incredible years teachers central otago. a difficult student how does the teacher feel? how does the...
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Incredible Years Incredible Years TeachersTeachers
Central OtagoCentral Otago
A Difficult StudentA Difficult Student
How does the teacher feel?How does the teacher feel?
How does the student feel?How does the student feel?
How do their parents feel?How do their parents feel?
Vignette 1Vignette 1
How does the teacher show How does the teacher show interest in the girl?interest in the girl?
What do you think about What do you think about the lack of eye contact?the lack of eye contact?
Do you do anything in Do you do anything in particular at the particular at the beginning of the year to beginning of the year to get to know your get to know your students’ interests/ students’ interests/ talents?talents?
Vignette 2Vignette 2
What is the value in teachers What is the value in teachers joining in children’s fun? joining in children’s fun?
Share with each other the Share with each other the ways that you are playful in ways that you are playful in your classroom.your classroom.
Vignette 3Vignette 3
Record in your group the Record in your group the opportunities you provide for opportunities you provide for role play and make believe.role play and make believe.
In what ways could you In what ways could you make learning more fun in make learning more fun in your classroom?your classroom?
What activities enable What activities enable you to have one to one you to have one to one time with your students?time with your students?
Vignette 7,8,9Vignette 7,8,9
Discuss with the person sitting Discuss with the person sitting next to you why separations and next to you why separations and reunions are so important to reunions are so important to children. Share good ideas you children. Share good ideas you have for greeting and have for greeting and farewelling each student.farewelling each student.
What ideas do you have What ideas do you have for establishing positive for establishing positive relationships with relationships with students’ parents?students’ parents?
Vignette S2Vignette S2
What is emphasised about the What is emphasised about the homework?homework?
What message is conveyed to the What message is conveyed to the mother about her participation in her mother about her participation in her child’s homework?child’s homework?
How do you share information with How do you share information with parents?parents?
Preventing Behaviour ProblemsPreventing Behaviour Problems
How as classroom teachers do How as classroom teachers do we prevent we prevent
misbehaviour?misbehaviour?
How can we be proactive?How can we be proactive?
What can we do in our What can we do in our classrooms?classrooms?
First NarrationFirst Narration
In pairs discuss alternative ways In pairs discuss alternative ways to state rules.to state rules.
Vignette S3Vignette S3
What is the value of showing What is the value of showing children the picture cue cards of children the picture cue cards of the rules?the rules?
Why do children need to enact Why do children need to enact or demonstrate the rule?or demonstrate the rule?
Share with each other ideas Share with each other ideas you use to create a workable you use to create a workable classroom environment, eg desk classroom environment, eg desk placement, seating plan.placement, seating plan.
What methods have you found What methods have you found successful for signalling successful for signalling transitions?transitions?
Vignette S9Vignette S9
What strategies do you use to What strategies do you use to re-engage children’s attention?re-engage children’s attention?
What purpose does the elevator What purpose does the elevator imagery serve?imagery serve?
Brainstorm strategies Brainstorm strategies you use to calm and re-you use to calm and re-engage students.engage students.
Wiggle BreakWiggle Break
Vignette 12Vignette 12
How does the counting help?How does the counting help?
What is the point of framing the What is the point of framing the lining up process in terms of lining up process in terms of magic?magic?
Vignette 13Vignette 13
What makes this interaction What makes this interaction effective?effective?
Vignette 17 &18Vignette 17 &18
What are all the strategies this What are all the strategies this teacher uses to get his students’ teacher uses to get his students’ attention?attention?
Shut upShut up Quit shoutingQuit shouting Stop runningStop running Watch itWatch it Why don’t you put that away?Why don’t you put that away? Lets clean up the blocks?Lets clean up the blocks? Cut it outCut it out What is your coat doing there?What is your coat doing there? Why is your backpack there?Why is your backpack there? Don’t push him like a bull.Don’t push him like a bull. Why is your book still on the desk?Why is your book still on the desk? You look like a mess.You look like a mess. Stop bugging your friend.Stop bugging your friend. You are never ready.You are never ready. You must stop touching her in circle timeYou must stop touching her in circle time Your desk is a messYour desk is a mess Don’t whineDon’t whine You are impossibleYou are impossible Stop dawdlingStop dawdling Hurry upHurry up Be quietBe quiet Why are you out of your seat when you’ve been told not to?Why are you out of your seat when you’ve been told not to? What are you doing bothering your friend?What are you doing bothering your friend? Are you stupid.Are you stupid.
Vignette 29Vignette 29
How could this teacher end the How could this teacher end the day more positively.day more positively.
Brainstorm ideas you use for a Brainstorm ideas you use for a positive end to the day.positive end to the day.
Vignette 36Vignette 36
What strategies is this teacher What strategies is this teacher using? using?
In what ways are they effective?In what ways are they effective?
Why is using a child’s name Why is using a child’s name important?important?
Vignettes 38 & 39Vignettes 38 & 39
What is the value here of giving What is the value here of giving options?options?
Is offering choices incompatible Is offering choices incompatible with keeping control of the with keeping control of the classroom?classroom?
What choices do you offer your What choices do you offer your students?students?
Vignette 41Vignette 41
How else might you use non verbal How else might you use non verbal cues to signal quiet or staying in their cues to signal quiet or staying in their seat?seat?
How might she be more preventative How might she be more preventative in helping the children stay working in helping the children stay working while she works with small groups on while she works with small groups on reading? reading?
Vignette 53 & 54Vignette 53 & 54
In what ways do you remind In what ways do you remind yourself to praise compliance?yourself to praise compliance?
Have fun practising your Have fun practising your relationship building and relationship building and proactive skills. Contact us if proactive skills. Contact us if you need any help. See you you need any help. See you here next time.here next time.
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