In classrooms that have a strong balance of meeting students Academic and Social Emotional (A+ SEL) needs, teachers create positive energy, student engagement, and feelings of mutual respect and belonging.
When an entire school is infused with a sense of community, the effects of community building in classrooms grow. This course is a resource for inspiration, guidance, practical, & adaptable ideas for building a strong, caring community schoolwide.
Throughout a school day, all adults working in a school (in any capacity) find themselves needing to speak with students in a variety of different ways. This course will support you on your journey to learn more about effective teacher language.
When we combine the explicit teaching of routines with language that highlights success and reinforces the behavior, students experience feelings of accomplishment, and ultimately, greater learning.
To support students in displaying on-task behaviors, we must create the conditions through using a combination of proactive and reactive strategies. This course shares practices that set students up for success and interventions that can be used.
Through establishing expectations and exploring strategies to explicitly teach students how to meet them, staff and volunteers will be empowered to support student success. We’ll examine how to MODEL each of the expectations and create common language to help students throughout the lunch period.
Throughout a school day, all adults working in a school (in any capacity) find themselves needing to speak with students in a variety of different ways. This series will examine four areas: An Overview, Reinforcing Language, Reminding & Redirecting Language, and Nuances of Language.
In this course, we will look specifically at how to use envisioning language to support students in reaching their full potential and how to use this powerful language to create the positive learning environment we want to lead.
A smooth ending to the school year creates a sense of accomplishment and leaves students with a positive impression. Learn and plan how to celebrate the school year, lead students through reflecting, and build hope for the future.