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Hearing that Poverty is a chronic debilitating condition that effects the soul, was so hear wrenching....It is vital that teachers help nurture a child, in poverty, in early child development.
I was stunned to hear about the "word gap" predictions: 2nd grade can predict a student's academic performance in grade 11; 3rd grade oral/vocab is a predicter for students at risk for jail. Wow!
As a teacher, you rarely know what an impact you may have made on your students, and it was nice to hear the two young people describe their early years at school and what stood out to them. What stood out the most to me was giving students choices and HOW the teacher made the students feel (student leaders).
Such little things that the teacher did "provided hope".
I love being the music teacher, knowing that the activities we do in class help to lower stress in students. The example videos were very reassuring that I may be providing those students with a moment in their day that they feel low stress, safe and make social connections with eachother.

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I really enjoyed this video. I love the reminder that teaching multiple entry points is so important and how powerful music and movement are in the classroom. I cannot hear that or emphasize that enough! Giving students choice and a sense of control in their learning is so important. I loved that perspective and memory from the former students. I really loved what it said about never letting students know that they can't do something, letting them feel like they can read even if they can't, setting them up for success is so important. The fact that that kindergarten teacher made those kids feel like they were leading and reading is a great example of that. My favorite is the quote "If you do nothing else as a teacher, provide hope." That is what we do, we are hope dealers! How you make students feel in their learning experience with you is most important and will allow them to feel hope, feel smart, and know that they are empowered to do anything they want!

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How Poverty Affects Education & Our Children:  To begin with I found the quote form Eric Jensen very powerful.  “If you do nothing else as a teacher, provide hope." That really sums up what we are here to do. Love and give hope to all the students. When I see kids that I have taught (after 30 years) it isn't the math facts or the science experiences they remember but the fun that we had in the class. Now granted they learned those things but that's not what they recall. I believe I have interacted with children in relative poverty, situational and now I'm seeing some generational poverty. I like to use music, games and dancing in all the things that we learn. I felt validated to hear that those things are very important to not only all student but very beneficial to students with poverty. I truly love to hear them laugh and be silly at times. You can truly get bogged down and upset by the numbers of kids not thriving in your classroom but I try to think if I can help one kid a year that might have slipped through the cracks then I did my best.

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I liked the reminder from the brain dead video, so important to not escalate myself in whatever situation so that a child doesn't continue to escalate in their behavior

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I found myself giving more choices to the students. I also tried more of the empathy piece. When I did this this kids seemed ok with my "I'm sorry your stomach hurts.

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Classroom intervention strategies article gives teachers strategies on managing a classroom when there are challenges.  How long can a teacher go before giving a consequence for misbehavior?  When a teacher has to stop to give a consequence, they are no longer teaching and then this snowballs with the other students not on task and starting to act out.    Using subtle actions to redirection actions while still teaching. Start with nonverbal cues  1) The "evil eye", move closer to the individual.  2) empathy-either verbal or nonverbal.  3)  Use "I" statements. 4) Get them thinking and give them choices to choose from 5) Model and teach problem solving.     These such good techniques to use with all students in the class just not the ones that challenge us on a daily basis.  

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Classroom intervention strategies article gives teachers strategies on managing a classroom when there are challenges.  How long can a teacher go before giving a consequence for misbehavior?  When a teacher has to stop to give a consequence, they are no longer teaching and then this snowballs with the other students not on task and starting to act out.    Using subtle actions to redirection actions while still teaching. Start with nonverbal cues  1) The "evil eye", move closer to the individual.  2) empathy-either verbal or nonverbal.  3)  Use "I" statements. 4) Get them thinking and give them choices to choose from 5) Model and teach problem solving.     These such good techniques to use with all students in the class just not the ones that challenge us on a daily basis.  

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I like the technique in the video called brain dead technique.  The technique is to stay calm and keep repeating in a calm voice the same thing over and over to the child even if the child escalates.  It won't instantly calm the child down but it will continue to keep you calm until the child has become calm.

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I like the technique in the video called brain dead technique.  The technique is to stay calm and keep repeating in a calm voice the same thing over and over to the child even if the child escalates.  It won't instantly calm the child down but it will continue to keep you calm until the child has become calm.

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I read the article "7 Ways to Calm a Young Brain in Trauma" .   It gave some techniques to help calm students that may be experiencing trauma.  These techniques make them focus on themselves and prepare for sustained learning and less distractions.  The second part of this 2 part series, 5 Ways to Help Students in Trauma, focuses on how trauma affects your body and how it prioritizes survival over anything else.    As teachers, we need to create an emotionally safe environment that provides students the opportunities to feel connected and understood.      

