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>>LENA PRINGLE: ALL RIGHT AND GREAT INFORMATION THERE SO WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR DUVAL
COUNTY STUDENTS. IT IS NEXT
TUESDAY TALK TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT TODAY GOT A LOT
OF GOOD INFORMATION AND
TEACHERS WE KNOW THEY ARE
PREPARING KIND OF DO IN THOSE
LAST MINUTE TWEAKS TO
THEIR CELIBACY INCLUDING DUVAL
COUNTY’S 2020 TEACHER OF THE
YEAR. WE WERE ALL
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ALL THERE WHEN HE GOT THAT
RECOGNITION TAKE A LOOK.
SIGNATURE HAD ON YOU KNOW CHECKED IN WITH MISTER SMITH’S CLASS AT MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOL
SEEING THE MAGIC IN PERSON IN.
YEAH, I KNOW
YOU LOVE.
>> ALL THE ATTENTION THAT
YOU’RE GETTING DON’T SO MUCH
THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN KIND OF
A INCREDIBLE THAT I THINK THAT
IT
PUT A GOOD LENS ON TEACHERS IN
GENERAL AND THE GOOD THINGS ARE
GOING OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.
SO I THINK THAT’S GREAT YEAH, I
I LOVE TALKING TO YOU, I KNOW
YOU YOU ACTUALLY DO NOT LOVE
ALL THE
ATTENTION BUT I LOVE BEING IN
YOUR CLASSROOM, YOUR STUDENTS,
THEY ADMIRE YOU THEY JUST FEEL
SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU AS A
TEACHER SO.
>>LAUREN VERNO: WE’RE GOING TO
GET SOME ADVICE FROM YOU GOING
INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE FOR PARENTS
WHO ARE SENDING THEIR KIDS BACK
REALLY JUST TO MAKE IT AN ALL
AROUND GREAT YEAR.
>> YOU KNOW I THINK THE FIRST
AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT
THING
WE GOT IT IS OUT WE
ARE THERE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NURTURE
THEM TO THE BEST OF OUR
ABILITIES AND TO EDUCATE THEM
SO FIRST
AND FOREMOST TRUST US WE WERE
GOING TO BE THERE FOR THEM.
IT IS SO IMPORTANT I THINK FOR
PARENTS TO AND TEACHERS TO COMMUNICATE BACK AND FORTH ONE OF THE THINGS WE’RE DOING IN
OUR TRAINS RIGHT NOW IS TALK
ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
AND THAT WORKS OUR COLLEAGUES
THAT WORKS WITH OUR STUDENTS
BUT IT’S SO ESSENTIAL WITH OUR
PARENTS AS WELL THAT WE FIND
A WAY TO TALK TO THEM AND SHARE
WITH THEM AND SOMETIMES A PAIR
OF REACHING OUT TO US WITH AN
EMAIL. A QUESTION IT HELPS US
DRAMATICALLY BECAUSE WE GET
FIRST A SCHOOL WE SEE THE SEE
THE OUTSIDE OF THE STUDENT
AND THEY KNOW THE INSIDE AND
THEY CAN HELP US TO FILL IN THE
GAPS IN THE BLANKS WE GET A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING TO WORK
BETTER WITH THE STUDENTS, YOU
KNOW LET ME ASK YOU IS I THINK
IT WAS SO TOUGH DURING THE
PANDEMIC AND YOU KNOW WHO KNOWS
HOW LONG PARENTS ARE NOT GOING
TO BE ALLOWED IN SCHOOLS
BECAUSE OF
THIS VIRUS.
>> WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO YOU
THINK TO REALLY CONNECT WITH
THE TEACHERS AND THE
ADMINISTRATION DURING THIS
TIME.
>> IT AND SO MUCH THAT COULD BE
DEPENDENT ON HOW THE TEACHERS
AND OUR AND INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS
ARE GOING TO BE SOME DYNAMICS
IT REALISTIC TO ME. I’M LIKE I
LIKE I SUGGESTED EARLIER OBJECT
TO A QUICK E-MAIL.
>> TEACHERS SHOULD BE REACHING
OUT
AS WELL BUT STARTING OFF WITH
AN E-MAIL IS A GREAT WAY TO DO
IT BECAUSE IT HELPS US TO PUT A
FACE ON THE PARENTS AND TO
CONNECT THAT THE STUDENT
AS WELL, AND IT COULD JUST BE A
LOVE IT COULD BE AN IDEA OF
WHAT’S GOING ON WITH
YOUR CHILD ANYTHING THAT YOU
SHARE WITH US WE CAN TAKE IT TO
THE CLASSROOM AND WE CAN HELP
WORK.
>>LAUREN VERNO: WITH THAT THAT
CHILD MUCH BETTER, YEAH, I
THINK THOSE CHECKINS ARE SO
IMPORTANT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
LIKE IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD FROM
THE TEACHER I SAY JUST REACH
OUT AND GET THAT
CONVERSATION GOING. ALL RIGHT
HELP US OUT WITH STUDY
STRATEGIES BECAUSE YOU KNOW
PARENTS WANT TO HELP YOUR HIGH
SCHOOL TEACHER AND A GETS A
LITTLE DICEY WHEN THE KIDS GET
OLDER RIGHT NOW OVER MY KIDS
LIKE DO
THE WORK.
>> BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN THEY DO
GET A LITTLE OLDER AND THEY’RE
A LITTLE MORE THOMAS YEAH, IT
IS AGE.
>> DEPENDENT
>> I REMEMBER THE OF THE
WEEKLY THAT BOOK BAG CHECK WITH
MY DAUGHTER WE DUMP HER BOOK
BAG AND BE FINED ASSIGNMENTS
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TURNED
IN OR SUGGESTIONS FOR THINGS TO
GET DONE SO I THINK STAYING
WITH THEM AND PAY ATTENTION
TRUSTING THEM TO DO THEIR WORK
BUT TO ME IN MY CLASS AND MOST
IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THEY
LEARNED A PLAN FORWARD AND A
SIMPLE PLANNER CAN DO AN AWFUL
LOT EVERY TEACHER WILL HAVE
SOME SCAFFOLD SOME GRAPHIC
ORGANIZERS SOME WAYS THAT THEY
WANT
YOU TO ORGANIZE KNOW TO PUT
THOSE TOGETHER WHAT YOU’RE
DOING HOMEWORK. BUT THE SIMPLE
THING UP
DOING IT AND ORGANIZING IT EAST
GOES A LONG WAY SO I JUST
>> SING THE PRAISES OF THAT OF
THAT PLAN ARE YEAH, I MEAN
SYSTEMS IN PLACE AND WE USE
THEM AT WORK AS WELL
ALL RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A
TRAINING TO GO TO SO THANKS SO
MUCH FOR TALKING
WITH US. YEAH I HAVE SEEN SOME
AMAZING THINGS ALL SOCIAL MEDIA
ABOUT WHAT TEACHERS ARE DOING
TO PREPARE FOR THAT FIRST DAY
AND
ADMINISTRATION SO KUDOS TO YOU
AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND I
WISH YOU A WONDERFUL SCHOOL
YEAR. THANK YOU MELANIE, I
APPRECIATE IT JEN OVER TO YOU.