January New-to-HHS Teacher Virtual Meeting by Barbara Eye https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f This month we will collaborate virtually. Before Thursday, January 20th, please participate in our virtual meeting by posting one strategy or posting one question. You may choose to post under any of the headings. Click the "+" to add a post. Please return to this page before January 29th to post one response to something another teacher has posted. This is the first time we have tried something like this, so your feedback is welcomed! en-us 2022-01-05 17:53:30 UTC 2025-10-26 14:38:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://blog.capterra.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/3-ways-ChMS-build-community.jpg I learned how to use PearDeck and really enjoyed using it in Counseling Winter Lessons! -Savanna https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/1984535787 2022-01-10 18:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/1984535787 Attendance cfrancis60 https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/1984603993 One major challenge I have faced this semester is how to hold students accountable for absences. Many students have been absent due to COVID so I try not to be too harsh about missing work, but then I find that students are not keeping up with class objectives. I still need to find the right balance. -Caitlin]]> 2022-01-10 19:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/1984603993 https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/1984625574 Cell phones are a recurring issue in my class, especially during instructional time. One method I have started using is to call on students when I see phones out and ask them to answer the question we are working on. If they are unable to do the problem, I help them by scaffolding them through the question. This does two things, it helps me assess if they know the material and are on their phone because they are bored, and if they need the help understanding the problem they get real time assistance. It seems to have a better return on investment than the daily struggle of telling students to put their phones away. I am also very upfront  with this policy. I tell them if I see their phones when I'm not supposed to I will be calling on them. - Aaron]]> 2022-01-10 19:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/1984625574 https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/1984682193 I have enjoyed building relationships with the other members of the counseling team! I appreciate my team and feel supported by them! - Victoria]]> 2022-01-10 19:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/1984682193 https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/1986417931 I have really enjoyed getting to partner with teachers while reaching out to students and families. I look forward to continuing to get to know and work alongside teachers at HHS. Teachers, if you have any ideas about how we (school counselors) can better collaborate and get so to know teachers, I'd love to hear them :) - Sierra ]]> 2022-01-11 16:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/1986417931 Grace vs Accountability https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/1988713720 A challenge I have run into is trying to balance showing grace and still holding students accountable. my default is to show grace but as the semester went on I observe students taking advantage of that. -Kara]]> 2022-01-12 17:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/1988713720 https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/1992194857 I try to make sure that the first week is centered around establishing healthy relationships. With students being on their phones, forming those in-person relationships is a soft skill that they need to practiced. I do this by asking group questions and allowing us to discuss as a class and by learning names as soon as possible.
-Rachel]]> 2022-01-14 12:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/1992194857 Attendance & Missing Assignments https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/2003547311 Obviously many students are missing multiple days of school due to COVID. It's challenging to get those students to stay engaged and active with their schoolwork while at home. Some don't even check canvas, powerschool, or their emails during this time. They end up coming back from quarantining and have fallen way behind. Hopefully now that we have received the okay to do google meets for these students, it will improve. -Emily ]]> 2022-01-20 18:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/2003547311 I have enjoyed collaborating with the Math department. They really helped me out last semester. I could not have done it without them since my accident last summer. -Dina https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/2030051403

]]> 2022-02-04 19:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/2030051403 I find that absences (Covid or other) are a definite problem. Students are used to not having to work as hard because they didn't work the last year and a half. A lot of students must have used a math app to do their work when they were virtual. This gives them the false sense of security that they don't have to do the work. I feel that students are working more this new semester than they did last semester. Maybe they just needed to get back into a routine. -Dina https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/2030061744 2022-02-04 19:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/beye2/rvke209mz0a6gl2f/wish/2030061744