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Chapter 5
Standards-based curriculum--I feel like all the work MCS is doing with deconstructing standards is exactly on target here.
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Chapter 5--
The classroom is where the rubber meets the road--but work smarter, not harder.
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@mshealea It was interesting that they mentioned the SMART moves!

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Chapter 4--
Enrichment--enrich like crazy. Foster curiosity, engagement, and social bonding. Maximize teacher and student potential by coming at it from all angles--nutrition, the arts, physical activity, minimizing stressors, and challenging students.
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Chapter 4--
Relationships--No curriculum, instruction, or assessment, however high quality, will succeed in a hostile social climate.
Students need to feel accepted for who they are and feel secure in their relationships to others--adult and peer.
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BUT, teachers are typically hesitant to become more accountable unless they have the resources to succeed. Change won't happen unless teachers are supported and nurtured (supplies, time, and quality professional development)

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Chapter 4--
Accountability--teachers are responsible for student learning. (seems like a no-brainer to me)
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Chapter 4--
Hard data--collect data and use it! The point of assessing is to use it to improve teaching. Successful school collect and use data, and adjust policies and instructional strategies accordingly.
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Chapter4
Whole child--they can't focus on learning if they have bigger real-world problems on their mind! Find out what they need, get everyone involved, and meet their needs so they can learn.
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Prepare for a tweet storm...I am finally caught up on the reading!! :-D #hayesbookclub

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Most important part of Chapter 3:
It is our job to be our students' biggest cheerleaders. See them as full of possibilities, not problems, and they can rise above the predicted path of struggle.
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Chapter 3 takeaway:
IQ can be positively or negatively affected by home life, early childhood experiences, quality and quantity of schooling, and nutrition. For students that were negatively affected, we must work to improve their capacity to process incoming data
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I read it ahead of time but didn't get my tweets out before vacation. I thought I could do them from beside the campfire but we had no service! Sorry!

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Last week's biggest takeaway for me was about learned helplessness and how it is a coping mechanism for chronic stress--leading to detachment and hopelessness. BUT that coping skills and stress reduction can be taught! #hayesbookclub

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@MCS_MHoward I'll be on vacation July 8, can I post my reactions to that section before I leave on my trip instead of during the set time period?

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chronically high levels of adrenaline and cortisol atrophy parts of the brain related to emotional regulation, empathy, and social function, among others.
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It's probably important to keep in mind that for our families, the adults are experiencing the stress of poverty as well, and often are not intentionally being negative, absent, or neglectful of their children. Everyone is just doing the best they can and know how.
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This part really struck me: (pg 18) students have emotional and social deficits and it comes across as being rude or confrontational or defiant, but really it's because they haven't developed the repertoire of emotions and responses to deal properly #hayesbookclub

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Children from poverty tend to have social and emotional problems due to the difficulty caregivers have in providing secure attachments at home. I see so many students struggle to appropriately interact with peers and adults #hayesbookclub

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Developing children need stability. Chronic stress due to poverty can cause adverse development (impulsivity, emotional problems, poor memory). But we have the power to put things in place to counteract and mitigate these. #hayesbookclub