Promoting resilience and positive relationships

Provided by Caroline Bélou.

Very personalised approach due to small numbers. 5 key principles

Build positive relationships

TRUST, effective classroom management clear expectations   pedagogical factors such as effective instruction, teacher passion and autonomy

Teach social and emotional skills

Use active learning, focus on skill development and have explicit learning goals.

The use of collaborative learning strategies is vital to reinforce the skills and provide opportunities for students to practise social skills.

Foster positive emotions

Creating a positive learning environment where students have a voice and choice

A proactive approach will help to reduce anxiety and improve learning outcomes.

Identify students’ strengths

Give your students more opportunities to be successful and build a strong sense of self-worth.

Build a sense of meaning and purpose

Engage your students with the group so they find ways to contribute.

Working towards worthwhile goals increases students’ sense of wellbeing which impacts positively on student achievement.

 

 

 

 

Creating a learning conversation when marking

Provided by Zoe Silvester.

Why I mark each lesson.

Here are a few of the reasons why we might decide to spend time marking:

  • To grade and summatively assess students’ performance
  • To correct students’ mistakes
  • To help students to improve their current level of performance
  • For teachers to receive feedback from students about how well they appear to be understanding the content being taught
  • To motivate students to work harder
  • Because parents like it and students have come to expect it
  • To prevent students from having to struggle or think
  • For accountability purposes (as a proxy for convincing managers that you are a good teacher)

All these reasons but also:

  • I enjoy getting to know students better
  • I know the impact marking had on me and my family
  • Students are thankful that you have put the effort in.

How I manage the workload.

  • Time – end of every day.
  • Clear S.C.
  • Books handed in on the page
  • Use settling time to walk around and check EBI’s – give TA a green pen.
  • Mark spellings in Green as I walk around and anything else I spot (accountability)
  • Don’t mark work if I miss a week unless assessment
  • Do use peer and self assessment
  • When doing large amount of DIRT students bring to the table like in primary school and can then move on to a ‘fun’ activity.  DIRT on assessment takes a whole lesson.
  • Write verbal feedback if feedback given.

Using Google Classroom

Provided by Jenny Pritchard.

This is an interactive resource that can be used to set work, mark work, or to simply share teaching and learning ideas, post questions, send messages or increase awareness of topics from different sources. It is an opportunity to take learning outside of the classroom.

Used alongside Google Drive it is an opportunity to share large resources.

It can be used just as an information giving tool without students able to comment or with students able to comment which can be an opportunity for interaction away from the classroom.

Google classroom PEGoogle classroom student comments