Engagement by Sliger, Elizabeth (K12)

Make lessons applicable.

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Again, come to my session today...kids do better when they WANT to be in class

afost71 — 2024-01-05 14:30:35 UTC

Empower students verses spoon feeding every step of the way.

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hold HS students more accountable

Use positive and encouraging language, especially when we encounter less than ideal student behavior/engagement in class.

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Make an effort to connect on a personal level with students. I mail them cards/letters and give them stickers

Continue to motivate students

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Inclusive environments with positive language and supports in an accepting environment.

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It all comes down to relationships with students, if you want them to engage, you have to show them you care

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Small group interventions (SPED, ESL, Targeted)

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Encourage with PBIS

Give incentives

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D2L

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INDLS does a great job helping the students stay organized and on track of their assignments.

Set Expectations

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In our classes we set expectations for students daily so that they understand what they need to do.

create a safe and collaborative environment for students

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Use kind words and actually listen to the students.

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Welcoming environment

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Students are willing to engage and attend class when you provide a welcoming environment.

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Weekly study sessions

Use encouragement and praise. Send out postcards!

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Teach accountability from the start!

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Keep it fun & be authentic

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Build a relationship

Talk WITH kids not AT kids. Encourage them to be real with you and always be 100% real with them. It WORKS.

sjoens1 — 2024-01-05 14:31:03 UTC

I don't know about everyone else, but I deal with many of the same issues that my students do. I get it, and I let them know that.

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more opportunities for authentic student engagement because they don't have peers physically present to influence how they are showing up. (In 1:1 break out room setting specifically.)

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Caring, wonderful teachers that encourage students and are supportive of family needs.

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Weekly update emails with a quick overview of what we did in class each day

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time for work and questions. help sessions as needed

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Call students and LCs with the intent of getting to know them vs. telling them what you need from the student.

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By addressing all kinds of learning styles so all students prefered learning styles are addressed

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Fun and engaging lessons help with these issues

Ask open ended questions, allow students to model and answer other students class

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students need to be more accountable for assignments

Give digital planners and teach students how to use them.

aschoeff — 2024-01-05 14:31:11 UTC

Build relationships

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Teach organizational skills

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Affectiive-square pegs. We bring unique needs and experiences as teachers so we are more able to meet similar, but unique needs of our students.

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Daily small group interventions for students with IEPs is amazing.

provide tutorial videos showing how to access material, submit assignments, download things, etc.

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Relationships & communication

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Build relationships with students

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Pre-teach any skills that need to be known (I.e, if you’re having students use a nearpod show them how to use it first)

Be curious about their lives. Allow them a safe space to be.

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Clear and consistent expectations.

Make yourself vulnerable and students will take more risks too.

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Build community in class.

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Teach time management skills

Send motivational cards to students mentioning their strengths

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Get to know your students and make lessons fun

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Have a friendly welcoming environment! Give student choice!

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Engage with the students...ask them how they are doing and how their weekend was. Get to know them as people not just students.

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Allow students to struggle

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Help them with time management

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additional support sessions for those that need it

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Small group intervention. Working with students 1 on 1 in break out rooms to help them directly.

Engagement

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Engage their minds and encourage curiosity of learning.

Make expectations clear from the beginning

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engaging lessons, but students and LCs need to be held accountable

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elinville4 — 2024-01-05 14:31:28 UTC

Direct instruction, and repetition.

Meet the student where they are at.

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Clear expectations with the ability to have flexibility and open communication.

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Goals

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Creating goals to help students with their abilities to achieve more and monitoring that progress.

Offer student choice.

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Creating more student choice project based lessons.

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Maintain consistency in the school schedule and communicate when and why schedule changes may occur ahead of time if possible.

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Be positive with interactions, encourage students, and create a welcoming environment

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Positive interaction and routine. Allowing kids to feel safe to make mistakes and teach them how to learn from those mistakes.

spedlife77 — 2024-01-05 14:31:35 UTC

rjimenez99 — 2024-01-05 14:31:36 UTC

Teach skills to encourage time management and reduce anxiety.

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more interactive lessons student choice

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Relationships!!! Get to know the kids!

