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Developing Social Emotional Awareness in Novice Teachers. Door Prize . Using one of the index cards provided, write your response to the following prompt: Why did you select this session? What is one question you have? Your responses will be collected at the end and entered for a door prize!.
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Door Prize Using one of the index cards provided, write your response to the following prompt: Why did you select this session? What is one question you have? Your responses will be collected at the end and entered for a door prize!
Our Agenda Today • Review Social Emotional Climate Research • Share 3 practical strategies • Create an Action Plan
Research Overview REVIEW Open Circle – Social Emotional Climate and the Success of Teachers: A New Look at the On-Going Challenge of New Teacher Retention (2005)Jacob Murray NTC website - October 25, 2013- Social and Emotional Learning must be embedded in “great teaching” Kyle Miller Edutopia– Resources from Mount Desert Elementary School – Rebecca Heniser’s Collaborative Teaching Form
Why you should read the report.. It compares effective teachers to novice teachers in key categories…areas where the social and emotional development of the novice teacher’s students influences the teacher’s effectiveness in the classroom Rule setting Routines and transitions Situational awareness Forming relationships Responding to misbehavior
Strategy 1 Integrating Student Voices into Mentoring Conversations
Online Survey Feedback “She helps me when I don’t know what to do. I know I can talk to her if I need to.”
What we learned about anonymous surveys Novice teachers’ confidence increased based on responses from students when it indicated proficiency
What we learned about anonymous surveys Feedback from the students motivated novice teachers to reflect and change their practices!
What we learned about anonymous surveys The data yielded by the student surveys provides information the novice teacher would otherwise not be able to access
We learned the protocol ensures … … the mentors and novices REFLECT on the data separately ALIGN practices to state and district standards SET GOALS to improve practice.
How would you use Student Surveys in your context? Notes Strategy 1
Support for Group Mentoring: A Principal’s Perspective
Strategy 2 Mentor Led Problem-Solving Groups
How would you use Problem Solving groups? Notes Strategy 2
Strategy 3 Novice Teachers as Emerging Leaders: Sharing Best Practices
How would you use Best Practices groups with novice teacher leaders in your context? Notes Strategy 3
Time to Reflect and Create … ACTION PLAN What will you DO as a result of attending this session? Review your notes…
INSIGHT #1 When novice teachers and mentors discuss anonymous student perspectives using a protocol ---the novices can immediately change their practices to become more effective teachers
INSIGHT #2 When novice teachers experience social emotional learning in problem solving groups they become less anxious and respond to their students in an emotionally balanced way.
INSIGHT #3 When novice teachers share best practices with each other, leading their own groups, they experience confidence in their teaching practices and learn how to be colleagues.
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