Building Relationships within the Classroom (PBIS)
Summary
TLDRThis video emphasizes the importance of building strong relationships between teachers and students. It outlines various strategies such as greeting students at the door, conducting surveys to learn about their interests, using icebreakers, and acknowledging students by name. The script also highlights the significance of daily check-ins and morning meetings that foster a sense of community. These practices not only enhance the learning environment but also contribute to students' emotional well-being and academic success.
Takeaways
- đ Building relationships with students is crucial for effective teaching.
- đ Greeting students at the door helps establish a personal connection.
- đ Conducting student surveys about their interests can reveal more about them.
- đ·ïž Creating anagram name tags encourages students to express themselves.
- đŁïž Acknowledging students by name fosters a sense of recognition and belonging.
- đ Celebrating students' birthdays as a class builds community.
- đ Daily check-ins allow teachers to gauge students' well-being and address concerns.
- đ€ Morning meetings with structured activities promote interaction and engagement.
- đ€ Pre-written questions can serve as conversation starters to learn more about students.
- đ Icebreaker questions in groups help students get to know each other better.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the video?
-The main focus of the video is on building relationships, specifically between teachers and their students.
Why is it important for teachers to build relationships with their students?
-Building relationships is important because students are more likely to respond and work with teachers who show they care and know something about them.
What is one of the strategies suggested in the video for teachers to connect with their students?
-One strategy is for teachers to meet and greet students at the door, asking them how they are doing and showing interest in their lives.
What is a student survey of interest and how does it help in building relationships?
-A student survey of interest involves having students complete a survey about their favorite things, like candy bars, TV shows, or school subjects. This helps teachers learn more about their students' preferences and interests.
Can you explain the concept of an anagram name tag mentioned in the video?
-An anagram name tag is a creative way for students to express themselves by completing a name tag with their name and an adjective that starts with the same letter and describes them, such as 'Artistic Andy' or 'Joyful Jenny'.
How does acknowledging students with their name contribute to relationship building?
-Acknowledging students by their names when you see them in the hallway shows that you know and value them as individuals, which strengthens the relationship.
What are weekly questions about you and how do they benefit the teacher-student relationship?
-Weekly questions about you are pre-written questions that teachers share with students, such as why they became a teacher or what they like to do on weekends. This helps students get to know the teacher better and fosters a more personal connection.
What is the purpose of weekly icebreaker questions in the classroom?
-Weekly icebreaker questions are used to create a fun and engaging atmosphere in the classroom. They involve students in groups or pairs, asking them silly or thought-provoking questions to encourage interaction and laughter.
Why is it significant to have a birthday chart in the classroom?
-A birthday chart is significant because it allows the class to celebrate students' birthdays together, fostering a sense of community and making students feel special and included.
What is a daily check-in and how does it help in understanding students' well-being?
-A daily check-in is a routine at the start of each day where the teacher asks students to rate their day from one to five, with one being the best. This helps the teacher identify students who are doing well or struggling and allows for individual follow-up.
Can you describe the structure of a morning meeting as outlined in the video?
-A morning meeting is structured into four parts: greeting, game or activity, sharing, and review of the meeting. It is designed to allow students to build relationships with the teacher and each other.
How does the video demonstrate the importance of safety and responsibility during trust-building activities?
-The video demonstrates the importance of safety and responsibility by showing a trust fall activity where students must be responsible for catching each other to prevent injury, emphasizing the role of trust and accountability in building relationships.
What additional tips are provided in the video for building positive relationships with students?
-Additional tips include looking for commonalities, speaking on differences, being yourself, attending students' extracurricular events, expressing belief in students' abilities, smiling, and creating a positive classroom environment through decor, lighting, and tone of voice.
Outlines
đ Building Teacher-Student Relationships
This paragraph discusses strategies for building strong relationships between teachers and students. It emphasizes the importance of teachers showing genuine care and interest in their students' lives. Techniques mentioned include meeting and greeting at the door, conducting student surveys to learn about their interests, creating name tags with descriptive adjectives, acknowledging students by name, and engaging in weekly icebreaker activities. Additionally, the paragraph suggests celebrating students' birthdays as a class, conducting daily check-ins to gauge students' well-being, and holding morning meetings that include greetings, games, sharing, and reviews. These approaches aim to foster a positive classroom environment where students feel valued and connected to their teacher.
đ Enhancing Classroom Dynamics Through Activities
The second paragraph delves into the specifics of classroom activities that enhance student engagement and relationship-building. It outlines the structure of a morning meeting, which includes a greeting, an activity, sharing, and a review. The paragraph also highlights the importance of safety and responsibility during trust-building exercises like trust falls. It discusses the role of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) in creating a respectful and responsible classroom culture. The paragraph suggests that teachers should be proactive in their interactions with students, attending their extracurricular events, and expressing belief in their capabilities. It also touches on the impact of classroom decor, lighting, music, and the teacher's tone of voice on fostering a positive learning environment. The paragraph concludes with an invitation for viewers to reflect on their own practices for building positive classroom relationships.
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Keywords
đĄBuilding Relationships
đĄMeet and Greet
đĄMorning Meeting
đĄStudent Survey of Interest
đĄIcebreaker Questions
đĄAcknowledge Students
đĄTrust Building Activities
đĄPositive Classroom Environment
đĄPBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports)
đĄDaily Check-in
Highlights
Building relationships is crucial for teachers to connect with their students.
Students respond better to teachers who show genuine care and interest in them.
