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Plan a day (or more) for students to earn activities of choice. Teachers can host activities such as making slime, decorating cookies, manicures, game tournaments, sports clinics, etc. Students can be rewarded for good behavior and choose how they want to spend their time.

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More cross curricular work with teachers working closely together

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More cross curricular work with teachers working closely together

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What if we created opportunities for grade level peers to participate with students in the ABA program.

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What if we studied by zoom with kids from other schools?

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Create roles or provide opportunities where students can develop leadership roles within the classroom, grade level and school.

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What if pre-k students got to work with older students on a regular basis, like a buddy program?

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More freedom/ trust in us to make choices/ decisions for our individual classrooms

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Shift the schedule once a month and teachers run a passion project club and students select what they want to go to.

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What if we did more field trips or guest speakers that connected to the unit?

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working with other students (younger and older) within the district

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working with other students (younger and older) within the district

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There was a 4 day school week (students)

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Bus duty was rotated a team a week so a few people weren't always a few people.

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Students had opportunities to earn rewards and or experiences

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Students had opportunities to earn rewards and or experiences

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What if elementary schools taught more social studies

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More opportunities to explore the things that interest the students

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More opportunities to explore the things that interest the students

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Students (that need it) could have a model peer to meet with (daily/weekly) to keep them on track and get help and support from someone their age/not an adult.

Mead Grade 5

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the kids had fun- assemblies, pep rallies, relays, team building competitions, etc.

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We had an international night where families cook foods for each other from their own cultures

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Full year music and life skills programs at each school 

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Full year music and life skills programs at each school 

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Students who are struggling can come into my resource class for extra help or a new way of teaching

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What if teachers could use after school meeting time to work on lesson plans and work they are unable to get done during the school day

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We did not have 6 staff meetings a month

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What if teachers had more time to meet as a grade level during mandatory meeting times to discuss and collaborate on what THEY think they need to work on?

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What if general education and ABA room have a buddy system to mentor one another?

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What if general education and ABA room have a buddy system to mentor one another?

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Sped teachers pushing into ss and sci classes to support students

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What if we had fun Fridays as a reward for hard work

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What if we announced student birthdays in morning messages and had them come down for a birthday treat (pencil, etc).

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What if we announced student birthdays in morning messages and had them come down for a birthday treat (pencil, etc).

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What if we had school wide events like pep rallys, talent shows, character assemblys, fun fridays.

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What if we had school wide events like pep rallys, talent shows, character assemblys, fun fridays.

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Daily newscast for morning announcements called "Knightly News"

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What if we allow students to rise to the occasion by allowing them to volunteer for task? (not just students who demonstrate good behavior)

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What if students pick their own writing assignments? I could provide a list of ideas or they can come up with their own. If some one likes to write poems, they can write different poems each week. Someone else can do stories.

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What if the kids spend less time sitting at a desk all day?

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What if the kids spend less time sitting at a desk all day?

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A para in every classroom and a SPED teacher for every grade level

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A para in every classroom and a SPED teacher for every grade level

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Students choose when to take brain breaks.

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What if we had more cross disciplinary collaboration between students - students teach students

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What if we didn't have PLC every week?

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What if students had more time to be creative 

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What if students had more time to be creative 

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What if the Civil War was fought today? What are the causes for the war. Pose questions for kids to engage critical thinking.

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During school talent show - for Life Skills 

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During school talent show - for Life Skills 

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having students think of a mistake that they might have made throughout the day (added wrong, took a wrong turn to get to the bathroom, etc.) writing them down and what they learned from that mistake. At the end of each day putting one of them on a bulletin board.

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The students create their own progress reports through the school year.

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What if there was a curriculum to build self-esteem in boys and young men, specifically. They tend to have higher numbers in the "at risk" populations.

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What if there were more half days for kids sprinkled into the year to allow for collaboration time/PLC time for teachers

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Recognize the little wins, they matter and they build up

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Recognize the little wins, they matter and they build up

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Transportation to take students to different places out of the school for learning adventures

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Transportation to take students to different places out of the school for learning adventures

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What if students had options for how to express their learning.

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What if students had options for how to express their learning.

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Creating meal plans based on cultural celebrations/holidays

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Self-contained classes had general education mentors/tutors

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What if teachers had more creative freedom in lesson planning.

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What if teachers had more creative freedom in lesson planning.

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Students had more time for math/ literacy art projects

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What if students hypothesized about alternative outcomes of historical events?

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Having a monthly "Fun Day" where the students who have not gotten any behavior referrals yet rewarded for their positive behavior.

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Fully staffed, special education classroom

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Fully staffed, special education classroom

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What if we had grade level service projects.

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We allowed students to design game for class to play. 

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We allowed students to design game for class to play. 

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Joke of the day on Fridays that the students come down and announce over the intercom - jokes pre-approved 

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Joke of the day on Fridays that the students come down and announce over the intercom - jokes pre-approved 

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8th grade 6th grade mentors.

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What if we invited parents and guardians to be more active and involved in the classroom to assist with the management of centers or to do a read aloud?

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do more learning outside

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Answers on the ceiling so when kids look up it prompts them

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What if ghe focus was on taking joy in the learning process and not fearing being wrong

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What if ghe focus was on taking joy in the learning process and not fearing being wrong

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Students had more choices of how they want to do research.

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Students created lessons or labs for the class

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Students created lessons or labs for the class

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What if we focused more on what students can do rather than what they cannot do.

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What if we focused more on what students can do rather than what they cannot do.

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Create memories of learning instead of just handing out worksheets.

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What if we evolved with our students? Why does education still look like the 1900’s? Think outside the box.

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…older students recruited younger students for their favorite classes?

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What if we gave students more choice and voice

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Students could have “social walks” and discuss prompts/problems with peers they don’t usually collaborate with.

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Allow students to teach each other. Allow them to critique and help one another.

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Students had more flexibility in their schedules to explore their interests 

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Students had more flexibility in their schedules to explore their interests 

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Reinforce skills in our scripted program, through monthly phonics and vocabulary games and comeptition.

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More inquiry based learning vs teacher centered

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What if our younger students had more opportunities to play and interact with their peers

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What if more projects were choice-based?

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What if students had more control and input over the work they are asked to complete.

What if students had more flexibility to make decisions and are able to choose their learning methods.

Mead Grade 5

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What if students could shadow their parents at work for a day?

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we had more events that could bring staff and kids together with more student committees spearheading the events. 

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we had more events that could bring staff and kids together with more student committees spearheading the events. 

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students create a fun lesson for the class, even maybe the teacher

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What is students could choose what they read 

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What is students could choose what they read 

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What if we stream the March Madness game so more students can watch it

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What if we had small independent groups which students can facilitate their own learning

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Having specific student roles and jobs. Have them buy in to their team and classroom community.

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What if more play based learning was implemented? What if there was an extra (additional) recess time?

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We celebrated the small things!

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What if students could choose how to show their learning?

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what if we have the kids more privileges that they could earn for modeling positive behavior and give them more of a sense of control.

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Jigsaw - students teach other something they have learned

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What if students volunteered once a week for credit and to help the community

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What if students volunteered once a week for credit and to help the community

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What if students had the opportunity to teach something they are good at? "Teach the teacher"

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What if students had the opportunity to teach something they are good at? "Teach the teacher"

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What if students had more options to express their learning?

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Students were able to choose the assessment they wanted to be graded by

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Have students run a lesson

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What if there was more funding to get newer books for teaching

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Student choice grouping