Relationships with families & students!

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Encouragement and motivation are key to creating a positive learning environment in classrooms.

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Occasionally, use a lesson that relates to the students. For example if they enjoy music, incorporate music in the lesson no matter the subject.

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Integrate executive functioning skill development into instruction

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Post Cards! Address students by their preferred name. Use enthusiasm when engaging with them.

jgalloway9 — 2024-01-05 14:31:43 UTC

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Routines and setting expectations for a positive classroom environment

Set expectations for your classroom. Let every child know they are cared for and are a part of our classroom.

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Make goals attainable. Small steps that provide confidence.

Announcements to give students a quick look at what is coming up for the week (with links when needed)

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Set expectations with students early on and make parents aware of those expectations as well.

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let students choose how they want to learn material and make them active in the learning process instead of spouting the information to them

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Build a relationship and listen to the students. Give them time to relate to other students and talk to others.

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Targeted help sessions.

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Build relationships and review tools

Student choice. Adapt lessons for student needs.

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We have been around longer than most of the online schools....We have perfected the beast.

SEL

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More Social and Emotional Learning lessons and PDs so staff can implement these easy and fun strategies.

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Celebrate accomplishments, even the small ones. Baby steps are still steps.

Allow work time in class 1-2 times per week or as needed.

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Have lessons that utilize student actions - if they have to click they seem less likely to mentally wander.

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set expectations and support with incentives

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Mini lessons, small groups, frequent check ins

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Clear expectations from the beginning with consistency.

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Build relationships and let the kids know it's ok to make mistakes and not be perfect the first time especially with new content.

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Give students time in BORs to collaborate in groups

kwatkins2_19 — 2024-01-05 14:32:06 UTC

Build relationships with students and families. Let them know you are on their side and want them to be successful. Positive reinforcement during any communication home.

Accountability and Relationships are important!

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BUILD A RAPPORT

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Even the kids who are the most "trouble" can be reached! Make sure you are building a rapport with students because a student who feels cared about and welcome, will be more successful.

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Help Sessions

Add help sessions that all students are available to attend if needed. The MORE they are offered the more that really want to get their grades up or their understanding of a topic down, the more attend.

sjoens1 — 2024-01-05 14:32:07 UTC

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teach time management and organization skills

Engaging lessons and relationship

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Routines

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Establishing routines helps students and parents understand expectations.

Offer discovery learning opportunities.

aschoeff — 2024-01-05 14:32:12 UTC

One-on-one support in breakout rooms during class time

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Offer CHOICE

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Reassure students that it's okay if they don't know how to do something but not to give up (growth mindset)

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Personalize, target communications, bridge gaps by including teachers/staff from other teams to encircle students

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I think we teachers strive to do this every day...to build relationships, motivate/encourage/love/faciliitate/instill perspective/set expectations.

Connecting with students on a personal level.

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Consistently monitor progress and provide accountability.

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While building our relationships with students we need to set reasonable accountable measures. I think if we create this accountability, it will engage them and give them a focus, so they want to have to be engaged.

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Hold students more accountable for live attendance.

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Clear expectations

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Cognative

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Working with students one on one or encouraging students to support their peers.

Communicate high expectations to students and families and model how to meet them.

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Individualize learning in small groups with S.M.A.R.T. goals

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Relevant and consistent feedback - students KNOW their work is seen

Provide timers for students to help monitor their time while working. Give plenty of positive praise.

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I think we need to have help with reaching students/parents who are not engaged--especially at the beginning of the year when teachers are so busy. This way students wouldn't get so far behind they can't catch up. We need a replacement for the advisors we used to have so elementary families who are confused or struggling can get a stronger start.

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Accountability programs for HS

wallemay27 — 2024-01-05 14:32:30 UTC

Organized

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Our classes are super organized, where we have multiple ways for students to access the content they need in D2L.

INDLS, from what I can observe, does do a great job with encouraging students.

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Offer assignments and group work, where students learn from each other.

aschoeff — 2024-01-05 14:32:37 UTC

Breakout rooms allow for needed individual student teacher time while assignments are being worked on

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Don't get angry at students when they aren't participating. Treat them how I would want to be treated.

