Steps to Create a Safe Learning Environment

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Steps to Create a Safe Learning Environment
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Introduction

• The
  importance of building a safe learning
  environments for your learners is something that
  cannot be overstated. It is true that every
  student learns a bit differently from the next,
  the environment itself plays a significant role
  in their development.
• i) ABOUT STUDENTS
  
• ii) WORK ON YOURSELF AS AN EDUCATOR
• iii) CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENTS
• iv) BUILD A JUDGMENT-FREE ZONE
• v) PREVENT BULLYING

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IT'S ABOUT STUDENTS

• In your quest to foster safe learning
  environments, your biggest ally along the way
  will be your learners themselves. Take steps to
  change yourself to fit in with how they want to
  learn first and foremost. Here are some quetions
  that should be asked to them to know what you
  could be doing to help them.

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• i) Are you moving from one lesson
  to another too quickly? Too slowly?
• ii) Are they disengaged from one
  particular topic?
• iii) Do they like to work by
  themselves or are they more comfortable breaking
  down into teams?
• iv) Are your students feeling uneasy
  about the environment that you've already
  created?
• No question is too small to ask and
  no topic should be off the table.

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WORK ON YOURSELF AS AN EDUCATOR

• Show your students that you yourself are
  comfortable in the environment that you've
  created. Then before you know it they will begin
  to grow more at ease themselves.
• You can create safe learning environments for
  children if you also lead by example. If you show
  kids how important kindness is by taking every
  opportunity to be kind yourself, they will
  follow.
• The reverse is also true, however. If you're
  quick to lose your temper, this will set a
  negative example that will eventually become hard
  to break from.

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CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENTS

• Major benefits of safe learning environments is
  that students will begin to take pride in their
  work and in themselves.
• One of the best ways to help your kids achieve
  their goals is by celebrating their achievements
  as they are happening. By celebrating all
  students, you foster an open environment filled
  with happiness and creativity.
• For instance, if a student writes a particular
  essay you're really impressed with, read it out
  loud for everyone else to hear. If a student
  draws a particularly striking image, post it in
  public so everyone else can enjoy it. By doing
  such things, they'll feel a sense of trust if you
  ask them first.

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BUILD A JUDGMENT-FREE ZONE

• If you ask most adults why they're afraid of
  public speaking, one of the most common answers
  that you will get is that they're afraid of being
  judged. The same concept is true of young
  students.
• If the children feel like any time they open
  their mouth to answer a question they might get
  judged negatively by their peers, they will stop
  opening themselves up. To combat this, you need
  to go out of your way to create an environment
  free from judgment. Let them know that failure is
  a learning experience.

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PREVENT BULLYING

• Bullying can have a wide spectrum of effects on
  a student including anger, depression, stress,
  and suicide. Additionally, the bully can develop
  different social disorders or have a higher
  chance of engaging in criminal activity.
• Teachers can consider these ways to promote the
  respect, positive relations, and to prevent
  bullying in the classroom
• i) Develop rules with students so they set
  their own climate of respect and responsibility.
• ii) Reward good behavior. Try to affirm
  good behavior four to five times for every one
  criticism of bad behavior.
• iii) Use positive terms, like what to do,
  rather than what not to do.
• iv) Help students correct their behaviors.
  Help them understand violating the rules results
  in consequences.

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Conclusion

• There are many CBSE
  affiliated schools in Madurai which tends to
  create a positive and safe environment that
  supports the learning and development of all
  students. Such CBSE schools in Madurai has an
  environment guided by the principles of respect
  and understanding where the dignity of all
  students is recognized and protected.