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Interview students about different topics and post on school homepage. Promotes public speaking.

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Interview students about different topics and post on school homepage. Promotes public speaking.

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I would love to learn more about using AVID.

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study similar schools that have solved problems similar to ours -- why not immediately start collecting outside data, rather than throwing darts at undefined targets?????

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study similar schools that have solved problems similar to ours -- why not immediately start collecting outside data, rather than throwing darts at undefined targets?????

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/04/health/meditation-in-schools-baltimore/

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We once had a reference tool

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Discover & Share this Cat GIF with everyone you know. GIPHY is how you search, share, discover, and create GIFs.

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What process will we use to decide this in a way that creates buy-in from every staff member?

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What process will we use to decide this in a way that creates buy-in from every staff member?

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guiding principles and practices to seek constant improvement.

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The Ruler Program from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence: This is actually a program/ initiative that is implemented at the District level including (over a number of years) families, leadership etc.  I participated in it for the initial implementation year at my last school.  It was powerful for all involved.

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The Ruler Program from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence: This is actually a program/ initiative that is implemented at the District level including (over a number of years) families, leadership etc.  I participated in it for the initial implementation year at my last school.  It was powerful for all involved.

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http://ei.yale.edu/ruler/

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What is our priority? School climate? Creating cohesion and collegiality among staff? Improving student achievement? Establishing consistency across classrooms? How will this decision itself be made?

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What is our priority? School climate? Creating cohesion and collegiality among staff? Improving student achievement? Establishing consistency across classrooms? How will this decision itself be made?

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I'm interested in learning more about the MindUp program.  Looks like something all students can participate in at any level.

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I'm interested in learning more about the MindUp program.  Looks like something all students can participate in at any level.

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RAK is also a great idea but we need to find a way to acknowledge more RAK.

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Whatever we pick, it will require coordinated and effective facilitation and leadership. Who will take this on? Administrators? new TOSAs for this purpose volunteer teachers with time to spare? 

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Whatever we pick, it will require coordinated and effective facilitation and leadership. Who will take this on? Administrators? new TOSAs for this purpose volunteer teachers with time to spare? 

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Progressively working towards a GM culture and language on campus.

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CER= Claim, Evidence, Reasoning= writing across the curriculum, applies to every subject area, gives our students more opportunities to improve their thinking and writing skills, will improve SBAC scores in every subject area. We could organize into cross-curricular groups to help one another develop and assess writing assignments during PD time.

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CER= Claim, Evidence, Reasoning= writing across the curriculum, applies to every subject area, gives our students more opportunities to improve their thinking and writing skills, will improve SBAC scores in every subject area. We could organize into cross-curricular groups to help one another develop and assess writing assignments during PD time.

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Every class should use the planner every, period every day.

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For higher achievement:                   Social Emotional... Families/ Houses  Academic... Claim, Evidence, Reasoning across the curriculum in all departments.

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For higher achievement:                   Social Emotional... Families/ Houses  Academic... Claim, Evidence, Reasoning across the curriculum in all departments.

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List of kids that teachers check in with.

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Families were great, one set of teachers with one set of kids - was a scheudling problem with high math/tracking

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Schoolwide
please spread the practices for ALL students

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I love the idea of the school wide Random Act of Kindness.  It's simple, yet it adds to school climate tremendously . . . but, is there a way that we can publicize in a "student friendly" way, such as videos of student interviews after they either gave/received a RAK, or picture and quotes publicized through announcements? . . . in other words, let's take something old and make it FRESH, NEW and RELEVANT!!!!Values.com also has some fresh ways of communicating old but solid ideas.

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I love the idea of the school wide Random Act of Kindness.  It's simple, yet it adds to school climate tremendously . . . but, is there a way that we can publicize in a "student friendly" way, such as videos of student interviews after they either gave/received a RAK, or picture and quotes publicized through announcements? . . . in other words, let's take something old and make it FRESH, NEW and RELEVANT!!!!Values.com also has some fresh ways of communicating old but solid ideas.

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Whatever program we choose , we need total school committment for a substantial period of time. Whole school speaking the same language is the only way that any system will work. 

