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I will make time for Mindfulness activities in my classroom. I learned so much from Christine Wallach's presentation and am inspired to learn more. My big take-aways were: Mindfulness training is worth the time. There are benefits for both students and teachers. Students learn how to make their actions intentional instead of impulsive. Teachers learn to respond to stressors instead of react.

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I was very impressed by Dave Mochel ideas on how we pay attention. The idea of teaching our students "how to pay attention" is a skill that both parents and teachers need to pass on to this generation of children.  We can't just say "stay focused" and assume our students will, we need to take moments out of our lessons and redirect them.  I already tried it as students needed to transition into another activity and it worked very well.
-Kimia Ebeling

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Dan St. Romaine was amazing! He was so fun & energizing. I have used a few of his quick brain breaks (this week we tried thumb wars) to break up a longer writing assignment and then got right back to work. The kids loved it! He had so many ideas and affirmed my belief that you can change behavior when you create positive relationships with your students. And I have thought about his ritual vs novelty conversation and the importance of the two at our different levels of teaching. He was an inspiration and I would love to have Dan speak to all of our faculty and parents! For our lower el teacher's he has weekly podcasts that you can check out!

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Dan is a national educational consultant who provides staff development and consultative services to educators K-12.

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He gave such sound advice on
giving & receiving feedback. In terms of providing feedback, I will start using these three questions:

***What is going on?
***What feels most important right now?
***How can I support you?

After asking these questions, you might feel the urge to interrupt, argue or fix the student's problem. Let the urge pass.
"Tell me more. What about that feels important to you? How can I support you with that?"
3 minutes for all 3 questions. Your only job is to listen intently.
-Ashley Congdon

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After listening to two of Mr. Schu's sessions I plan to continue to promote a positive reading culture by providing more opportunities for kids to see us as reading role models as well as share more books they will enjoy for independent reading.

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To connect with my students on a deeper level I am going to use these three questions:

What is going on?

What feels most important right now?

How can I support you?

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I am going to celebrate the little successes my student's accomplish!

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I loved Ron Clark's presentation. I started his book this week-end and am so inspired to use all 55 rules. I love that he reinforces the importance of showing respect to each other. I also love how he described teachers! Are you a runner, jogger, walker, or rider! I encourage all to buy his books! In line with my students this morning, we discussed our school's mission and brainstormed how even our behavior in the hallway can show our mission. The kids loved that!

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I'll be walking on tables, high fiving, hugging and moving more in my classroom.
-Diana Matthews

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What an amazing presentation! Remembering that our connections with children is so very important. Our morning car line "Kiss and Go" offers a great opportunity to check in with our students.
And, asking teachers, "What skill may I help your student with?" when they need my support.
-Megan Haines

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Show off students' accomplishments through Seesaw!

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Seesaw | Elementary Learning Experience Platform

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Melanie Mazzola's presentation was so informative on supporting a students social/emotional success. If students are not in a good place emotionally, they cannot learn! I'm going to implement the What Can I do wheel in class.

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It's about about the relationships we develop with students.  Students could have 4 different ages:  social, emotional, cognitive and physical/actual age.
-Lisa Zimmerman

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POSITIVITY...in our transition year and beyond! :-)

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POSITIVITY...in our transition year and beyond! :-)

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I enjoyed a lot of what Ron Clark had to say. I'd love to really try to not bring home my "complaints" to my husband, but when talking about work focus on the positive.

-Kimberly McDermid

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"What do you love reading now?" Get students responses to help build a reading community in the classroom.

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Remember to in order to move your classroom forward there must be trust. Continue to create the support during circle time.