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Going to students games and events!

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Making it important to recognize students everyday. 

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Making it important to recognize students everyday. 

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Leaving positive messages for students in Google Classroom on missing assignments.

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Sending weekly emails of updates in the class.

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Chatting them up. Asking about their lives. Going to student events/games

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Taking the time to ask them about their lives.

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Taking time to say hello to students by their names as they walk into class.

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Taking time to say hello to students by their names as they walk into class.

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Try to talk to every student every day and use their first name 

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Try to talk to every student every day and use their first name 

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Finding something in common to talk about

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Contacting a parent about a praise for a student that you previously had to contact about discipline.

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Quin: Highlighting (anonymously) which students had good enough work to be considered examples

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Calling home when there is a concern and asking how the family is doing

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Attend student events.  If a student invites, I try to go and root them on!  It’s great to see them in their element and to meet families in a non-classroom setting!!  AM

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Marqui Shields- going to school events to see my students different settings

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Finding something positive to remark on/encourage, especially for students that probably don’t hear much positive feedback

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Pulling students aside and telling them about how you perceive their best intentions.

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Asking students if they are having a bad day and why that might be.

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Saying hello and asking questions to get to know students.

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Attend meetings and engage with parents about their student's strengths and struggles..

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Relating lessons to there lives and personal experiences.

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Asking about their weekend and what their plans are.

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Asking how they feel about assignments and giving options.

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Check in with students when the seem down/off and offer flexibility on school work when outside factors are having an impact on them

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Check in with students when the seem down/off and offer flexibility on school work when outside factors are having an impact on them

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When they’re having a bad day emotionally, offer them space, a pass to counselor, listen excuse the day’s work, give them a break…

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Reaching out families before there is an issue.

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At least one positive piece of feedback with grading.

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Instead of always making phone calls about issues, I make phone calls or emails to parents and let them know what great things that student has been doing.

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Asking students to be collaborators in their own catch-up plans instead of exclusively offering predetermined hard deadlines

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Have students complete/help with a task that benefits the class

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Attend games or concerts or drama productions. Kristen

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Learn my students’ personal stories and also share mine. It helps relate to each other and as a result build mutual trust.

Refugio Reyes

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Shauna: Starting class with an attendance question - low stakes - "Would you rather...?" and doing a quick whip-around the room.

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Shauna: Starting class with an attendance question - low stakes - "Would you rather...?" and doing a quick whip-around the room.

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My subject area lends itself to listening to student perspectives , except in grammar or vocabulary. They often respond to a poem or voice an opinion about stake on an issue.

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Listening and acknowledging student opinions / concerns

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Jennifer Mouat: I try to start each class with a conversation question (that they can discuss while I'm taking/submitting attendance) and then we discuss that question as a large group so everyone has a chance to share their perspective (if they volunteer to do so).  Sometimes I have also started class with a video on breathing exercises or on practicing gratitude.

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Jennifer Mouat: I try to start each class with a conversation question (that they can discuss while I'm taking/submitting attendance) and then we discuss that question as a large group so everyone has a chance to share their perspective (if they volunteer to do so).  Sometimes I have also started class with a video on breathing exercises or on practicing gratitude.

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Provide time 3 days a week to address healthy mental habits and practices.

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Being a teen can be really stressful! Mindfulness is a powerful way to handle stress, and live life more fully. Mindfulness is all about living fully in the present moment, without judgment, and with an attitude of kindness and curiosity. It's about breathing, noticing what's happening right here and now, sending a gentle smile to whatever you're experiencing in this moment (whether it's easy or difficult), and then letting it go. You can be mindful anytime, anywhere, no matter what you're doing. It sounds simple, but it's not always easy to do, especially when you are stressed! This website provides information, tools, and resources to help you get started.

Hear what other teens have to say about mindfulness in the Kelty Centre's 3-minute video, "Mindfulness: Youth Voices."

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Being a teen can be really stressful! Mindfulness is a powerful way to handle stress, and live life more fully. Mindfulness is all about living fully in the present moment, without judgment, and with an attitude of kindness and curiosity. It's about breathing, noticing what's happening right here and now, sending a gentle smile to [...]

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Use open end statements like, "Tell me what that felt like for you?"

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Apologize when I make mistakes or wrong calls

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Real conversations

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Encourage them for their efforts and how you see the huge progress they have made.

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Giving students choices

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Always leave them with have a great day!

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Asking students what they need in the moment (ex: just listen vs give advice)

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Discovering days to avoid for summative assessments (ex) big paper due in English) and working around them. -Korrie

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Feeling overwhelmed, anxious or stressed? Change to Chill offers free online mental health resources for teens designed to help them learn how to relax and integrate healthy habits into their lifestyle. Whether you're a teen yourself, a mentor or a parent, explore our mindfulness guides and stress management activities to help yourself and others soothe their minds and Change to Chill.

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Feeling overwhelmed, anxious or stressed? Change to Chill offers free online mental health resources for teens designed to help them learn how to relax and integrate healthy habits into their lifestyle. Whether you're a teen yourself, a mentor or a parent, explore our mindfulness guides and stress management activities to help yourself and others soothe their minds and Change to Chill.

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Tracking students’ stories and asking for updates about the things that matter to them

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Take a moment to ask them why we are focusing on this strategy/topic/concept. Then at the end, take a few minutes to let them share what's going well and what was a struggle or needs more work.

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pair students' with a significant disability with a peer buddy to foster their belonging and success.

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Notice when something's different with a student and talk with them about how they are doing.

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Giving students a golden ticket to excuse them from a daily work assignment when they are doing the right thing or getting 3s and 4s on summative assessments.