Reimagining Middle School: Exploring Challenges by Laura Tavares https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v Please share your reflections in the two columns below. 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They're kids who arent quire kids anymore and they are also not mature enough in they way that we need them to]]> 2023-03-03 20:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2503113443 Peer pressure, belonging rlarkin10 https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2503113477 2023-03-03 20:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2503113477 Introducing increasingly more rigorous material, pushing students to grow academically https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2503113944 2023-03-03 20:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2503113944 social media, hunger, homelessness, mental health, not having all basic needs met https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2503113947 2023-03-03 20:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2503113947 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 https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2503114134 2023-03-03 20:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2503114134 Students who are struggling emotionally are using social media to find acceptance and belonging. 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High emotional moment, a moment of frustration, a low moment, etc.]]> 2023-03-03 20:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2503115775 Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Academic Growth all happen out of sync..."the planets are out of alignment." https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2513509462 2023-03-13 00:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2513509462 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. https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2513510533

]]> 2023-03-13 00:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2513510533 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. https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2513511936 2023-03-13 00:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/wpsinstitute/o2eiihr3ggqcbi0v/wish/2513511936