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 * List two specific things that //__YOU __// can do right away to begin creating the type of school you would want for your own children? **======

* Striving to become more knowledgeable in what is available with technology and how to best work it into my classroom situations and making differentiated instruction a top priority in my classroom. (P. Bradford)
 * Continue to support intervention programs in K,1st, 2nd and 4th gd. to increase success with struggling learners. Emphasize miltisensory lesson plans to engage all learning styles and provide for successful and creative atmosphere in Music Class.(S.Rahm)
 * Take risks to try more new things. Become more familiar with the technology resources I do have access to. (J. Layman)
 * Enrichment for the more advanced students and allowing more student use of technology. (H. Witt)
 * Use the available and easily accessible assessments for all students and track the growth of each student. Form instruction around these changes. (E. Hodgen)
 * (Comment) Jamie Layman makes a good point. Technology is not going to wait for us. Every day we wait is another day we are behind. And then when others get better at it, you feel even worse for being even more behind. I know I experience this, and I am trying to do better at "diving in." (Susan Hayes)
 * Continue differentiated instruction for students as much as possible and use more technology. (J. Thomas)
 * Challenge the advanced students more regularly and "step outside the box" in my own thinking. (R.Russell)
 * Think "outside the box" technologically to learn new methods of teaching with technology. This may include reading professional articles, attending technology workshops, and the purchase of new technology materials in the library to make available to the teachers for checkout. (J.Hall)
 * Become more familiar with technology and use it more in the classroom. Work on the time managment for small group so it is used to accomplish the most progress. (E Lee)
 * Make differentiated instruction a daily top priority. All kids benefit from D.I. Become more Tech Savvy! (C.Hagemann)
 * Decide what is most important and concentrate on those 2 or 3 things instead of skimming the top of 15 new things. Reading is first priority using the new Reading Street Series and implementing that well. AMSTI math takes time and more time is needed to plan for it daily. I want to develop a better writing program, which then again takes time. These are all very important to me and I want to do them well. (K.Powell)
 * Put more emphasis on organizational skills-use of planners, calendars, etc. Helping the student be successful in completing tasks and assignments.(P.Roy)
 * Increase in __student use__ of technology and more time spent on writing. (L. Adams)
 * Use more technology in the special education classroom. Find a way to link benchmarks that must be met with some of the wonderful tools avaliable on the net.(J.Haynes)
 * Good point Powell... When we try to do too much, we do not do any of it well. We need to focus on fewer "programs" and work hard on the ones that we implement. Also, constant changes in programs/school focus does not allow for teachers to feel comfortable with a program and to be able to adapt it for the needs of our students. (M. Parker)
 * Offer genuine support to help reduce the sense of isolation that some feel. Build shared knowledge to help develope strategies and ideas to build on strengths and address weaknesses in student learniing.(C. Riddlehoover)
 * Become more familiar with technololy and implement it in my classroom on a consistant basis. (C. Bennich)
 * I think quality is better than quantity. I agree with Powell, we need to focus on doing a few things well rather than doing many things somewhat poorly at times. I would also like to continue doing differentiated instruction, but I want to consciously make more time for my advanced students. (B. Pettey)
 * Continue to offer encouragement and support for struggling readers. I also want to coordinate with the regular classroom teachers in using the new reading series to support the intervention groups. (B. Wallace)
 * Continue to work toward a shared community of learning. The burden for our children's learning is much lighter when shared by all the teachers, rather than one. Continue to look at ways to make best use of time to make the most difference in students' learning.
 * I totally agree with the above statement. It's my experience that when children are experiencing learning problems seeing them as "our child" means more success and confidence for the child. Teachers also energize and encourage each other when student progress is slow. (A. Land)
 * Continue to encourage parental involvement so that there is communication, understanding and cooperation. Work hard to provide best practices for struggling students (all students). (S. Walker)
 * Allow for more student driven instruction (not just in reading, but in all subject areas) and explore new and interesting ways of presenting "old" material. (M. Ward)
 * I will continue to differentiate instruction to make sure each student's needs are met. Also, I will implement more use of technology resources.(K. Smith)
 * I will continue with teaching of small group instructions . I will try to make more time for the advanced learners and to challenge them.(S.Lett)
 * To put more emphasis on differentiated instruction in my daily planning with small group instruction. (B. Helton)
 * To use my time more wisely and to learn how to use more technology resources. To continue to use differentiated instruction to reach all students. (Linda Wren)
 * I will continue to use small group instruction in my classroom, not just to help struggling learners, but to challenge my more advanced students.
 * Work collaborately with my colleagues. (H. Witt)
 * Continue to learn as much as possible about technology and integrate these resources into classroom instruction as much as possible. (K. Hargett)
 * Continue to teach students on their level in small groups. (K. Hargett)