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Originally,

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Crew was designed as a targeted
intervention to address

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inequalities in credit
accumulation between our zone students

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and those admitted through
specialized programs like law,

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vet science, and others.

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Traditionally, zone students
came to Lincoln.

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They lived in nearby or they
fell through the cracks of the high

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school enrollment system and
what we saw with these students

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were not earning credits at the
same rate as their peers,

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putting them at risk of being
off track for graduation.

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To change this, we launched
Linking Crew.

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Uh, the impact was immediate.
Within the first year,

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credit accumulation among our
zone students rose to match that

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of our peers, and with such
strong results,

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we expanded crew into a
school-wide initiative we now call Crew

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Cohort.

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Each specialized program is now
connected to a crew leader who

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leads monthly pushings and crew
events like Field Day,

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and Crew Slam,

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which celebrates student success
within each crew and the entire

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9th grade cohort as a community.

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As a result, we've seen gains in
attendance,

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credit accumulation, and
graduation rates, but more importantly,

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Crew has strengthened Lincoln's
culture,

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developing Lincoln citizens who
are engaged and connected.

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Sometimes people have the
misconception that is just an advisory

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period where students are just
sitting and just talking about

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their emotions,

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but one thing that we're very
adamant about and want them to

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cultivate is the academic spirit
for learning and as you can see,

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like we're having them engaging.
Rigorous, you know, um,

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type of academic work where they
are cultivating and researching

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definitions so that way they
could apply it to their

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perspectives about the world and
ultimately that's what CO is

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about,

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that we're using academic
principles and learning to help them

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tap into their own
understandings about themselves and the world.

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Linking crew events are
important because it teaches you about

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teamwork and you get to meet
other people that are outside your

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class. So I think that's really
good.

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At the group slam, I learned
collaboration and you know,

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teamwork is key. And that's
literally what we're doing now.

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We're unpacking definitions
about culture so that way we can

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move into looking at culture in
life in what sense,

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whether it's from music, um, how
they dress, um,

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the culture here at school.

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So, um, a lot of time I'll try
to redirect instead of asking me,

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ask someone who reappears, and
again,

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this is an awesome complex like
they getting and um you know,

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we're just building up habits to
make that a thing, um,

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and hopefully, you know,

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they go on to other classes with
that skill set.

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And feel comfortable to be
leaders at their own tables in the

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crew slam,

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I learned that even though it
might look like you might lose,

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don't,

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you can never give up because
you might achieve great things.

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A great crew teacher is just a
great teacher.

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To be a great teacher,

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you have to care about the
students number one.

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You have to be flexible so that
whatever you're teaching,

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you can tailor it to the
students.

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And you always have to be
reflecting on your work,

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what can be improved, uh, what
worked, what didn't work,

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and then just working hard and
making it better.

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That's what makes a great
teacher.

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That's what makes a great crew.

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Lincoln crew is different
because it's a very targeted

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intervention.

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We have these students that we
need to help get over the hump

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and we.

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Designed this class that does
nothing more than just build

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community and make students grow
from a social emotional

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perspective and that follows
through into the academics and

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leads them to be successful
students. I am human.

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I'm a human being.