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" The key to great bucket filling is individualization. Each person has unique preferences for receiving recognition and praise. For bucket filling to be meaningful to the recipient, it must be personalized and specific to what that person needs. Use the Gallup Recognition Interview to find out what fills the buckets of your friends, family members, and colleagues. (PDF)Gallup Recognition Interview Every time you fill a bucket, you're setting something in motion. How much bucket filling do you do compared to others? Do you have low impact, some impact, or high impact on your environment? Consider printing the Positive Impact Test statements, and use them as your guide for improvement. (PDF)Positive Impact Test statements Think about your most recent interactions. Were they more positive or more negative? Did you give someone a compliment, or did you choose to make a negative comment instead? Once you become aware of your positive-to-negative interaction ratio, you can consciously begin to reduce and eliminate bucket dipping from your life. Keep track with the Interaction Scorecard. (PDF)Interaction Scorecard How Full Is Your Bucket? > Purchase How Full Is Your Bucket? How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids New from Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer "

"The purpose of this chapter is to 1) discuss the nature of qualitative inquiry, 2) explore different kinds of qualitative inquiry, 3) explain the role of interpretation, 4) present various participant observation stances, 5) offer ways of gaining access and achieving reciprocity, 6) review stages of qualitative research, 7) suggest practical procedures related to research methods as well as research writing, 8) present sociocultural problems, and 9) give future alternatives for qualitative research. Specifically, stages of qualitative research to be described are data collection, content analysis, and comparative analysis. Practical suggestions for analysis will include such examples as computer programming, icon and color coding of concepts, focus groups and key informants, and spread sheets for comparative and cross-site analysis"

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The iResponse Standard is an intuitive and easy to use classroom responder system that allows for in-the-moment student-teacher interaction. No Internet service or subscription service required. Works with a stand-alone network router.

" 13Share on email Edutopia Quiz: What's Your Emotional Intelligence? Emotional intelligence -- the ability to empathize, persevere, control impulses, communicate clearly, solve problems, and work with others -- can be a critical skill for teachers. This quiz should help you learn more about how you manage emotions. It takes less than five minutes to complete and provides personalized tips for how to improve the way you manage your classroom and interact with your students. Think about the last week as you answer the following questions. How often have you engaged in the behavior or activity described while at school?"

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