teaching. Stay persistent.

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My biggest take away was the resources and strategies that other teachers are using for classroom management and relationship building.

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Sometimes you have to do what you know is best for your kids even if it means you’re fighting for them.

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My biggest take away is that there are always different perspectives and always room to grow. I have seen a lot of different procedures and activities today that I will implement into my own teaching.

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My biggest take away is that learning does not stop with graduation. Keep the passion and continue to learn and grow, and share your resources and ideas with others.

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Make a customized name tag for each student with their pic and interests/hobbies

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My biggest takeaway from the conference today are the different classroom management techniques. There were several behavior charts that I saw, and I learned bout PBIS

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How to manage learning centers. Have a way to make a student accountable and have them be open ended.

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My biggest takeaway was that building relationships with everyone is so important in education. That includes relationships with students, parents, and coworkers.

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Student led conferences where students state their goals and how they want to reach them

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My biggest take away today was that building relationships with your students is powerful and it will help lead to their success within your classroom. I especially loved the name tag idea that a presenter shared with us during a session.

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School administrators are supportive of new/ first year teachers. It’s OK to ask for help and other teachers in the building are willing to offer support and help. Everyone experiences challenging behaviors in the classroom.

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My biggest thing I learned from the conference is learning about different ways to use positive management in a classrooms such as brag tags.

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Using brag tags- a way to have a reward system for all students. Focuses on positive reinforcement, and doesn’t rely on behavior charts to reward students and leave some wanting their own rewards.

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One of my biggest take always was how to use morning meeting as a highly effective tool in the classroom!

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I loved sharing ideas with teachers and soon to be teachers!

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I learned about student led conferences. I thought this was a great way for to involve students in the conference and to get students to reflect on their learning!

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That a teachers first years are gonna be scary, but there are many people that are there to help you with advice and resources.

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My biggest take away is to be passionate about your learning and to form relationships where you give and take tips and tricks.

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My biggest take away was to be passionate and be an influence in education. As a teacher, you need to be committed to get better and it’s the choices that you make which will help you succeed to be better.

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My biggest take away was strategies to use with urban learners and behavior plans to use with challenging learners.

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My biggest take away was that you are responsible for your own learning and professional development. This can be as easy as reading a book or watching a video.

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Dr. Mumin takes about how the first follower is the spark. How there is no movement without the first follower and how we need to nourish the first followers to keep a movement going.

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Megan Dougherty

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Student empowerment can be implemented in various ways, including hands on experiences, student led instruction/learning, and classroom kindness.