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I will find a better balance between effective teaching practices, professional development and supporting school growth and spirit.

I will help Student Council plant it’s roots and support student leaders as they make this a successful avenue for their voice in a school they take pride in.

I will support the initiation of a Parent Organization at Hazen. The more voices that are heard in regards to our school, the more community support we will get.

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I will survive

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Finish practicum hours and capstone in order to finish final MA requirements and graduate in May 2018.
Expand teaching license by 1 endorsement by June 2018 and by 2 total endorsements by August 2019.
Provide middle level students positive bilingual education experience.
Engage in bilingual ed. PD during summer 2018.
Sleep at least 7 hours per night.

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I've been waging war on the salmonids of the Northeast Kingdom for 3 years. I have to date successful landed Brook, Brown, Rainbow & Lake varieties of Trout, as well as Land Locked Salmon. But the migratory variant of Rainbow Trout known as "Steelhead" has eluded me with Melvillian persistence. This will not stand.

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I will renew my license.

I will balance understanding and high standards.

I will clarify for myself and students what "personal learning" is and how to succeed in it.

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Lose 13 pounds.

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Complete initial licensure

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Be better about empathizing with all students and take an interest in their interests and joys. 

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Be better about empathizing with all students and take an interest in their interests and joys. 

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Professional and Personal Goals in the Year of the Dog

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Professional and Personal Goals in the Year of the Dog

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1. Complete required hours for Fieldwork (professional)
2. Design an effective curriculum (professional)
3. Complete a majority of internship hours (professional)
4. Take my dog on a minimum of five hiking adventures (personal)
5. Get my band hired for a minimum of three gigs (personal)
6. Successfully boil a minimum of one gallon of syrup for the first time (personal)

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Professional and personal goals for 2018:

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Professional and personal goals for 2018:

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- Remember to take deep breaths and slow down
- Continue to prioritize students' holistic well-being over academic achievement
- Revive personal check-ins
- Take students outside as much as possible
- Encourage students to apply for study abroad
- Take time for my own health and balance (daily work-outs, time outside, quality time with our equine and canine companions, playing music, ...)
- Connect more students with mentors

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My plan is to complete National Board Teacher Certification in the next three years.  I plan on perfecting my Art Seminar class as its concept corresponds well with personal learning, place based learning, student choice/ interests, teaching variation, etc.
I would like to continue to find places outside of Hazen to show student work promoting  environmental stewardship.
I would like to work on my  woodcarving projects and show my own work more.
I would like to have my garden ready for planting this spring.

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1. Hire someone to refinish my bathtub, because I sure as hell can't do it by myself.
2. Figure out how to help out with J-Term planning to make it successful - assuming I won't be here at Hazen then.

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I will strive to invest more in the students and families in the Hazen community.

Also, get in the woods more.

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In 2018, I will become a writer again.  I will become a traveler again.  I will sleep under the stars.  I will reconnect with the younger, freer me that I think I remember under the layers and layers of stress. I will create art. I will laugh every day. I will smile more at (with) my students.

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In 2018, I will become a writer again.  I will become a traveler again.  I will sleep under the stars.  I will reconnect with the younger, freer me that I think I remember under the layers and layers of stress. I will create art. I will laugh every day. I will smile more at (with) my students.

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- Take myself outside of my comfort zone as an educator.
- Push myself and the students to stay positive during the cold and dark winter months

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I plan to reinvigorate my teaching practice as I feel that I have more time to focus this semester.  

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I plan to reinvigorate my teaching practice as I feel that I have more time to focus this semester.  

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I want to focus on mental, physical, and spiritual health to help nourish my soul for the rest of the school year.
I want to spend time developing my passions for teaching in other areas as I explore implementing the j term curriculum.

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- Make proactive steps toward maintaining my full time employment at Hazen.

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I like to make paella.  But, up until this point, I have only made non seafood versions.  I am (very) scared [Grammarly ----> (very) scared -----> terrified] to cook with seafood. I hope to find a group of people to experiment on. And a cheap source of sea food.  And rabbit meat.  Could you help me out with that, Chris?

Since everyone else is discussing professional stuffz. I am looking forward to J-Term and all the creativity and curiosity involved.

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Practice giving students and colleagues meaningful feedback.
Continue to blur the lines between my classrooms and the rest of the world.
Attend the Digital Pedagogy Lab at the end of July.
Write and publish a piece about the need for an SRI option in Vermont's 529 plan.
Get better at planning.
Shorten my commute.
Send a double digit boulder problem.
Get better at conversational Spanish.
Establish better investing/saving habits.

