Jim Potthoff

Elementary Administrator. Slide Certified. Tweets and Retweets are my own.

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Had a S ask to use Let’s Draw to calm his emotions. After we prob. solved we used the Let’s Talk board to help him reflect & process before going back to class. After working w/me he said he felt “happy”. When asked why, he said “Because drawing helps calm me.” #SEL #AHSchools

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@CavillJyckel I love it!

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It was an honor to meet @CallMeShivy today at the #GYTOFest23. Thank you for all the great work you do and for your tireless commitment to education! #BryceBrooksHero

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Had a blast with Brody, our Common Spaces Golden Ticket winner for kindergarten. Brody was recognized for consistently demonstrating expected behaviors in our common spaces. Keep up the great work Brody! @AHSchools

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Caught Vera sharing a powerful message today! Great reminder for all of us! #InspirationalShirtOfTheDay #BeKind

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Love that our Gr. 5 teachers used one of our transformation rooms to create a “banquet” to teach about making people feel welcome, belonging, helping one another, etc…what a way to start of the year! @AHSchools #BrooksideBuzz #Welcomingschools

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Brookside kicked off the 22-23 year with a Top Gun welcome back for staff. Encouraged our staff to: Let Go of the Past, Fly Outside Their Comfort Zone & Never Leave Their Wingman. Looking forward to a great year with an amazing staff! @AHSchools

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Our first ever Art and Music night was a HUGE success! It was great to see so many students showing their art work to family members while the Brookside Percussion performed 2 shows! It was a wonderful evening with a great turnout! #AHSchools

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It’s Glow Day in grade 1 today! What a great way to keep the Ss engaged in the curriculum while making learning fun! Lots of energy! #AHSchools

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Had a student use the Let’s Try…box on my skateboard table to help calm down. Finished up using Let’s Talk. After working w/me she was feeling “Happy” b/c she got to use the Let’s Try…box! #HackingSchoolDiscipline #KidsDeserveIt #education #principals #AHSchools

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Sometimes Ss are too emotional to talk about it. Used the Let’s Chat boards to process w/ a student. Worked through the entire issue. 30 mins. No spoken words. Issue resolved. #kidsdeserveit #HackingSchoolDiscipline #education #edutwitter #principals #AHSchools

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Used the Let’s Try…Box to help a student from our before school child care program calm his emotions. I love seeing how quickly Ss big emotions come down once they start using the items in the box. #HackingSchoolDiscipline #kidsdeserveit #llap #AHSchools

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Ss in Ms. Dahl’s 1st grade class had the pleasure of interacting w/ author & illustrator David LaRochelle today! His ability to engage & inspire Ss is amazing! It was a memorable experience for our Ss. #BrooksideBuzz #AHSchools

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@JackiBrickman So proud of these three amazing teachers!

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The dream is about to become a reality! Registration opens this Friday, January 7th along with more information on our first ever Spark Conference! #Engagement #GoingAfterDreams #PrincipalsInAction #PIA

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Delivered 36 Let’s Try…boxes to Johnsville Elementary today. Excited to work with the staff to help incorporate them into their calming corners. @ScottGJohnson32 #SEL #AHSchools #HackingSchoolDiscipline @PBJLearningLab

[Rachel Brisbin @rachelbrisbin]

Making things happen in 2022. Very excited for our first conference! Magic happens outside our comfort zone. Stay tuned for more info! #dreambig #trynewthings #education

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The Brookside Storm percussion ensemble welcomed students as they entered the school today. Huge shout out to Mr. Wolf for all the work he has done with this group! #AHSchools #BrooksideBuzz.

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Absolutely love this message! #AHSchools #InspirationalShirtOfTheDay

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Absolutely love hearing that our Let’s Try…box is helping to support more students! Thank you for sharing, that is so exciting!

[Angela McQuinn @AngelaMcQuinn]

Today I got back to my office and found a student who was feeling upset using my @PBJLearningLab box to regulate after a hard math lesson. Disrupting administrative with SEL and safe space strategies to support student life skill building. Great moment!