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I read the article "7 Ways to Calm a Young Brain in Trauma" .   It gave some techniques to help calm students that may be experiencing trauma.  These techniques make them focus on themselves and prepare for sustained learning and less distractions.  The second part of this 2 part series, 5 Ways to Help Students in Trauma, focuses on how trauma affects your body and how it prioritizes survival over anything else.    As teachers, we need to create an emotionally safe environment that provides students the opportunities to feel connected and understood.      

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 I chose to watch the TED Talk video on Resilience.3 Takeaways                                              1- "Stuff Happens"     It's easy to watch the news and see awfull events happen to others, and think "at least it wasn't me", but we all go through "stuff", AND sometimes it IS us.  We need to accept that trauma WILL be a part of our lives. We just need to decide how we are going to cope with it.                                                                               2- "Focus on the Good Things"     We tell our children and students this all the time, but do we REALLY make an effort to do it ourselves?  As adults, we have many responsibilities and people depending on us, and it's hard to focus on the positive when you are constantly reviewing your "mental checklist" . At times I catch myself getting more and more anxious at night worrying about tomorrow instead remembering all the good things that had happened that day.             3- "Is This Helping or Hurting Me"     I keep thinking of the phrase "Hurt people, hurt people". THIS is not who i want to be. Taking a step back to ask this question of myself, I know in reality it is better to not lash out or make any sudden decisions that I may regret later.  Especially when it is usually those who are closest to us that we end up hurting.         

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 I chose to watch the TED Talk video on Resilience.3 Takeaways                                              1- "Stuff Happens"     It's easy to watch the news and see awfull events happen to others, and think "at least it wasn't me", but we all go through "stuff", AND sometimes it IS us.  We need to accept that trauma WILL be a part of our lives. We just need to decide how we are going to cope with it.                                                                               2- "Focus on the Good Things"     We tell our children and students this all the time, but do we REALLY make an effort to do it ourselves?  As adults, we have many responsibilities and people depending on us, and it's hard to focus on the positive when you are constantly reviewing your "mental checklist" . At times I catch myself getting more and more anxious at night worrying about tomorrow instead remembering all the good things that had happened that day.             3- "Is This Helping or Hurting Me"     I keep thinking of the phrase "Hurt people, hurt people". THIS is not who i want to be. Taking a step back to ask this question of myself, I know in reality it is better to not lash out or make any sudden decisions that I may regret later.  Especially when it is usually those who are closest to us that we end up hurting.         

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I loved this video, life and awful things are going to happen.  I like the science behind what resilient people do, how thinking positively really impacts your daily thoughts and life.  These 3 tips are really good.

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I watched the 3 secrets of resilient people and I will definately put these into my toolbox for coping.  My favorite was to ask yourself if your thoughts, behavior or choices are helping or harming you.  Sometimes you just have to cut out the negativeness in your life.  

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I watched the 3 secrets of resilient people and I will definately put these into my toolbox for coping.  My favorite was to ask yourself if your thoughts, behavior or choices are helping or harming you.  Sometimes you just have to cut out the negativeness in your life.  

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I watched the video "The 3 secrets of resilient people" and I like one of  the strategy she talked about.  She said to think of 3 good things that happened to you each day.  She said after 6 months doing this experiment, there was higher levels of gratitude, happiness and less depression.  This is something I will be starting for myself.  I always focus on the bad but never really looking at the good so I am now going to focus on the good in my life and less on the bad. 

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I watched the video "The 3 secrets of resilient people" and I like one of  the strategy she talked about.  She said to think of 3 good things that happened to you each day.  She said after 6 months doing this experiment, there was higher levels of gratitude, happiness and less depression.  This is something I will be starting for myself.  I always focus on the bad but never really looking at the good so I am now going to focus on the good in my life and less on the bad. 

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I watched the video "How to practice emotional first aid".  What I took away from that video is we need to focus an equal amount of attention on our physical and our psychological well being.   If we don't take care of emotions and how we are feeling, it will start to affect our physical well being.  The biggest idea I found I could relate to is the fear of failure or rejection and how it can affect us.  We, personally can damage ourselves with the negative things we tell ourselves instead of building ourselves up so we can learn from what happened.

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I watched the video "How to practice emotional first aid".  What I took away from that video is we need to focus an equal amount of attention on our physical and our psychological well being.   If we don't take care of emotions and how we are feeling, it will start to affect our physical well being.  The biggest idea I found I could relate to is the fear of failure or rejection and how it can affect us.  We, personally can damage ourselves with the negative things we tell ourselves instead of building ourselves up so we can learn from what happened.

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Reflection: Which article/video did you choose? Share a takeaway, one way it impacted you!

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Reflection: Which article/video did you choose? Share a takeaway, one way it impacted you!