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Finally get teaching license.
Get the hang of negotiated curriculum.
continue to effectively coach others to become more literate and compassionate.

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In a scene in the spaghetti western The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, the One-Armed Bounty Hunter finds Tuco Ramirez in a vulnerable position: In a bubble bath. Pointing his gun at Tuco, he begins a speech: He's been looking for Tuco for eight months, and now he's finally got him where he wants him, and ... Tuco pulls his gun from beneath the bubbles and shoots the One-Armed Bounty Hunter five times. He stands up in the bathtub and says,

"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."

Every December, we take stock of what we did last year, writing another chapter in our autobiography. A few days later, sometimes after pounding way too much champagne, we gear up for another trip around the sun by deciding how we want to improve ourselves in the next year. Sometimes we throw out pretty vague statements that don't require us to be accountable to ourselves: I'm going to be a better husband this year. I'm going to lose weight. I'm going to run more.

Every year on his birthday at the end of January, my friend Alan commits to something big for the year. He doesn't hold up a glass of whiskey and announce to his friends that he's going to read 52 books, or go to the gym more often. He puts his money where his mouth is and plans something, with a deposit, or plane tickets. The first year, he called Frank Sanders at Devils Tower Climbing and made an appointment to climb the tower with Frank. Then he went and bought a pair of climbing shoes and a pass to a bouldering gym so he could try to figure out how to climb a little bit before they started up the tower in four months. Another year, he put down a $500 deposit on a Grand Teton climb to raise money for a nonprofit. Next year, the Matterhorn. The next year, a trip to the Bugaboos. And so on.

Supposedly, if you write down a goal, you're more likely to achieve it. Is that true if you "write it down" in a Facebook status or a tweet?

I don't know, has anyone ever reminded you of something you said on Facebook? "Hey Bob, didn't you say six months ago that you were going to climb more/Mt. Rainier/5.12 this year - how's that going?" Right. Somewhere in a billion viral videos, Oatmeal cartoons, George Takei posts, and vacation photo albums, we forgot about your New Year's resolution. Did you?

Maybe the question is: Do we really want to do anything, or do we just want to tell people about it?

Business psychologist Peter Shallard says telling people about your next big idea robs you of motivation. You tell people, you reap the rewards of the idea, and then you don't execute.

So are we dreaming, or are we making plans? There's a big difference between broadcasting something about someday riding the Kokopelli Trail and sending one close friend a rough itinerary and asking, What are you doing the weekend of April 20th?

I have a handful of people in my life I share some ideas with, and I am careful which ideas, because there is no lag time between me sharing the idea, and that person asking me "When are we doing this?"

In 2009, The Dirtbag Diaries published an episode called The Year of Big Ideas. Fitz interviewed Rangi Smart, a high school math teacher who found a 20-foot constructed jump on one of his favorite mountain bike trails and decided he was going to take a shot at it. He told his wife, then a few friends, and no one shared his stoke. You're an adult, they said, you're providing for a family, et cetera. So he finally told the only people he knew would hold him accountable, to back up his talk: His 9th- and 10th-grade students.

"Once I told my classes - I got 160 students - and I started making verbal commitments to them," Rangi said, "Then it was over. I had to do it."

Rangi told his students because he wanted them to make him feel like he had to hit the jump, not because he wanted them to think he was a rad mountain biker. Then he went out on his own and stuck the landing - barely.

Me, I got a few plans for 2013. What are they? Hey, if you have to shoot, shoot.
[photo by Jon Rigali]

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Make Plans, Not Resolutions - semi-rad.com

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In a scene in the spaghetti western The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, the One-Armed Bounty Hunter finds Tuco Ramirez in a vulnerable position: In a bubble bath. Pointing his gun at Tuco, he begins a speech: He's been looking for Tuco for eight months, and now he's finally got him where he wants him, and ...

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1. Establish a work-life balance. Right now my work gets the lion's share of my attention. To enact this plan, I have to follow plan #2, in hopes to become more mindful and relaxed.
2. Commit to daily meditation and yoga, preferably before school. To do this, I've ordered wireless earbuds so as to not wake family members. I also plan to do at least 30 minutes of exercise when I get home.
3. Attend the Garrison Institutes CARE for teachers in August, which fosters resilience so that we can continue to be effective in our very challenging profession.