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Classroom Meetings Springfield Elementary School

Classroom Meetings Springfield Elementary School. Presentation by: Kristen Salamone. What Are Classroom Meetings?. An exchange of ideas between teacher and students to enhance social, emotional, and intellectual development for all class members. Whoa! Stop and Look!.

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Classroom Meetings Springfield Elementary School

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  1. Classroom MeetingsSpringfield Elementary School Presentation by: Kristen Salamone

  2. What Are Classroom Meetings? • An exchange of ideas between teacher and students to enhance social, emotional, and intellectual development for all class members.

  3. Whoa! Stop and Look! • 160,000 children miss school everyday due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. (NEA) • Every seven minutes a student is bullied at school. (Dan Olweus) • One of of twenty students has seen a student with a gun at school. (NYVPRC) • Suicide was the third leading cause of death for young people 10 to 19 years old in 2000. (NYVPRC)

  4. Solutions? • Build Emotional Intelligence • Increase student Empathy • Open environment vs. Closed doors • Lasting relationships built upon trust

  5. Purposes of Class Meetings • Sense of Belonging. • Solve Conflict. • Make suggestions, take ownership, plan activities. • Improve academics. • Classroom management tool. • Unify the class.

  6. Skills to Live by! • Intrapersonal Skills • Interpersonal Skills • Strategic Skills • Judgment Skills

  7. Key Components of Class Meetings • Consistent-conducted every week at the same time. • 15-30 minutes per meeting. • Teacher=Facilitator • Create a “talk ticket” or item that participant must be holding to talk. • Suggestion box visible. • Secretary and visual aides used.

  8. 5 Kinds of Class Meetings • Good News- “Who has some good news to share” • Goal-setting • Problem Solving • Individual • Group • Complaints and recommendations • Planning • Concept

  9. Steps in a Class Meeting • Circle Up • Set the Code • Compliments and Thank You’s • Set the Agenda • Pose the Problem/Question • Personal Thinking Time • Partner Talk • Signal for Quiet • Whole-Group Discussion • Close the Meeting

  10. Circling Up • State rules for circling up • Decide floor or chairs • Everyone MUST be at same level • 1 minute or less: time students, becomes a great activity

  11. Code for Class Meetings • Give students ownership • 3-5 rules • Model code

  12. Compliments and Thank You’s • I would like to compliment ___ for ___. • Compliments are given for: • Helpfulness • Accomplishments • Sharing • Just say “Thank You!”

  13. The Agenda • Call the meeting to order. • Compliments and Thank You’s. • Old Business-Brief summary on last week’s meeting. • New Business- “Today our class meeting is _____.” • Close the meeting.

  14. Pose the Problem/Concept • Example: “Several people have reported (via the class meeting box) that there has been much pushing in line. How can we solve this?”

  15. Personal Thinking Time • Give the students a minute of silence to think individually about the problem and possible solutions.

  16. Partner Talk • Pair Share • Have partners discuss thoughts with each other for 1-2 minutes. • Have partners come up with possible solutions for 1-2 minutes.

  17. Signal for Quiet • Establish signal (during first meeting) that can be used to call class back together.

  18. Whole Group Discussion • Review steps in solving problems • Related Solutions • Develop Consensus • Make a plan (if needed)

  19. Problem Solving Steps • Identify the Problem- “It sounds like the problem is…” • Brainstorm Possible Solutions • Discuss/Choose A Solution • Make A Plan

  20. 4 R’s of Solutions! • Related • Respectful • Reasonable • Revealed

  21. Methods to Close a Meeting • Learning • Partners • Silence • Remembering • Complete the Sentence • Evaluation

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