1.)connecting personal interests with learning

2.)

Relevance:

1.)connections with interest and hobbies

2.)

Rigor:

1.) different approaches in students’ thinking in more than one way

2.)

1.) ask students about personal life

2.) be open-minded

Relevance:

1.) including interests in learning

2.) keeping up with new trends

Rigor:

1.) giving students a work day to ask questions and make sure they know everything

2.) focus more on the learning rather than achieving a certain score

1.) getting to know students

2.) colleagues and administrators as well

Relevance:

1.) using new technology and updating activities

2.) staying up on the lingo

Rigor:

1.) being able to tailor the curriculum to each individual classroom

2.) learni about your own teaching

1.)One way you can incorporate it with your students is having one on one talks with them about how they are doing school wise

2.) open minded

Relevance:

1.)For students you can pull info and things from their outside lives like sports they are interested in or music and incorporate it with your lesson.

2.)For yourself it can be gut feelings like what makes you feel good and what doesn’t.

Rigor:

1.)For students you can use positive reinforcement for students and let them have confidence in their own abilities.

2.)Focus on what information you are giving out to the kids and what they are learning.

1.) get to know me activity

2.) don’t isolate yourself- have lunch with other educators

Relevance:

1.) implement their interests with what is being learned

2.) do different activities based on what the students like/dislike

Rigor:

1.) class prizes and activities

2.) keeping up to date on grading homework/tests for students

1.) building trust and communicating clearly.

2.) friend group with other teachers.

Relevance:

1.) making the lesson fun!

2.) continuing to learn and staying up to date.

Rigor:

1.) completing tasks and using positive reinforcement and prizes to incorporate it.

2.) being productive during contract hours.