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Colorado or New York? Art or Science? Summer Olympics or Winter Olympics?

Colorado or New York? Art or Science? Summer Olympics or Winter Olympics? Text or Phone call? Lock or Key?. g rade checks. students didn’t take literacy lessons seriously. “Buff Time is our free time.” - students. “Buff Time is our free time.” - teachers.

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Colorado or New York? Art or Science? Summer Olympics or Winter Olympics?

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  1. Colorado or New York? • Art or Science? • Summer Olympics or Winter Olympics? • Text or Phone call? • Lock or Key?

  2. grade checks • students didn’t take literacy lessons seriously • “Buff Time is our free time.” - students • “Buff Time is our free time.” - teachers “Buff Time is tough.” • forces extra prep time • behavior problems • activities not tailored to my students • policy changes • It’s used as a catch-all

  3. You aren’t in this alone! • Resources all around • Look to fellow teachers • Take the step of asking for help or advice

  4. Buff Time Student Feedback • “We really enjoy the motivational videos. The writing assignments that go along with those are good, because they make us think.”

  5. Buff Time Student Feedback • “We really enjoy the motivational videos. The writing assignments that go along with those are good, because they make us think.”

  6. Buff Time Student Feedback • “There are less discipline problems in the class when the students have lessons or activities to do.”

  7. Buff Time Student Feedback • “We like to do activities or writing assignments where we can talk about ourselves.”

  8. Buff Time Student Feedback • They would like more variety and options in the lessons they do. • They would be okay with assigned Buff time activities a couple of days each week, but they really need three days to do homework or read. • They enjoy playing games (like charades or hangman).

  9. Buff Time Student Feedback What are the take-aways? • “make us think” • purpose = fewer discipline problems • “we like to... talk about ourselves”

  10. Keys to Successful Buff Time • CONSISTENCY • Credibility • Trust • Loyalty • ESTABLISH A SAFE PLACE • Celebrate vulnerability • They want to be heard • BUILD A CONNECTION • Student  teacher • Student  student • Student  HALTOM

  11. Buff Time gives us 25 minutes to: • Build relationships • Team build • Establish values • Mentor

  12. “Why should I mentor?” A mentoring relationship is about helping somebody by providing advice, guidance and/or support. Who was yours?

  13. The Power of “A Little Bit More”

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