2. Coloradoor New York? Art orScience? Summer Olympics orWinter Olympics? Textor Phone call? LockorKey?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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).

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

11. 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

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

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

15. The Power of “A Little Bit More”