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Whatever program we choose , we need total school committment for a substantial period of time. Whole school speaking the same language is the only way that any system will work. 

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The program should be shared by the district so that there is seamless movement from elementary through upper grades.
How do you include diverse teachers in a "system" and maintain individual teacher "styles" or the differing expectations? (such as the difference between an 8th grade teacher and a 6th grade teacher in terms of the expectations each face in preparing their kids)

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My high school had a club called Pass It On where they did nice things for the entire school. They were small things like candy, "thought pebbles"

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We discussed using AVID for academic strategies, but perhaps with something like MindUp for the social emotional piece. However, this in middle school needs a structure. Homeroom? All teachers need to buy in.
We want to just be focused and all on a clear path, with a common language.

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Training and incorporation of technology for proper data collection to inform practice and overall program.

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Allowing all students to take an AVID course - possibly a "boot camp" for 6th graders, possibly replace the tech/computer class

If our goal is for most/if not all students to go to college and have that skill set then all students should have the opportunity to take AVID while they're at NBMS

Possibly incorporate AVID strategies in classrooms that are consistent and used across the board

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build a school community where kids feel like everybody belongs and that they know each other; it would be nice if all kids knew who all staff members on campus were; change the "have a fun year" marquee on room 10 to a weekly/inspirational/funny saying; create a birdwatching club; focus on character-based social skills between kids; establish a course on ethics; character trait signs in classrooms; address the increase in anxiety in teenagers with mindfulness exercises school-wide; can we get together around food maybe teachers having lunch days in their rooms with special foods; teachers eeat out in the quad with the kids a couple times a month;bring teachers to the cafeteria by offering unlimited free food; addressing the daily rude behavior in the cafeteria -- it's chaotic and a mess; break the hierarchy of status from some adults being addressed by their last names (e.g. Mr. Broadhurst) or their first name (e.g. Cory) -- everybody should have a title so that everybody is accorded the same level of respect; bring the custodians (Mr. Lopez and Mr. Roza, for example) into the staff as honored, respected staff members who can help maintain discipline and schoolwide positive culture;

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build a school community where kids feel like everybody belongs and that they know each other; it would be nice if all kids knew who all staff members on campus were; change the "have a fun year" marquee on room 10 to a weekly/inspirational/funny saying; create a birdwatching club; focus on character-based social skills between kids; establish a course on ethics; character trait signs in classrooms; address the increase in anxiety in teenagers with mindfulness exercises school-wide; can we get together around food maybe teachers having lunch days in their rooms with special foods; teachers eeat out in the quad with the kids a couple times a month;bring teachers to the cafeteria by offering unlimited free food; addressing the daily rude behavior in the cafeteria -- it's chaotic and a mess; break the hierarchy of status from some adults being addressed by their last names (e.g. Mr. Broadhurst) or their first name (e.g. Cory) -- everybody should have a title so that everybody is accorded the same level of respect; bring the custodians (Mr. Lopez and Mr. Roza, for example) into the staff as honored, respected staff members who can help maintain discipline and schoolwide positive culture;

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develop a work ethic in our kids and pride of place; schoolwide culture of being the first person to say hello and thank you; AVID for all 6th graders;

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1. Building a sense of community.
2. Community service standards per grade level.
3. Each grade has a different theme.
4. Tracked by homeroom.

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Do you know:  baldridge, WEB, Mind Up, PBIS, AVID, House/Families

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Do you know:  baldridge, WEB, Mind Up, PBIS, AVID, House/Families

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Annual Themes that are integrated in the curriculum.

At the end of each year, staff will come together and come up with the next years theme. At the beginning of the year, we would have a school wide assembly about the them to get everyone pumped up.  Each quarter you focus on a different access of the theme.

Examples of themes:

Destination Learning... Go, Grow, Know, Show
Go (setting a goal), Grow (moving toward that goal), Know (self-evaluating progress toward the goal), and Show (celebrating accomplishments)

Hats Off to Learning
Habits, Attitudes, Talents, and Skills

Be a Vikings STAR
Students That Always Read

NBMS Elects to Learn
(during an election year)