{"id":1451,"date":"2017-12-17T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2017-11-16T17:31:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T17:31:01","slug":"volunteer-tip-3-set-examples-by-your-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/2017\/12\/17\/volunteer-tip-3-set-examples-by-your-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Tip #3 – Set Examples by Your Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"As 2017 draws to a close, let’s look at ways to improve our time spent volunteering in classrooms. Ask yourself, “Am I setting a good example for students?”<\/p>\n

Are you a 1<\/strong> or a 2<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

(1) Do you pay attention to directions given by the teacher or<\/strong> (2)<\/strong> are you having side conversations with students or other adults?<\/p>\n

(1) Do you follow students rules or (2)<\/strong> do you assume you are not expected to be that <\/em>engaged?<\/p>\n

(1) Do you use appropriate voice levels and engage all students or (2) <\/strong>do you only call on the ones who wave their hands in the air?<\/p>\n

(1) Do you help with clean-up and participate in school emergency drills or<\/strong> (2)<\/strong> do you ignore those aspects of classroom procedures?<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Be the ONE who sets the bar high for engagement and appropriate actions. Being a TWO means you’re distracting students.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As 2017 draws to a close, let’s look at ways to improve our time spent volunteering in classrooms. Ask yourself, “Am I setting a good example for students?” Are you a 1 or a 2? (1) Do you pay attention to directions given by the teacher or (2) are you having side conversations with students\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,25,191,291],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assistant-tips","category-expectations-misbehavior-communication-clarifying-monitoring","category-musings","category-volunteers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1451"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1480,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions\/1480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}