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Motivating Student Learning Through Building Meaningful Relationships
Pam Dixon M.Ed.
Matt Stephen D.Ed.http://youtu.be/fPCBHJLxht0
Arkansas Tech University
Center for Leadership and Learning
This session explores ways in which adults in the internal and external school community can improve student and adult learning through the building of meaningful relationships. Participants will explore step-by-step approaches on how to build meaningful relationships among students, teachers, support staff, school leadership, and community members.
Pair/Share ActivityLet’s take a walk into the past…
Can you remember your K-12 teachers?
Is there one special teacher you will
never forget?
Why?
We must purposely work at developing a positive school culture born from an organization’s vision, beliefs, values, and mission (Fisher, Frey, & Pumpian, 2012).
CULTURE OF MEANINGFUL
RELATIONSHIPS
VALUING OTHERS
MUTUAL RESPECT
CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY
VALUING OTHERS
MUTUAL RESPECT
CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY
SHARED EFFICACY IN BUILDING A GREAT SCHOOL
SHARED EFFICACY IN BUILDING A GREAT SCHOOL
Supporting Research
Davis (2003) found in a search of motivational literature that the quality of student-teacher relationships greatly determines the students’ motivation to learn in the classroom.
Garza, Ryser, & Lee (2010) found in their research that students’ decisions to remain in school are greatly influenced through their relationships with caring teachers.
The teacher-student relationship, although very important, is not the only relationship that must be cultivated for school success.
School Community Relationships
Student ↔ Teacher
Student ↔ School Leader/Support
Student ↔ Parent
Student ↔ Community
Teacher ↔ Parent
Student ↔ Student
Teacher ↔ Teacher
Community ↔ School Leader/Support
Parent ↔ Community
Parent ↔ School Leader/Support
Teacher ↔ Community
Teacher ↔ School Leader/Support
Community ↔ Community
School Leader/Support ↔ School
Leader/Support
Steps to Building Meaningful Relationships School-Wide
1. Revisit the mission and vision of the school for building relationships.
2. Collect and examine data on internal and external relationships.
3. Determine priorities.
4. Form PLCs for action research and include community and parents.
5. Write a plan for building meaningful relationships.
6. Implement the plan.
7. Evaluate and determine how to sustain progress.
Activity (Time to get up and move around)
Select a school relationship and prepare a relationship-building strategy
COUNSELORS AS RELATIONSHIP BUILDERS
• Advocates for all students• Collaborators between students, parents, teachers, and other
stakeholders• Leaders in the school helping change school cultures and
influencing system wide changes• Concerned with the whole child – healthy, safe, engaged,
supported, and challenged.• Aligns vision and mission with those of the schools – work
together to achieve meaningful relationships• High expectations for all students• Multicultural awareness• Positive role models
BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS
• Equitable access to educational opportunities• Understanding connections between education and future success• Skills to increase success• Career exploration and development• Knowledge of our changing world• Personal/social development• Effective interpersonal relationship skills• Opportunity for counselor-student interactions• Development of resiliency factors• Facilitative, cooperative peer interactions• Access to advocacy
The AR Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs
BENEFITS FOR PARENTS/GUARDIANS
• Support in advocating for their child’s academic, career, and personal/social development
• Systematic partnership to support academic and career planning for students
• Opportunities for parent/school interaction• Access to school and community resources• Training and informational workshops• Access to data related to student progress
The AR Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs
BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS
• Interdisciplinary team effort to address student needs in all domains• Access to collaborative partnerships for goal attainment• Access to support for skill development in classroom management and
affective education• Consultation to assist in their guidance and advisement role• Access to a system for co-facilitation of classroom guidance lessons• Support for classroom instruction, improvement in school climate and the
learning community• Access to the school counselor as a classroom presenter and resource
The AR Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs
BENEFITS FOR COMMUNITY
• Community-school collaboration for mutual awareness of needs
• Opportunity for active participation in the school counseling program
• Collaboration that enhances a student’s postsecondary success
• A workforce with decision-making skills, pre-employment skills, and increased worker maturity
The AR Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs
Administrators as Relationship Builders
Teacher ↔ Student
John C. Maxwell’s Enlarging Process See potential Cast a vision for their future Tap into their passions Address their character flaws Focus on their strengths
Administrator ↔ Teachers/Staff
No relationship in a school has a greater effect on the quality of life in that school than the relationships between
the teachers and the principal.
Roland Barth, Improving Schools from Within: Teachers, Parents and Principals Can Make the Difference
Teacher ↔ Teacher
Relationships among the school’s members must be sufficiently strong to withstand the stresses and to seize the opportunities that
school will encounter.
Donaldson (2006)
Curriculum Leaders as Relationship Builders
• PREP – Problem Solving– Real-World Learning Activities– Entrepreneurial Skills– People Skills
Shifting Gears: Content to Process Ian Jukes and Ted McCain
The InfoSavvy Group and Cystar, 2005
A meaningful relationship-building plan will not happen on its own.
It must be purposely and thoughtfully created by the entire school community
If done right, the pay-off is immense.
“We knew the relationships that teachers build with students were important, but
seeing the proof of it in the survey results made a big difference.”
Mark Freeman
Superintendent
Shaker Heights City School District
Cleveland, Ohio