I starte the positive communication yesterday. I have decided to send home certificates for my focus group as well as calling home. This is going to be a gradual process, meaning that this week I have started with the certificates and next week I will as the positive phone calls or notes home.
Today I realized what the implications of this research could be. Anna is part of my focus group. She comes from a very stressful background of foster care and abuse. She has struggled with behavior and feeling loved and valued. Although Anna has had a hard life she is the only one of her siblings that seems to care about her academic progress.
Her award today was given in response to her cooperative work with her peer during math. Anna worked very hard with her partner to answer some math questions that were hard. It was during this time that she demonstrated excellent behavior and wonderful thinking skills.
At the end of the day when I gave Anna her award, her reaction was priceless. Her face lit up like a child at Christmas who just walked into a room filled with every present she has ever wanted. She was so excited that she moved me to tears.
This is the exact reason for this project, this is why I teach.
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