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IS Methods – Students at risk Drs. John Vitale & Douglas Gosse Nipissing University, 2009

IS Methods – Students at risk Drs. John Vitale & Douglas Gosse Nipissing University, 2009. Please pick up a shell Please pick up class handout(s). The real reason why dinosaurs became extinct!. Glimpses From The Deep:. What is an “At Risk” Student? Think Pair & Share Classroom Activity

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IS Methods – Students at risk Drs. John Vitale & Douglas Gosse Nipissing University, 2009

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  1. IS Methods – Students at risk Drs. John Vitale & Douglas Gosse Nipissing University, 2009 • Please pick up a shell • Please pick up class handout(s) The real reason why dinosaurs became extinct!

  2. Glimpses From The Deep:

  3. What is an “At Risk” Student? • Think Pair & Share • Classroom Activity • In groups of four: • Develop a definition for “At Risk” students that you will share with the rest of the class

  4. Definition of an At-Risk Student Best Definition of At-Risk Students: (as determined by the class)

  5. Who is at risk in Ontario (OASAR, 2006)? • Elementary students performing at Level 1 or below grade expectations • Secondary student who previously studied at the modified or basic level • Secondary students performing significantly below the provincial standard, earning marks in the 50s and low 60s, and who do not t have the foundation to be successful in the new curriculum • Students who are disengaged with poor attendance

  6. Working With At Risk Students Remember the Pygmalion Theory of Teacher Expectations? BELIEVE Do you BELIEVE in your students? Do you BELIEVE that all students can succeed? Do you BELIEVE in yourself as a teacher? Do you BELIEVE that you can make a difference in the life of a student?

  7. Do you still BELIEVE in a student when he/she: Skips classes? Tells you to $!*%&!* YOURSELF? Is apathetic, lazy, and just does not care? Lies, cheats, and steals things from you? Interferes with the learning of other students? Makes you dread going to work? Makes you wish you had never become a teacher?

  8. “Do You Believe in Me” Speech Dalton Sherman of Dallas, TX as the keynote speaker at the Dallas Independent School District launch of the new school year. 12:28 AM CDT on Saturday, August 23, 2008By KATHERINE LEAL UNMUTH / The Dallas Morning News: kunmuth@dallasnews.com • The only thing more important than you (the teacher) believing in a student, is getting the student to believe in him/herself! • URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZm0BfXYvFg

  9. 7 Strategies for Building Relationships • Schedule the time to build the relationship • Take a genuine interest in something positive about the student (play up strengths) • Be respectful of cultural and economic differences • Find ways to develop the student’s interest • De-mystify your role • Build trust through consistency • ***Be a good listener***

  10. 7 Keys to Better Listening • Listening is not passive – it is active • Listen for unspoken fears, concerns, moods, and aspirations • Good Listening requires great wisdom • Listen to others with respect and validation • Listen without thinking of how you are going to respond • Listen for tell tale signs of impending trouble • Listen with optimism and positive human regard

  11. Case Study #1: Meet Tiffany York Catholic District School Board Each group has a question Identify some of the factors affecting Tiffany’s success. How do these factors influence Tiffany’s academic success?  How can you as an educator make a difference for Tiffany? Consider teaching methods and differentiation in your answer.  Identify the factors affecting Tiffany’s success that we, as educators, can control.  How do the barriers to Tiffany’s success manifest themselves in the classroom?

  12. Case Study #2: Reflect, retell, & relate Think, Pair & Share Activity Think about an at risk student that you went to high school with, or an at risk student that you taught during one of your practice teaching blocks. With another student: Identify the nature of the at risk student Identify teacher strategies that worked well to support that student’s success. Why did these work? Identify teacher strategies that did not work well to support that student’s success. Why did these not work? As a teacher, would it be easy to BELIEVE in this particular student? Why or why not?

  13. Ontario Association for Students At Risk URL:http://www.oasar.org/ We are dedicated to the needs of students at risk; in risky places; in risky times. Parents, teachers, youth workers, administrators, ministry personnel or any others who care about students at risk register for our conferences. Many of us work in isolated situations and would like to get together to:  discuss, learn, laugh, cry, teach, enjoy, eat, network, listen and speak. You are not alone. Come and join others with similar needs and interests.

  14. Food for Thought! “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” Leo Buscaglia (1924-199) (New York Times best selling author and former Professor of Special Education at the University of S. California)

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