CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroom “Connecting with the Disconnected” Presenter: Jeff Walster Role: Head Teacher, Student Welfare, Tumut High School Starting Out Strong Beginning Teachers’ Conference

CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroom Connecting with the disconnected Outline of workshop What is connectedness? 10 min Building bridges between relationships and learning 25 min “ The brains trust” and questions 10 min

CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroom

CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroom Building Connections Are your students “connected”? a. With their learning 1.Measuring engagement (collecting data) and connectedness. Survey’s, Observations, Goal setting Focus group analysis, pre testing, post testing Interviewing b. With their Peers Social interactions and social support structures in your classroom Pre teaching of social expectations in your classroom Peer teaching, group work learning c.With You Explicit teaching of your expectations Consistency and reliability (don’t promise things you cannot deliver) Use of positive and negative reinforcers, what’s their carrot? Behavioural disorders and Mental Health challenges within your class.

CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroom Building Connections With their learning

CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroom Building bridges between relationships and learning a.With their learning 1.Measuring engagement (collecting data) and connectedness. (Quantitative) 2.Survey’s, Observations, ( Qualitative) 3.Focus group analysis, 4. pre testing, post testing 5. Interviewing and Goal setting

CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroom Building bridges between relationships and learning Parent Interviews Try ThisAvAvoid This

CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroom Building bridges between relationships and learning b.With their Peers Pre teaching of social expectations in your classroom “ frequent peer victimization and low social support contributed significantly and independently to relatively poor mental health K. Rigby 2013 University of South Australia Social interactions and social support structures in your classroom Research results revealed a strong correlation between social support and self-esteem. Furthermore, a strong correlation was also found between family support and peer support. Tahir, 2015 Peer teaching and group work learning

CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroom Building bridges between relationships and learning Making sense of Student Behaviour. C. With You Proactive and Reactive strategies Proactive Reactive Explicit teaching of your expectations Consistency and reliability (don’t promise things you cannot deliver) Use of positive and negative reinforcers Behavioural disorders and Mental Health challenges within your class.

CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroom Building bridges between relationships and learning Making sense of Student Behaviour.

CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroom 4. Identify the function of the behaviour? What is the purpose of the behaviour What is achieved? -attention, object, escape, avoidance, What is the student telling us? What is he or she avoiding? -activity, direction, attention Why could he or she be displaying a particular behaviour? Source;Garrod, D ISTB Inservice

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CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroom ABC of recording Remember importance of ABC’s when recording Antecedent Behaviour Consequence Record the whole event it is important to observe all three factors.

CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroom

CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroomReferences 1.Effects of peer victimization in schools and perceived social support on adolescent well-being K. Rigby, University of South Australia, Relationship between Social Support and Self-Esteem of Adolescent Girls * Warda Bint-,e Tahir,Attiya Inam, Dr. Tahira Raana IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science 2015

CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroom The Brains Trust A network of support