Seeingeverystudent09

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This presentation from CoLearning '09 deals with strategies to connect personally with students and foster a positive class culture and community. Learn more at http://colearning.wikispaces.com.

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Seeing Every Student

with

Zac Chase

I…

…teach (@ Science Leadership Academy in Philly).

…learn (Twitter: MrChase, Blog: autodizactic.com).

…run (7 marathons and counting).

Today we will be examining social, and schooly practices I have used (stolen) to build community in my classroom.

Where this session originated.

T.R. Nansel et al., “Bullying Behaviors among U.S. Youth: Prevalence and Association with Psychosocial Adjustment,” Journal of the American Medical Association 285, no.16 (2001): 2094-2100.

30 %(or 5.7 million)

GLSEN 2007 National School Climate Survey

9 of 10

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Surveillance Summaries,” MMWR 53, no. Ss-2 (2004).

5.4% of high school students report

staying home at least one day a

month because they fear for their safety.

Social*

*having to do with personal interaction

Good News

Essential 6:

If you are asked a question in conversation, you should ask a question in return. If someone asks, “Did you have a nice weekend?” you should answer the question and then ask a question in return.

* Ron Clark, The Essential 55

GreetingGood NewsEssential 55

@ doorPhysicalNameQuestionAffirming

=

Greeting:

Good News:

2-3 minutesClean jokesComplimentsAlternate w/

Essentials

Rally Table • Turn to your shoulder partner and share one high-grade compliment about yourself. (I know it’s uncomfortable, but embrace it.)

Essential 55:Alternate with

good newsPost in roomStudents

write/readDiscussModel/Role play

What questions do you have about the social aspect of Seeing Every Student?

Schooly*

*having to do with scholarship (sorta)

Fourteen years old, story still untold.

- David Giwani

Many risky mistakes, very few regrets.

- Richard Schnedl

Suburban girl tries to make bad.

- Sari Wilson

Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up

Share one of the two ways you can use 6-word memoirs in your class/discipline.

“I can’t have conversations with parents because they don’t want to listen.”

- Anonymous Teacher

EAT

Q&A