That means
students feel connected to school and each other, are motivated to learn, have the necessary tools and skills for learning, and feel supported in their learning.
Student engagement includes a wide variety of strategies to help
students feel connected to their schools, teachers, principals, counselors and other adult leaders working to help them succeed.
As role models, parental figures, and advocates, they tend to build relationships with students of color that help
those students feel connected to their schools (King, 1993).
Students feel connected to these teachers and, subsequently, to higher causes, and they pursue those connections in tertiary education.
This will help ELL
students feel connected to their peers while celebrating their own identities.
This strategy also helps
students feel connected to one another by providing them with a safe environment to ask questions, discuss ideas, and take risks.
We need spaces where
students feel connected to their peers and adults.
How do you make sure that
the student feels connected to the teacher and their learning and vice versa?
But to get the most insight out of his observations, he narrows his focus and connects it to his long - term goal, which is to set up conditions in which
every student feels connected to — and respected by — the teacher and peers.
Not exact matches
Instead, these researchers have discovered,
students are more often motivated by deeper psychological needs: the need
to feel connected,
to feel capable,
to feel competent.
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.
However, remind your
students to be aware of positive changes in their stress levels, improvement in sleep patterns, better focus, an overall
feeling of relaxation after they leave class and a greater ability
to stay
connected to their body.
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.
In these times, it's critical that you
connect to what it
feels like
to be a
student.
Both
felt the need
to have two principals
to meet with all parents, receive and respond
to calls from teachers, and
connect with all
students.
Responding
to open - ended questions, teachers said they
felt more confident in planning for PBL, utilising assessment processes, supporting
students in managing the PBL process and
connecting content taught in other lessons
to the PBL product and process.
Invite
students to connect to this information by sharing their thoughts,
feelings, and related experiences.
Simple and genuine gestures, such as regularly greeting
students, talking
to students, and addressing
students by name, help
to make
students feel connected.»
«Helping
students to have freedom
to feel mistakes are part of the learning process will allow for
students to focus more on developing effective strategies
connected to the academic task at hand, rather than worrying about getting a perfect score on a test.»
Finally, a classroom library allows the community
to feel connected and a part of what is happening with my
students.
Educators who derive strength and encouragement from praying for their
students might
feel better equipped
to succeed in the classroom if they have legal and respectful ways
to connect with colleagues who
feel similarly.
Young people are more apt
to act in defence of a bullied
student if the school has a positive sense of community and they
feel connected to it (we don't do things like that around here), they are empathic and have strong friendships, strongly developed value systems, or believe their parents would expect them
to do it.
Teaching keeps school leaders
connected to students and other teachers and lets them
feel the effects of their own decisions.
Staying
connected: A good number of administrators would admit that it takes just a short time after leaving teaching
to feel distanced from
students and teachers.
When
students feel connected in the classroom, the difficulty that is a necessary component
to understanding math will
feel less like a personal threat and more like a natural part of learning.
Both authors suggest that
students need
to feel supported and
connected.
Addressing dropout rates and providing strategies
to make
students feel more
connected online, we look at how
to improve the online classroom experience through the use of tools, creativity, social networking, and teacher -
student contact.
Herein lies an exciting opportunity
to design spaces that better adapt
to the latest ideas in teaching and learning, creating
connected communities in which
students feel they belong and want
to spend their time.
The short break provides them an opportunity
to connect with one another and teachers in a new way, and as a result,
students feel more productive and more
connected to the school community.
Our work with teachers and
students has demonstrated that an inner - city classroom in Philadelphia can
feel as
connected to traversing the Arabian desert by camel as they do
to the cross-town bus.
Having a quality music program can help musical
students, who otherwise
feel unable
to connect to a school's academic or sporting culture,
feel like they too are able
to make a positive contribution
to, and
feel a part of, their community.
Rather, what worked for me was taking time
to connect with these
students, making them
feel good about themselves.
I am learning that with
students like Natalie, we must create an emotionally safe environment that provides them the opportunity
to feel connected and understood; where «that was then, and this is now» becomes a primary understanding and motto in the classroom.
Students felt strongly
connected to their drawings, and this led
to a passionate discussion about authorship.
See if this lyric reading helps your
students feel more
connected to the idea of poetry in their daily lives.
Interestingly,
feeling safe at school and
feeling connected to school were the school climate factors found
to be most protective of
students» mental and emotional wellbeing following transition.
It is a great way for
students to feel like they have a voice and are
connected with their building principal.»
We can help
students feel more engaged and
connected to their schools by giving them roles in making the school a positive environment, such as participating in safety patrols, focusing on recycling, keeping public spaces clean, upstanding in the face of harassment and bullying, being on school committees
to solve problems related
to gangs or drugs and alcohol, and so on.
Taking part in this event has the added benefit of
connecting students to a wider community in a positive way — something many of us would agree is vital in a mobile society that can often
feel fragmented.
Along with
feeling connected to the veterans» families they helped,
students made far - reaching friendships and long - lasting alliances in class because they got behind a common goal.
According
to Patricia Sullivan - Kowalski, Meriden's director of pupil personnel, this resulted in
students feeling less
connected to their community.
Because we know, however, that
students can not learn effectively and teachers can not teach effectively if they do not
feel safe, then educational effectiveness is directly
connected to feeling and being safe at school.
Being able
to connect with our own emotions and
feelings before reacting
to student misbehavior, finding ways
to unwind after a busy day, or identifying our internal drivers are all ways of using our emotional intelligence
to feel better with ourselves and the world around us.
Schools themselves have become larger, more impersonal institutions where
students and their families
feel less
connected to the teachers and school administrators.
Kiernan: After I left my school counseling position, I wanted
to do something
to make me
feel connected with
students in order
to minimize my sense of loss.
Valor Collegiate is the only school in the state
to be in the top 1 percent in academic achievement and growth, and more than 80 percent of Valor
students say they
feel safe and
connected to others at the school.
I
felt as if I had given birth
to something and now it was time
to let go — time
to let go of a project that gave my life meaning and made me
feel connected with
students and those who had contributed a message
to part two.
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.
Students are more engaged in learning when they
feel connected to a real life experience.
When
students are thankful, they
feel more
connected to their schools and teachers, explain researchers Jeffrey J. Froh and Giacomo Bono.