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- Chris P.
- Biggest challenge in my classroom right now is understanding and addressing individual needs. I have many students that are overwhelmed and stressed with some having a system to cope while others do not.
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- Amy Clapp
- Transitioning my students back from their student teacher to me as their main teacher!
- Yes
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- Barbara Suszynski
- My biggest challenge is a common one...time. Just as a conversation,or debate, is proceeding well and the students are engaged, the bell rings.
- Yes
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- Meg
- My biggest challenge in the classroom right now is helping students learn how to curb their smart phone addiction. My school doesn’t really have a cell phone policy, and in some of my classes it’s gotten to the point where the students addiction to their notifications is becoming a serious detriment to their ability to learn and be successful in the classroom. I’m not eligible to apply for a grant for another couple years, but I’m starting to toy with the idea of doing something with the teenage brain and the impact of technology on it.
- Yes
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- Kristen Raposa
- With so many great initiatives such as Emotional Intelligence and introducing the Mood Meter to introduce to the students, it is difficult to fit it all into the day along with grade-level curriculum.
- Yes
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- Annie
- Time seems to always be a challenge. There is never enough of it so I seem to speed up instead of slow down. Breathe in, breathe out. Go slow to go fast. I keep repeating those words to myself. Going deep is what matters!
- Yes
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- Michelle Griswold
- Lack of funding means I’m split between schools and it’s impossible to meet the needs of all students in both buildings.
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- Meg Clifton
- I’m teaching five different classes this semester, including one that’s new for me and another one in which I’ve started with a brand new unit. All the planning can be overwhelming! This year, one of my goals is to incorporate materials, resources, and experiences from my 2018 fellowship into more of my classes. I’m excited to expose my 9th and 10th graders to these, in addition to my 12th graders, which was the class I originally designed my fellowship for.
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- Kathy Bosiak
- We are an urban school in a rural county. We house the greatest diversity of student cultures in our county, but have no resources. We have limited technology, antiquated classrooms, and no money to help. My students are amazing but some struggle because I lack additional materials to supplement the state curriculum. On the other side I lack additional resources to enhance and ramp up my AIG students’ educational experiences. Don’t misunderstand, my students are awesome! Resources stink!
- Yes
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- Marci H.
- The biggest challenge I’m facing right now is finding support to implement the learning I acquired over the summer. Curriculum demands are making it somewhat difficult.
- Yes
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- Paula Midgley
- The biggest challenge in my classroom right now is keeping the students interested in learning the information in every unit. It is difficult to make every topic EXCITING....... but every topic is important.
- Yes
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- Monica Fitzgerald
- The Social Emotional needs of our most vulnerable students. They need extra supports and an opportunity to build relationships. That must come before content.
- Yes
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- Lisa Handfield
- Balancing time for intervention services of striving readers (children) along with the coaching of adult learners (teachers) in my role as Reading Consultant. Many hats at many developmental stages!
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- Lindsey Eisenstein
- I learned so much while I was gone this summer that I want to implement it all right now. It is so exciting and a brand new school year, but it is also a busy time. I have worked the most with implementing new lessons in fourth grade and will branch out more as I go!
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- Amy Weaston
- The biggest challenge in my classroom this year is getting students to trust their knowledge. We live in a society of instant gratification and information overload, so when the students have a question, all they have to do is google it and find the answer. I find that when I ask students to put their phones away and think for themselves, they don't always trust that it's correct. This is an issue because the students are afraid to take chances in the classroom.
- Yes
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- Jaime
- My biggest challenge is finding someone to collaborate with in my school.
- Yes
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- Bradley Quentin
- Time! I am one of my school's magnet class teachers. It seems that every week I lose time to other considerations like testing, intervention, and so on.
- Yes