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Re-evaluate our curriculum vs classroom instruction. They don't match and students below grade level struggle with the curriculum

Chunk skills and check for mastery.

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Encourage mistakes! This allows more opportunities to practice the material AND see where there are miscommunications.

Affective

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Engage with what they are interested in. Use it as a link to content.

Allowing students to work with other students if they want and work independently if they want. But allow the students to work independent of the teacher.

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Meet them at their level!

Get to know your students. Developing a relationship with them allows you to ask them questions about their life, which lets them know you are invested in them.

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Keep lessons interactive and engaging. Work with parents of children that need extra help to brainstorm ideas to help with engagement and task completion outside of class. More direct parent instruction on ways to work with students that need that extra support.

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affective

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Create relationships with students

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Weekly agendas showing what is due/what to do each day to help them stay organized. Creates clear and consistent expectations.

Build positive relationships with students.

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Creating an encouraging and engaging environment where students feel successful and want to learn.

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Encourage students to ask questions, then come prepared with the answers to their questions the following class.

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Time to work and get the one on one time in break out rooms.

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Spend time getting to know the students and build relationships with them. It's just as important virtually as it is in person.

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Have a structured routine to each class sessions. This helps so much with behavior. Using the language of expected and unexpected behaviors in the classroom and explicitly teaching what expected classroom behaviors look like.

spedlife77 — 2024-01-05 14:32:51 UTC

Parent nights/supports to help them understand how they can support their student.

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I think we provide our students resources when it's needed in the special education department for behavioral challenges. A lot of this behavior is minimized due to the students ability to avoid confrontation, in my opinion. The students with the lowest grades on my caseload, are the students who avoid the most and their LCs do not engage with staff.

Teach/model/reinforce/remind students how to be resourceful independent learners when they're not in class

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Show students examples of what works for you, but give alternatives as well for organization and other EF skills.

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building relationships

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Organization and accountability

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Teaching students how to use all resources available to them - help sessions, text, emails, asking for help, using digital organizer not just overdue assignments

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Empower through opportunities for accountability, decision making, and personal exploration and growth.

Use of positive energy and enthusiasm throughout class.

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reach out to students more offering help

A Study system for Assignments. Where students are paired up to study together and work on assignments together.

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Make students aware of the tools they have available to them. Grad Plan, TutorMe, Zone, etc.

jgalloway9 — 2024-01-05 14:33:03 UTC

Give extra opportunities/resources for students to practice outside of class and also giving feedback on work.

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Take time to try and build a relationship with your students. Some need encouragement they do not get at home

jespino30 — 2024-01-05 14:33:07 UTC

Encourage collaborative learning.

tgault1 — 2024-01-05 14:33:10 UTC

Set expectations and stick to them. Teach them accountability

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Assist With Assignments

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Teachers at INDLS do a great job of assisting students with assignments when they are struggling, and working one-on-one with the students.

Hold students and parents accountable for their actions/inactions in order to promote student success

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Relationships

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Building relationships with students establishes trust.

hold parents accountable for students attendance

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student choice and self assessments throughout lessons

Make sure students of similar ability are grouped together to better serve their needs.

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Set Expectations

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I think it's important for the expectation of showing up to class/and or completing assignments be required from both parent and students. Perhaps monthly required check-ins with parents if this is not being met.

SEL

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Talk directly to the students when making contact with parents. Let them know how much we appreciate them and they did something (anything positive) in class and it was awesome!

Let student's know they are important and capable of great things.

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Have high expectations for organization and accountability, while teaching these skills.

how?

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Affective

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Build relationships with students.

Accountability

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Set expectations and stick to them. Logical consequences for not following expectations.

Clear and concise feedback with students within a timely manner.

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stucture , engaging lessons, and integration of SEL

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There are quite a few tools that students have access to.

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Connect to students on a personal level. Building relationship with students help them trust us!

Let the students know you care.

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build relationships

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I believe we work hard to organize materials in a way that makes sense. I try to help students with learning how to be organized and with time management skills. We provide a lot of learning tools and opportunities to use them.

