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My name is Sarah Sohail.
I started teaching in May 2021 so it's been 5 months. I have been teaching voluntarily since 15. So I do have teaching experience.
It is important to know the students because it is very important to connect to your students.
I really liked learning about students with special needs and different applications such as coggle, that we can use in the classroom.

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Vicki Klimou: Hi everyone! I'm here in beautiful Athens, Greece!
1. My name is Vasiliki. Everyone (except for my dad and a couple of other family members) calls me Vicki!
2. My educational experience is varied having taught for over 13 years!
3. For me, knowing my students is fundamental to ensure their success and learning! Knowing your students makes a connection between you and them and is the basis for all learning.
4. I have learned a lot in the previous modules by collaborating and conversing with my team cohort members. I learned a few new tech tools that I think I could use in the future!

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I prefer to be called Anderson, but Andy is also OK!

Varied in English teaching across three countries and continents.

The students are the whole reason we are in the schools, to understand them is to understand our purpose in our role as educators and teachers.

So far in the program, I believe that I have learned the most from my cohort, and also from the learning support teacher I interviewed last week. I am looking forward to learning more from our group as we move forward, and from the other teachers at my school in Norway, when I have the opportunity to include them within the program's activities.

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Tierra

I'm pretty experienced in education.

Building rapport with students keeps them engaged and let's them know their teachers care about them. They are the center of the learning community.

Collaboration & time management will be helpful skills to roll over from the previous modules to the current one.

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My name's Chris, and I like SPED and TEFL. It's important that I know my students so I can understand their individual challenges and work with them towards their independent goals. I use personalized learning strategies in my classes daily, and look forward to implementing more strategies!

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Duo Chen
please call me Duo
6 years ESL in China. This is my first year teaching elementary ESOL in America.
Everyone is different. Everyone learns differently. To know my students can help me find the most effective way to assist them.
We have learn about special needs, diversity and school cultures. I have learned the power of “yet”, and some other strategies.

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My name is Erin.
My level of experience in education is broad and scattered.
I feel it is important as educators to know our students so that we can recognize what motivates them. Also, I believe it helps to have a sense of connection. The students need to know we care about them.
A skill that might be useful is team building. Helping students get to know one another so they feel safe in class and can flourish.

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1. Timmy is the preferred naming device.
2. In my 5th year teaching.
3. Knowing students will allow for a deeper connection and enable you to push them further than a "stranger" would.
4. I have learned how to make videos and edit them up to be fancy and such. I feel this is a skill that I will need to further develop throughout the program.

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1. Noah Hastings (Noah)
2. Third year of teaching high school underclassmen
3. Healthy teacher-student relationships should be the foundation of a classroom community
4. Differentiation (especially using digital tools)

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Margaret Clark
1. Margaret
2. Seven years of high school sciences/maths
3. So that you can allow them to feel safe and learn in your classroom/space (to avoid triggering/retraumatising them), as well as allow them to feel in control of their own education
4. Differentiation and understanding that many students have individual needs.

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Annandale, VA - 26 years as an educator. Still teaching 7th grade Civics & Economics in a district right outside Washington, DC.

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Jake Guth
1. My name is John but I go by Jake.
2. This is my 3rd year teaching at an international boarding school.
3. Knowing my students more holistically helps me understand where they're coming from when they enter my classroom.
4. Social and emotional learning reminds me a lot of differentiated instruction, one-on-one help or attention to get to know your student better.