Create and maintain safe and supportive learning
environments
As a teacher I strive to build strong and supportive learning environments to optimise my student’s learning potential.
Factors that I aim to address in my teaching practice:
Support student participation – I aim to develop ways to increase student participation and engagement with the classroom. By asking students to work within groups that they normally would not associate with as a good way to increase a sense of team work within the classroom and also belonging for those students who are often left to feel left out. By developing activities that are tailored to engage students with their peers and their lessons in new and differing ways to the norm.
Manage classroom activities – By ensuring that all classroom activities that I implement are run in an organised manner, with clear, concise directions, learning outcomes and behavioural expectation articulated to the students, students are aware of what is happening and what is expected from them.
Managing Challenging Behaviour – As a teacher, I believe that every child has the right to learn; this right is not to be impeded by classroom and behaviour management issues. I have found that once positive and mutual relationships have been built, students respect you which results in a much more cohesive learning environment. I set my students clear behavioural expectations and have found that particularly in the early years, reminding students at the beginning of session that you expect nothing but the best from them and the possible consequences for their indiscretions. Students are children, and possess a childish innocence so often students won’t realise they are disrupting their friends because all they want to do is tell their funny story. It is important to be sensitive when addressing issues of behaviour management, but in cases of extreme behavioural issues, a firmer approach may be necessary. It is imperative to know your students and know their personalities when finding the most effective strategies to ensure classroom behavioural standards are being met.
Maintain student safety – In order for students to feel safe in their classroom, their teacher must provide them a safe and supportive learning environment. Students must feel comfortable and as a teacher I must be friendly and approachable to ensure that all students in the school feel confident in coming to me for guidance or help, and not just the students in my class. A direct action I can rake to ensure student safety in my classroom is to monitor the use of ICT safely, responsibly and ethically. Internet safety is a prevalent issue in all classes as students are becoming more and more capable of using the interest as they grow up which can potentially expose them to a number of dangers. It is important to education students on issues of internet safety and warn them of the dangers of social networking sites as it is an aspect many of them will not consider when they use the internet.
As a teacher I strive to build strong and supportive learning environments to optimise my student’s learning potential.
Factors that I aim to address in my teaching practice:
Support student participation – I aim to develop ways to increase student participation and engagement with the classroom. By asking students to work within groups that they normally would not associate with as a good way to increase a sense of team work within the classroom and also belonging for those students who are often left to feel left out. By developing activities that are tailored to engage students with their peers and their lessons in new and differing ways to the norm.
Manage classroom activities – By ensuring that all classroom activities that I implement are run in an organised manner, with clear, concise directions, learning outcomes and behavioural expectation articulated to the students, students are aware of what is happening and what is expected from them.
Managing Challenging Behaviour – As a teacher, I believe that every child has the right to learn; this right is not to be impeded by classroom and behaviour management issues. I have found that once positive and mutual relationships have been built, students respect you which results in a much more cohesive learning environment. I set my students clear behavioural expectations and have found that particularly in the early years, reminding students at the beginning of session that you expect nothing but the best from them and the possible consequences for their indiscretions. Students are children, and possess a childish innocence so often students won’t realise they are disrupting their friends because all they want to do is tell their funny story. It is important to be sensitive when addressing issues of behaviour management, but in cases of extreme behavioural issues, a firmer approach may be necessary. It is imperative to know your students and know their personalities when finding the most effective strategies to ensure classroom behavioural standards are being met.
Maintain student safety – In order for students to feel safe in their classroom, their teacher must provide them a safe and supportive learning environment. Students must feel comfortable and as a teacher I must be friendly and approachable to ensure that all students in the school feel confident in coming to me for guidance or help, and not just the students in my class. A direct action I can rake to ensure student safety in my classroom is to monitor the use of ICT safely, responsibly and ethically. Internet safety is a prevalent issue in all classes as students are becoming more and more capable of using the interest as they grow up which can potentially expose them to a number of dangers. It is important to education students on issues of internet safety and warn them of the dangers of social networking sites as it is an aspect many of them will not consider when they use the internet.