Beth Benfer

PreK-5 Supervisor of PD, K-12 Supervisor of Bilingual/ESL, AVID National Staff Developer, Encourager, Wife, Friend, Mother of one multi-talented child

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Putting Maslow Before Bloom can help students flourish socially, emotionally, and academically—especially when you weave it throughout the school day. 🌱

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The process of forgetting starts as soon as learning finishes. Here are 5 research-backed strategies you can use when you need to make something stick. 🧠

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Starting my journey of AVID District Director
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Kindness counts! 🧡

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That’s a wrap on 3 awesome days for @PCS_NC at @AVID4College Summer Institute. We are reenergized and ready to explore POSSIBILITIES in 23-24

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General Session!!

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Had a great Day 2 at Baltimore SI with Great Participants
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Had a great first day at Baltimore Summer Institute w a great group of Participants
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How do you plan to celebrate your students' successes next year?

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“Language is tied to identity. You don't have to give up your identity of who you are in order to learn English.” says newcomers teacher Efraín Tovar.

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Ask, and you shall receive. ⭐

Students who studied a lesson and then wrote their own questions outperformed students who simply restudied the material by *33 percent* on a follow-on test.

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There’s something so exciting about brand new teachers’ classrooms and watching them get it ready all summer long. So much wonder. So much self-drive. So much innocence.

The sad part is when we see a new teacher lose that because they don’t feel supported during their first year.

Support your new teachers.
🔺Check on them daily.
🔸Model lessons for them.
🔺Provide them an automatic coaching cycle with the instructional coach on day 1.
🔸Provide specific feedback.
🔺Model the first phone call home.
🔸Pre-plan their first parent conf and do it with them.
🔺Simply ask, “How can I help?” And ask often.

Teachers will be more likely to stay in the profession when they feel supported. Plain and simple.

What did I miss?

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Summer Institute Partners - AVID4Possibility

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Important! 🙌

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With the right prompts, a school's bulletin boards can beautifully showcase student social and emotional learning.

Here are some examples. 👇