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I will continue to encourage students to find their passion and use it to help others. Tiger PAK (Planned Acts of Kindness) has partnered with Kane Community Living Center.  We will be visiting the residents, making cards, donating stuffed animals and singing throughout the school year.

Perspective Taking
My next mission is to provide a place for students to be able to share their perspectives and listen to the perspectives of others in a friendly and open atmosphere.  We will begin the IMS Table Talk Podcast in January.

I love the Mantra idea!
Right now it's:  Be the Change!
Let's GO!

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I am starting every day by reminding my students to be kind to one another, and to be tolerant with each other.  I am  also trying to call attention to students who regularly practice kindness and encouraging others to do it too.

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Through the utilization of the classroom plants and animals, I will develop opportunities for the kiddos to show kindness on taking care of living things, noticing their habitats and needs, and working with other peers to promote kindness (i.e. - Trout Teams: feeding the trout, checking water pH and temp).

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I have been trying to practice routines of kindness and patience with my students.  IMO, modeling kindness and an always positive attitude is paying dividends with many students.

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I will continue to look for stories and news articles that align with the world geography curriculum and encourage students to empathize with people different from themselves.

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I try to call attention to students who regularly practice kindness and sometimes that encourages others to give it a try.

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When choosing new books for the library, I make choices that might introduce the students to people and cultures different from their own.  I will also look for books that highlight the diversity in our own building.

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I have seen a lot of Kindness Challenges on Twitter. I will try to incorporate a kindness challenge each week and then have the students reflect on the challenge (if they accepted the challenge-how did they fell, what did they do; if they didn't do the challenge-why)

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I will have students develop mantras. Each week we will pick a "weekly mantra" and repeat it at the start and end of each class. The goal of this is to help students not only value themselves but to value each other.

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I continue to work on improving the way I look at students who do not want to participate in certain activities. I try to understand what is holding them back and what I can do to make the experience something positive for them. This could also be part of "taking perspective" and seeing the case from the student and why they are doing what they are doing. Being more open and willing to make modification or adaptations so all students feel comfortable.

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I will consider not only how to self-regulate my own emotions so that I am present for my students but also what I can share to help students self-regulate.  I have many students who have trouble keeping emotions in check and there are different ways I can approach helping them problem solve before they melt down.

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When meeting with students (for discipline or regular discussion), I will allow them to share from their perspective prior to making initial judgments about what they were thinking or "why" they did something. I will also use these convos as teachable moments especially when assigning consequences for behavior.

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As 8th graders , they can foster being the "Upstanders" in the building and in the classroom. I will commit to recognizing them and commenting on this behavior. We will also tie this to our lessons when discussing/learning about our past and who were the upstanders for all of us :)

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Foster and live the mantra of "we care about each other" at IMS.  I will be a role model for students and staff by looking for and acting on opportunities to help others.

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I will commit to providing opportunities for students to step into another's shoes. The goal of providing these opportunities is to help them understand each other. This could be as simple as having students put themselves in the shoes of a specific character.