The Best Learning Environments:
- Help students want to connect by building positive relationships
- Help students feel safe to communicate, share, and collaborate
- Help students understand how to take risks, ask for feedback, learn from their mistakes
How might I help students connect with one another?
Good Things!What is this?
A chance for students to share something positive in their life with their peers for the purpose of helping classmates get to know good things about one another. Why might I use this?
What might this look like? - Could be done in a variety of ways.
Related Habits of Mind
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Collaborative Norm SettingWhat is this?
Whenever learners have a chance to work together, they have the opportunity to set norms and build a better understanding on how to interact positively with one another. Why might I have students do this?
What might this look like? - Could be done in a variety of ways.
Related Habits of Mind
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Checklist Self-AssessmentWhat is this?
Checklists provide learners with behaviors to consider before working with others. Learners may also reflect on the behaviors they did / didn't use to promote positive interactions with others in the future. |
Ideas to build community with students
Build ProfilesHelp students get to know who you are by sharing qualities about yourself in a profile linked in Canvas
Get to know students by teaching them to share:
*BONUS* - Have students video record themselves sharing their profile to help teach digital and media skills in a non-threatening manner!!!
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Find New Ways To CommunicateMake it easy for students to contact you during consistent time periods: Zoom, email, remind app, ????
But remember that students won't just join you for fun. We need to teach them:
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One-on-One Short Chats with StudentsChecking in with your students throughout the year helps to build a positive relationship between you and your students.
Conversations with students show to the students that you genuinely care about them and their well being. Benefits include:
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Vista High School Resource Toolkit
Vista High School
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One Panther Way, Vista CA 92084
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760-726-5611
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