Advise Enrollments

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This really goes under both affective and behavioral, but I see a high need for enrollment tech support, beyond the long wait on hold. It would be valuable to have tech staff at INDLS who manage this. We have new students and families who fall through the cracks of tech support, become disheartened, and we lose them.

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expectations in class/ communication with LC

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Having routines in class but also making sure to demonstrate certain tools more than once especially if its one that may not be used as often as some others. Such as some features in programs like nearpod. Even having visuals on how to use some things is extremely helpful.

Be a kid and laugh at yourself. My kids like coming to class because they know that I am going to have FUN with them!

spedlife77 — 2024-01-05 14:33:38 UTC

Build Relationships

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Creating a positive environment will make all of these easier to achieve. A lot of these kids had something negative occur in "normal school" which has brought them too INDLS! Remember that.

Understand that many of our students have challenges to come to class, speak up, turn camera on, etc.

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build relationships with all aspects of work

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Safe

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Safe, predictable routines, and options to express students' unique abilities, talents, opinions, etc.

Flex Time

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Give faculty flex time for the last two hours of the day. They can offer support (tutoring, motivation, other) on a schedule that works better for more students and families.

D2L

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INDLS is great and keep kids engaged in assignments and helping students.

Create lessons that are engaging and fun for the students so they want to participate and come to class.

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Set expectations for your classroom. Let students know what is expected of them and follow through when behaviors are inappropriate or when someone does something amazing, praise them and others will follow.

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Affective

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We need to encourage parents also

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Challenge students, and teach them how to struggle, how to reassess, and how to overcome.

Avoid giving students busy work

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Demonstrate skills desired

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build relationships with families

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Students enjoy collaborating with each other in this school venue

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Give student choices

Build relationships - especially one on one in breakout rooms.

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Some students don't have LCs able to help them work through their lessons and succeed in the skill. I notice a lot of students have failing grades on a majority of assessments from OLS. We need to be able to help out these families by having targeted help sessions not focused on teaching but helping those who don't have adults assisting them with these assignments. This is coming from lower elementary, the lessons are hard.

Instruct

courtniejanikowski — 2024-01-05 14:34:03 UTC

It is difficult to instruct when students fail to attend classes. It's more than just "Well, get them to want to be there." There needs to be an attendance policy in place that requires (or holds students/LCs accountable) for their attendance in ALL content areas for the ENTIRE school day unless otherwise noted (optional students)

how?

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We help in class and have help sessions occasionally. We instruct and have individualized learning opportunities.

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Take in consideration every student's needs.

Parent engagement

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Work with the parent to create goals for at home and in the class sessions. Its a team effort!

Allow the struggle but be their safety net because again they may no have that at home

jespino30 — 2024-01-05 14:34:20 UTC

Honor and celebrate mistakes as a way to learn and for trying. More time for complete and thorough progress monitoring to gather effective data for special education teachers which will lead to more effective instruction.

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Building relationships

kwhittaker9 — 2024-01-05 14:34:27 UTC

Reaching out to students to show that you are invested in their success.

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differentiation

kwhittaker9 — 2024-01-05 14:34:44 UTC

relationships

kwhittaker9 — 2024-01-05 14:34:57 UTC

Require accountability from the start. LCs need to do a Weekly grade checks at a minimum. The study only measures perspective, which is the same as opinion. The study should measure practices. I have a hunch that LCs who are highly engaged, are also fairly satisfied with the process.

wlpowe1968 — 2024-01-05 14:35:05 UTC

Routines are effective to practice self management learning skills

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wlpowe1968 — 2024-01-05 14:36:03 UTC

Adjust pass rates for attendance and missing assignments. D2L should differentiate between zero and missing

powerschool can differentiate between missing and zero. D2L grades should be able to differentiate between missing and zero assignments. Students who have more than 20% of their assignments missing should not be included in pass fail rates.

wlpowe1968 — 2024-01-05 14:37:34 UTC

Provide more opportunities for student choice!

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Make personal connections and build positive relationships with our students!

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Scaffold students' thinking and responses! Not giving them the answers right away. Allowing them room to be wrong, but guiding them to what's ultimately right.

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