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Lack of agency/control, with new expectations of increased responsibility

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Lack of agency/control, with new expectations of increased responsibility

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Coming off of doing school or not doing school in a different place/location.  For example: home, bedroom, car, etc.

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Coming off of doing school or not doing school in a different place/location.  For example: home, bedroom, car, etc.

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Social dynamics between students are frequently changing

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Social dynamics between students are frequently changing

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The role of social media, to me, has amplified all that is hard about middle school at a time when our students' brains aren't yet ready to manage it

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The role of social media, to me, has amplified all that is hard about middle school at a time when our students' brains aren't yet ready to manage it

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Students are pushing boundaries in and out of school

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Students are pushing boundaries in and out of school

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So many emotions and new thoughts swirling around for the first time.  Hard to sort out how to manage.

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So many emotions and new thoughts swirling around for the first time.  Hard to sort out how to manage.

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All the developmental growth happening in a short time-frame means student needs are constantly chaning.

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Because they are figuring out who they are and their hormones are racing

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Because they are figuring out who they are and their hormones are racing

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Not enough support in the classroom with all of the student with so many needs

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Not enough support in the classroom with all of the student with so many needs

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Social/emotional needs interfere with so much and how we respond to them is different. They're kids who arent quire kids anymore and they are also not mature enough in they way that we need them to

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Introducing increasingly more rigorous material, pushing students to grow academically

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Introducing increasingly more rigorous material, pushing students to grow academically

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social media,  hunger, homelessness, mental health, not having all basic needs met

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social media,  hunger, homelessness, mental health, not having all basic needs met

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Many of us were not trained to support the current level of student needs - Jessica Minehan speaks to the neuro-atypical student (particularly around anxiety) as now being such a larger percentage of our students

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Many of us were not trained to support the current level of student needs - Jessica Minehan speaks to the neuro-atypical student (particularly around anxiety) as now being such a larger percentage of our students

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Students who are struggling emotionally are using social media to find acceptance and belonging. It can offer a momentary relief when someone likes a photo, but then it deosnt translate to in-person experiences and sustained mental health

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Students who are struggling emotionally are using social media to find acceptance and belonging. It can offer a momentary relief when someone likes a photo, but then it deosnt translate to in-person experiences and sustained mental health

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Families can be more distant, harder time forming relationships across multiple teachers vs. 1 homeroom teacher in elementary.

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What they see out there in the media landscape from adults often portrays incivility, anger, violence, abuse of others and sexualization

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What they see out there in the media landscape from adults often portrays incivility, anger, violence, abuse of others and sexualization

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In moments when a coping skill would be beneficial for them to use. High emotional moment, a moment of frustration, a low moment, etc.

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Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Academic Growth all happen out of sync..."the planets are out of alignment."

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Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Academic Growth all happen out of sync..."the planets are out of alignment."

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The world in which we live is changing at a rate that is impossible to keep up with. Our students are experiencing the world drastically different than even our most novice teachers experienced growing up.

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The world in which we live is changing at a rate that is impossible to keep up with. Our students are experiencing the world drastically different than even our most novice teachers experienced growing up.

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There is a disconnect between what many educators "expect" vs. meeting kids where they are at. As educators we've been equipped to help move the needle academically, but now there is a new level of teaching social, emotional, and mental well being that we are trying to catch up to.

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There is a disconnect between what many educators "expect" vs. meeting kids where they are at. As educators we've been equipped to help move the needle academically, but now there is a new level of teaching social, emotional, and mental well being that we are trying to catch up to.