Agenda

1. Icebreaker

2. Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

3. Group Norms

4. Main idea

5. Closure

6. Google Form

Learning Intention and Success Criteria

We are learning about classroom interventions and SEL strategies that can help us connect with each student in our class.

I know I’ve learned it when I feel comfortable trying new strategies in my classroom to improve student behavior and learning.

Describe how your day is going in three words or less.

• Take care of yourself

• Be fully present

• Take risks

• Be mindful of other learners

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Group Norms

Establish Positive Relationships and Rapport with Students

• Teach and encourage an empathy driven culture

• Adopt a "relationships first" motto

• Hold regular proactive circles and utilize connection before content activities to establish a community

• Establish positive communication between home and school

• Teacher/student conference outside of class time

• Check in emotionally with students during class period or day

Timed Round Robin - Which of these is easiest for you and why?

• Teach and encourage an empathy driven culture

• Adopt a "relationships first" motto

• Hold regular proactive circles and utilize connection before content activities to establish a community

• Establish positive communication between home and school

• Teacher/student conference outside of class time

• Check in emotionally with students during class period or day

Timed Round Robin - Which of these is most difficult for you and why?

• Teach and encourage an empathy driven culture

• Adopt a "relationships first" motto

• Hold regular proactive circles and utilize connection before content activities to establish a community

• Establish positive communication between home and school

• Teacher/student conference outside of class time

• Check in emotionally with students during class period or day

Emphasize Teaching of Positive SEL Replacement Strategies??

• Reminders, redirection, and role plays

• Teach and encourage growth mindset thinking (create whiteboard responses of how)

Prevent Negative Behaviors from Occurring and Set Students Up for Success

• Use restorative language throughout the building

• Create clear and consistent expectations

• Consider which lessons students are struggling with, when students are commonly going off-task, etc.

• Pair or group students strategically

• Provide students with choice in their learning when possible

Do students meet the expectations we set for them?

• What pairing/grouping strategies have worked for you?

• What strategies have not worked for you?

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Discuss with your partner...

Establish Meaningful and Restorative Responses to Negative Behavior

• Hold restorative mediations on a regular basis

• Allow students to participate in decision making and repair the harm

• Establish buddy teacher system

• Loss of classroom privileges

• Relationship repair

Ongoing Communication Between Home and School for Both Positive and Negative Behavior

• Document parent/guardian contact and notification

• Commit to a schedule of communicating with at least a parent/guardian a day for both positive and negative behaviors

• Discuss the positive and negative patterns of behavior you've observed throughout the data you've collected and analyzed

• Parent/guardian/teacher conference using a solution focused approach

Share a "sour" and "sweet"...

• Sour - A challenge to doing this work

• Sweet - The positive, motivating, or “sweet” part of this work

Thank you for your attention!