Meeting and greeting at the door helps establish rapport with students.
Student surveys about personal interests can reveal more about their personalities.
Anagram name tags are a fun way for students to express themselves.
Acknowledging students by name fosters a sense of recognition and belonging.
Weekly questions about the teacher help humanize the educator and build trust.
Weekly icebreaker questions encourage interaction and fun among students.
A birthday chart and singing Happy Birthday creates a celebratory classroom culture.
Daily check-ins allow teachers to gauge student moods and well-being.
Morning meetings can be structured with greetings, games, sharing, and reviews.
Greeting activities like fist bumps with an 'explosion' add a playful touch to morning meetings.
Sharing sessions in morning meetings require students to make eye contact and state their names.
Icebreakers like trust falls during morning meetings teach safety and responsibility.
Being respectful and responsible are key themes in building relationships.
Resources like the PBIS building relationships book offer additional strategies for educators.
Creating a positive environment involves commonalities, differences, and classroom decor.
Teachers are encouraged to be themselves, attend student events, and show belief in their students' abilities.
One-on-one connections with students, like discussing personal interests, strengthen bonds.
Transcripts
this video covers building relationships
this video clip shows a teacher building
relationships with their students
Thanksgiving night
are you more likely to respond and work
with a boss who cares about you know
something about you and is happy to see
you every day
students are the same way they are
looking for teachers who care about them
know something about them and work
towards building a real relationship
building relationships meet and greet at
the door stand at the door while
students arrive and say hello and ask a
few students how they are doing student
survey of interest have students
complete survey about their favorite
thing 80 favorite candy bar television
show or subject in school an anagram
name tag how the students complete a
name tag with their name and an
adjective that describes them and starts
the same letter for example artistic
Andy or joy is Jenny acknowledging
students with their name whenever you
see them in the hallway this clip shows
the teacher meeting students and
greeting them in the hallway
weekly questions about you once a week
and two pre-written questions about you
for example why did you become a teacher
what is your favorite thing to do on the
weekend
weekly icebreaker questions have
students in groups all with partners and
two random silly questions like if they
made a movie about your life who would
play you or if you could only eat fruit
or vegetables the rest of your life
which would you choose
a birthday chart have a calendar of all
the students birthdays and sing them a
Happy Birthday song as a class I give
the student a card
daily check-in at the beginning of each
day the teacher asks the students how
they are doing any student raises a
finger with one being the best and five
being the worst the teacher calls on a
few students that raise a one or two and
ask them why they are doing so well the
teacher makes an effort to individually
check on students who raised a four or
five to see why they are having a bad
day or any meeting students usually sit
in a circle a morning meeting is divided
into four parts greeting game or
activity sharing and review of the
meeting
according meaning allowed students to
build relationships with the teacher and
each other
for more information Google morning
meeting a video of the entire morning
meeting is available on MPs PBIS YouTube
channel under MPs morning pool
all right good morning everybody we're
going to have our morning meeting today
so I hope you're all ready to have a
good time sharing with each other who
can tell me what is the first part of
our morning meeting
what is the first part of our morning
meeting Lois hmm
our greeting today we are going to have
our greeting put them in the eye
for today's greeting we're going to do
it this bump we're going to do a fist
bump with a little explosion at the end
when we do our fist bump we're going to
do like this and that's our explosion so
you're going to do that with the person
on either side of you make sure you look
them in the eye say their name smile do
a fist bump until the one thing that you
did this Passman Thanksgiving weekend
with some after we finished our greeting
what's our next part of our morning
meeting Gabriella we get to play a game
or do an activity of some sort today's
activity is going to be the magic box
we're on a jukebox we're going to move
on to the next part of our morning
meeting what is the next part of our
morning meeting called the next part
called you know our sharing what do we
have to remember when we share Joanna
make eye contact with food everybody
what else do we have to remember when
say your name what else do we have to
remember
don't talk if you don't have smiling
you're smiling remember we're going to
pass smiling if you have smiley you are
allowed to talk if you do not you must
be quiet and a good listener
so thank you very much for you all of
your sharing I would I'm going to take
three different people who have
something now that they would like to
share with how they felt that our
morning meeting went
why don't we need to be safe when we're
doing our trust Falls why we need to be
safe once so knuckle fall their head you
know casually somebody can fall and they
can actually hurt themselves correct
what else we need to be safe to trust
you to catch them so if somebody gets
hurt whose fault is it ours know what's
another natural look you guys know
Cynthia be responsible how does this
demonstrate the irresponsible Oh coming
you have to catch the person because if
you're not being responsible what
happens to that person income they've
also again be responsible be safe
something can get hurt right okay what's
another PBIS role armando again I do
this
Cynthia be respectful and what is being
respectful
to catch them not catch like a hands up
like this
step one cat is ready step two right
step three step four untrusting good
trusting good from me other ideas
located in our PBIS building
relationships book also available on our
RTI PBIS website under resources
behavior
non-tangible relationship-building look
for commonalities speak on differences
be yourself open up to your students go
to sporting events or part-time jobs
tell students you know they can do well
smile develop classroom pride displays
didn't work classroom decor look at your
rooms lighting play music tone of voice
and decorum with students this clip
shows the teacher connecting one on one
with the students
like the ones I'm sorry to you about
your bathroom capsule a day longer than
they do it like that are you lose hey
guess who won yesterday sorry
guess which team won there's one yeah
yeah please pause the video and discuss
what are things you have done in your
room to build a positive environment and
create positive relationships
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