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    1. Terri Cloyde, a fifth grade teacher, was able to engage a challenging student, Jerome, who was at risk of suspension, by connecting with his interest in medicine and pushing his ambition. She helped him become a successful sophomore in high school. 2. John Pearson, a third grade math and science teacher, tracks data on his students' skills at the beginning and end of the year to clearly see how much progress each student makes. 3. Pat Kaynaroglu, a special education teacher, sees it as a success when a non-reader student asks for more books, showing their increased motivation to read.

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    1. Terri Cloyde, a fifth grade teacher, was able to engage a challenging student, Jerome, who was at risk of suspension, by connecting with his interest in medicine and pushing his ambition. She helped him become a successful sophomore in high school. 2. John Pearson, a third grade math and science teacher, tracks data on his students' skills at the beginning and end of the year to clearly see how much progress each student makes. 3. Pat Kaynaroglu, a special education teacher, sees it as a success when a non-reader student asks for more books, showing their increased motivation to read.

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    1. Terri Cloyde, a fifth grade teacher, was able to engage a challenging student, Jerome, who was at risk of suspension, by connecting with his interest in medicine and pushing his ambition. She helped him become a successful sophomore in high school. 2. John Pearson, a third grade math and science teacher, tracks data on his students' skills at the beginning and end of the year to clearly see how much progress each student makes. 3. Pat Kaynaroglu, a special education teacher, sees it as a success when a non-reader student asks for more books, showing their increased motivation to read.

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    1.

    Get to Know Your Students


    Terri Cloyde, a fifth-grade teacher in Madill, Oklahoma, remembers one of her most
    challenging students. At the age of 10, Jerome was acting out in school and was
    starting to hang out with a gang. Still, Cloyde knew he had potential. In his beginning-of-
    the-year inventory, he’d talked about wanting to be a doctor. When the administration
    moved to put Jerome on long-term suspension, Terri asked to be able to give him one
    more chance. She pushed his interest in medicine and his quiet ambition as hard as she
    could to engage him in school. Now he’s a successful sophomore in high school, and
    Cloyde continues to follow up on his progress.
    From the start of the year, learn as much about your students as you can from talks with
    them and their parents, curriculum-based and standardized test data, individual
    education plans, notes from former teachers, and student inventories and writing.
    Connecting with your students is as important as teaching lessons. Trust goes a long
    way toward building motivation.

    2. Get Into Data Tracking (Really)


    Early each school year, John Pearson, a third-grade math and science teacher in
    Dallas, Texas, and author of Learn Me Good, asks students to try a skill that doesn’t
    appear in the curriculum until spring — identifying fractions, for example — then asks
    them again in April. At first, says Pearson, only a few kids will know how to identify the
    fractions, but by April, most of the kids will easily find the fractions. The impact of his
    math class is obvious.
    However you track data for your class — graphs of words correct per minute on reading
    fluency passages or a record of how long it takes students to master a skill — make
    sure you know just how much each student can do at the start of the year so you can
    see how far you’ve brought them!

    3. Listen to Your Students


    When a student asks for more information on a topic, says Pat Kaynaroglu, a special
    education teacher in Leadville, Colorado, she’s achieved something. “When a
    nonreader wants a book to read, that’s success.” If your students ask you to read a
    story one more time, teach more about coral reefs, or stock the classroom library with
    more of those awesome Big Nate books, do it.

    4. Ask for Kids’ Opinions


    Lisa Goglio-Zarczynski, a fifth-grade teacher in Racine, Wisconsin, asks her students to
    evaluate her at the end of each year. Her students write down what they think she does
    well and what she could improve on. At first, Goglio-Zarczynski’s students are surprised
    their teacher wants their feedback, but soon they are eagerly writing away.

    5. Talk to Your Former Students


    Kaynaroglu had one middle school student who loved art but struggled with reading, so
    she incorporated art into reading lessons. A decade later, she ran into her student, who
    introduced Kaynaroglu to a friend as “the teacher that taught me how to read.”
    When you see alumni in the hall, stop and talk to them. And listen to siblings of former
    students. Marsha Ratzel, a middle school teacher in Leawood, Kansas, learned about
    her reputation when a student said, “My older brothers and sisters say you’ll teach me
    things in sixth grade that I’ll use all the way through high school.”

    6. Keep a Teaching Journal


    During her time as a teacher, CTQ’s Moore kept a journal with information about
    student performance and her actions, reactions, and questions. After 21 years, she has
    a collection of letters, gifts, and testimonials from students that remind her of the impact
    she’s had on their lives.

    7. Start a Professional Learning Community


    Teachers who collaborate increase student achievement, according to the Center for
    Teaching Quality. Create your own professional learning community by connecting with
    other teachers in your school to talk data, interventions, and instruction strategies that
    work. Every school and student population is unique, and having the input of fellow
    teachers who are working with your kids makes a huge difference.

    8. Don’t Forget the Small Stuff


    Kids notice every little decision and action that you take. You have the potential to
    become a lasting role model for each student in your class. After all, more than 80
    percent of the grown-ups (former students!) polled by ING say a teacher helped them to
    build confidence, and 79 percent say it was a teacher who motivated them to follow their
    dreams!

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