If
your student feels comfortable with you and you are following the recommendations of her treatment provider, then it is certainly worth trying to make progress in her current classroom.
Each of our online teachers and school counselors are passionate about helping both parents and
students feel comfortable with their lesson plan, and we encourage children with special needs to become active in their education.
Once you see
your students feel comfortable with your procedures and routines then you can expand or alter them.
Not exact matches
Since 2012, Friendfactor says the Challenge has included 23 MBA programs and more than 11,000
students, and improved the schools» cultures
with 50 % more LGBT
students feeling comfortable being out to everyone on campus.
It is a point, moreover, where civil religion and civility become much the same thing.2 I do not
feel comfortable with the
student's question of whether I am a Christian because the claims I make in the name of Christianity, while real, are nevertheless importantly limited.
In 2015, the state Education Department issued further guidelines under the act to specifically prevent discrimination of transgender and gender - nonconforming
students, along
with suggestions on how to make them
feel more
comfortable at school, including the right to use the restroom and locker room in accordance
with their gender identity, participate in gender - segregated activities in accordance
with their gender identity, and adhere to dress codes in accordance
with their gender identity and expression.
At the very least,
students could find out «whether each department is meeting minimum standards as set forth by the Association of American Universities (and others) and whether each graduate
student feels comfortable enough at the department to stick
with the graduate program and finish
with a degree,» says graduate
student Susan Mahan - Nieber of Washington University in St. Louis.
In all of the classes that I teach, my primary goal is to create a safe space for my
students to
feel at home and
comfortable with themselves.
Rather than be defined by a condition or disease, Yoga Moves
students feel more in touch
with their humanity, and more
comfortable with themselves.
Even in my regular classes, I want my
students to
feel safe and
comfortable with me.
Additionally, the more
comfortable a
student feels speaking English, the more
comfortable he or she will eventually become
with reading and writing.
Overall, teachers responded that they
felt more
comfortable allowing
students to direct the course of PBL and involve a wide range of experts and have more opportunities to share their work
with an authentic audience for feedback.
Fay / Whaley: One of the best ways to help ELL
students feel comfortable is to provide multiple opportunities for them to talk —
with a partner, in a small group, to someone who speaks their native language, to the teachers.
The idea is to help the
student feel more
comfortable talking
with one person so, in time, he will
feel more confident speaking up in front of a group.
I have also been able to discuss invisible disabilities
with various classrooms, which has helped other
students with invisible disabilities accommodate and
feel comfortable in their own difference.
I have a small group of
students who already come in during their lunch periods because they
feel more
comfortable hanging out
with one another.
Now,
with the resources and tools computers and the Internet provide, he
feels more
comfortable standing back and letting
students explore a project on their own — acting more like a coach than a drill sergeant.
Inasmuch as I want my
students to venture beyond their comfort zones to learn and play and commune
with people who don't share their experiences, I want them to
feel completely
comfortable finding opportunities to break bread and just «chill»
with kids who do share their backgrounds.
A couple of years ago I spoke to my principal and we both recognized an opportunity to make the most of the technology already in
students» hands, allowing them to use the technology
with which they
feel most
comfortable — their own laptops, smartphones and tablets — in class.
Outdoor education provides the only opportunity in the education of young people to reconnect
with the natural world, ensuring
students learn to
feel comfortable in nature both day and night, develop an understanding of natural history and systems, and are challenged to consider the role and place of humanity in the natural order of things.
Having these specific roles helps
students feel more
comfortable with participating and prompts them
with ways to participate.
The excel worksheet is then printed and
students can be guided to the level of work that they
feel most
comfortable with.
While he still
feels more
comfortable in traditional classes, he started to enjoy the multidisciplinary projects — one led to a job as a tour guide at a historic house in Fairmount Park — and he
feels that he is a step ahead of other
students because he's had so much practice making presentations and learning how to work
with other people.
Ultimately, when selecting a device, it should come back to what
students and teachers
feel comfortable with, while keeping in mind what your infrastructure can actually support.
Throughout icebreakers and introductions, I notice that my ELL
students start to
feel more
comfortable,
with more smiles, laughter, and side chatter when someone says something funny.
Things to avoid include high use of closed questions and over-prompting or «spoon - feeding»; strategies encouraged include helping
students take ownership of a task by giving the least amount of help first, and helping them
feel comfortable taking risks
with their learning.
Students who
feel comfortable with the exercise can repeat it using different polygons.
Students who are wrestling
with their gender identity and sexual orientation do not always
feel comfortable sharing their struggle openly.
To counteract peer pressure, I include activities to help my
students feel more
comfortable with the people they are.
«Some parents, in fact, say they
feel more
comfortable in academically rigorous, heavily minority schools than in schools
with whiter
student bodies.»
Above all, to succeed in math classes and to
feel motivated to pursue mathematics - related careers,
students need to
feel comfortable with and excited about mathematics — they need to
feel like they, too, are math persons.
To get your
students to a place where they
feel comfortable opening up to you and to the class, you need to be open and real
with them.
JE: I'm thinking to myself, what would you say to those teachers listening, primary and secondary (we've touched on primary there but also secondary) who want to engage their
students in this area, who want to engage them in Engineering — that aspect of STEM that we've talked about as underrepresented — but maybe they just don't
feel comfortable with the subject area and the content knowledge.
You've spent a good amount of time
with your
students and
feel more
comfortable exploring new strategies and practices that are more tailored to their learning needs.
To get his
students comfortable with sharing their experiences and
feelings, Sashington shares his personal experiences
with his
students: «Many of you all know that I had a brother that passed in February due to gun violence.
Some colleges have incorporated social media into their recruiting efforts by launching Facebook applications (see Plattsburgh State University's page) and MySpace profiles (such as the University of Scranton's), but because those sites were designed for communication among friends, many
students don't
feel comfortable interacting
with college admissions officers there.
This is a non-threatening format that helps new groups of
students get to know and
feel comfortable with one another.
«
Students who become relatively disengaged don't
feel comfortable with exploring.»
To support
students as they navigate everyday conflict, Fall - Hamilton has a nook called a peace corner in every room,
with a
comfortable seat, a timer —
students generally need only a couple of minutes to calm down and reflect — and some distractions, like stuffed animals, or a prepared form on which
students can explicitly document and monitor their own
feelings and reactions.
By drawing closer to your
students and closing the distance between the terms friend and teacher, you'll create a space where your
students will
feel comfortable and safe to interact
with you.
As
students feel more
comfortable in school, they may build better relationships
with peers and
with teachers — relationships that support higher levels of achievement in the future.
While
students may
feel more
comfortable with a structured assignment, portfolios are process oriented and evolving, so assignments should remain flexible (Lamson, Thomas, Aldrich, & King, 2001).
The feedback I shared
with them about the difference that this small shift made for
student learning allowed
students to
feel comfortable making suggestions at other times as well.
The interview begins
with an icebreaker to establish rapport and to help the
student feel more
comfortable speaking English in complete sentences.
Making sure teachers
feel comfortable with low - income
students also could be helpful in both recruiting and retaining teachers, said Ethel Warren, a teacher in Yazoo.
She did not
feel comfortable using them
with her minority
students who had limited English skills.
I did not have enough colleagues I
felt comfortable turning to, for instance, for advice on how to broach the subject of Trayvon Martin's killing
with my
students.
Emotionally, he
felt comfortable with older
students who treated him as a peer and
with teachers who validated his abilities.
As long as teachers, parents, and
students feel that their input is valued, they are
comfortable with administrators leading, as they are expected to do.
When using SIOP, teachers strive to create a nonthreatening environment where
students feel comfortable taking risks
with language.