When
your students feel respected, their sense of belonging and mood will often improve.
To name just a few: The learning environment needs to be one in which
students feel respected and safe to take risks; kids need to feel that their learning has a purpose and that the curriculum is relevant to their lives; and students need feedback on their progress — they need to know what they're trying to accomplish, where they are in relation to the goal, and what they need to do in order to get there.
Student academic success and ongoing progress is possible when
students feel respected and valued and believe their efforts to be meaningful.
What indicators might you use to estimate the degree to which
each student feels respected, safe, and welcomed in your classroom and school?
«Creating an environment where
every student feels respected and safe is the bedrock upon which our entire educational system is built.
«Creating an environment where
every student feels respected and safe is the bedrock upon which our entire educational system is built.
Not exact matches
A rejected party invitation and a withdrawn
student point the way for a teacher to seek understanding and
respect for the child's
feelings.
Tough suggests teachers assign tasks that are challenging, but not too challenging; minimize coercion and control; and show warmth and
respect for
students, so they
feel part of the learning community.
Together we figured out what was the best plan of action for my daughter to
feel respected, for the
student teacher to understand what he had done, and to prevent future incidents, without my daughter
feeling vulnerable.
Responding to School Violence: Tips for Administrators Administrators can reinforce the importance of creating a caring school community in which adults and
students respect and trust each other and all
students feel connected, understand expectations, and receive the behavioral and mental health support they need.
Natalie is a supportive teacher who invests in her
students,
respects their decisions surrounding their pregnancy and birth, and has a passion for helping pregnant people to
feel strong and connected.
Students will probably begin thanking you for all kinds of things: for
respecting their intelligence and their desire to be self - directed, for example, and for giving them a chance to «try on» different careers and
feel the difference in fit between being a transit planner and an oral historian and imagine themselves doing each type of work day after day.
They pushed hard to make every
student and teacher
feel respected and included.
National Schools of Character exemplify CEP's Eleven Principles, among them defining ««character» comprehensively to include thinking,
feeling, and behavior»; implementing «a meaningful and challenging academic curriculum that
respects all learners, develops their character, and helps them to succeed»; providing «
students with opportunities for moral action»; and using «a comprehensive, intentional, proactive, and effective approach to character development.»
I find that
students feel safe in and
respect an environment that seems to be responsive to them and not simply a reflection of a teacher's preferences.
When I asked my children and other
students their thoughts, none of them objected to the idea of their work being published — but said that if after a
student was given the details, they still wanted to opt - out, they hoped, and
felt a teacher should,
respect their wishes and not publish the work.
I like the badges because they reflect our
feeling that the
students should
respect the substitutes as they
respect any other teacher.»
To what degree do
students feel welcomed and
respected by their peers and teachers?
Most teachers cover three crucial areas: the right to
feel safe, not just physically but psychologically safe, and what that means; the right to fundamental
respect and fair treatment of one another; and obviously the right to learn without undue and unreasonable distraction from other
students, so what a learning community ought to
feel like.
Foster identify safe and welcoming environments that promote inclusion and acceptance, places where
students feel everyone is
respected and their identity is valued.
Counseling
Students Counselors and other school personnel work hard to ensure that all students feel happy, respected, and
Students Counselors and other school personnel work hard to ensure that all
students feel happy, respected, and
students feel happy,
respected, and valued.
Students learn best in environments where they
feel respected, supported, and valued.
It's an outgrowth of
students feeling loved and
respected.
The school has created a culture of
respect for new generations of at - risk
students who can
feel safe and free to concentrate and succeed at school in a way that previous generations could not.
Here are six ways to help all
students feel safe,
respected, and welcome.
MK: Yes, I think it's probably what they call the strengths - based approach - where we're not looking at the deficits of
students but we're looking at what is it that they are bringing into the learning environment that could be integrated within the learning process, so that we can validate what they know and make them
feel they're
respected and [that] they have something to offer within the learning environment.
This father of six says that, over time, the school developed a singleminded belief that
students should
feel loved and
respected.
Students who
feel secure and
respected can better apply themselves to learning.
That's a recipe for disaster, Cervone says, because no matter how beneficial a small school is,
students need to
feel respected and part of the reform process.
To be successful, start by establishing an atmosphere where
students feel safe sharing their opinions and developing a classroom culture of
respect.
In their regular morning meetings,
students are encouraged to share personal
feelings and their profoundest thoughts with their classmates and teacher to build a culture of
respect and to help them regulate their emotions and diminish their impulsivity.
In practice, this means that teachers treat
students with a great deal of
respect, and the
students feel like the school is looking out for them as individuals.
To help all
students feel safe and supported at school, to help every child
feel free to discover who they are without judgment, and to promote a school climate of
respect and inclusivity, it is important to do the following:
Sandra Harris shares ten traits of caring principals that she has observed — ten ways in which principals make teachers and
students feel important,
respected, recognized, heard, and included.
In this setting, teachers become facilitators as
students discuss ways in which they would
feel most supported, including how they should treat each other, what it means to
respect different opinions and ways of learning, and what happens when they disagree.
Teachers who know, appreciate, and
respect students beyond academics help children
feel cared for and increase their ability to care for others.
«Every one of our
students has the right to a safe, welcoming school environment where they
feel valued and
respected.
Responding to School Violence: Tips for Administrators Administrators can reinforce the importance of creating a caring school community in which adults and
students respect and trust each other and all
students feel connected, understand expectations, and receive the behavioral and mental health support they need.
«What makes me enjoy talking the most,» explains Milo, a Year 3
student, «is that everybody's listened to you, and you're part of the world, and you
feel respected and important.»
According to research sponsored by the Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) and the National School Boards Association (NSBA), they include (1)
feelings of safety among staff and
students; (2) supportive relationships within the school; (3) engagement and empowerment of
students as valued members and resources in the school community; (4) clear rules and boundaries that are understood by all
students and staff; (5) high expectations for academic achievement and appropriate behavior; and (6) trust,
respect, and an ethos of caring (Bryant & Kelly, 2006; Elfstrom, Vanderzee, Cuellar, Sink, & Volz, 2006; Perkins, 2006).
For instance, it is explicitly mentioned in PDE's overarching goals: «
Students need to
feel safe,
respected, and have their social - emotional needs met so they can learn and grow.»
When
students feel safe and
respected both emotionally and physically, they are able to focus better on learning.
By enforcing a supportive classroom where all
students feel free to speak their mind without
feeling or being judged you will create a classroom where
students feel welcomed and
respected.
She wasn't quite sure why they said that — perhaps it was her ability to relate to all types of people or her infinite patience — but she
respected the teaching profession so deeply that she didn't
feel capable of taking on all the responsibilities that educators have to their
students, so she set her teaching aspirations aside and studied business instead.
When the most vulnerable
students experience school as a safe and supportive learning environment, one in which they
feel welcome and
respected, engaged and connected, challenged and valued, then it's likely all
students feel safe and supported, too.
Courageous teachers create inclusive classrooms with mutual
respect and tolerance that help
students from different backgrounds
feel safe, welcomed and included.
I totally
respect their [the teachers»] work and
feel we're having great conversations about the issues of [
student] equity in our district.»
My experience with restorative circles has been powerful;
students demand such
respect from one another knowing the circles are in place to give everyone a safe space in which to share their most guarded and often times worrisome
feelings.
While this activity requires a little more time than the tools above, it helps build relationships between
students and teachers and reinforces the school's larger effort to encourage
students to pay attention to each other's
feelings and treat each other with
respect, sympathy, and compassion.
At Classcraft, we believe a better education comes from a better experience in school, where
students feel safe,
respected, and cared for.