Building Successful Relationships with Students

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Building Successful Relationships with Students

• Darin Powell
• Principal, Bowling Green High School

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• Rule 1 - Students will not care how much you
  know until you show them how much you care!
• Rule 2 - You must walk the walk, not just talk
  the talk!

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Developing Rapport with Your Students
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The First Day of School Make a Great First
Impression!!!!!!!!

• How will you dress?
• How will you welcome your students?
• How will you assign seating?
• How will you introduce yourself?
• How will you arrange your room to make it
  inviting to students?

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THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

• Be friendly, but dont be their best friend.
• Communicate high expectations and have rigorous
  standards of achievement for all levels of
  students.

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• Respect each student as a unique individual and
  meet those unique needs.
• Focus on each students strengths and build on
  his/her successes.
• Dont judge a book by its cover.
• Present examples drawn from their life
  experiences.

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• Develop positive family involvement.
• Pick the toughest student in each class and
  build a relationship with him or her!
• Attend school functions that involve your
  students and praise them about their performance.
• Use the Savings Account approach with your at
  risk students!

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• LISTEN to your students and their concerns!
• Perception Reality
• The toughest PBTE you will receive will come from
  your students.
• This PBTE will be reported to all of the parents
  and shared by word of mouth with the rest of the
  community of Bowling Green!

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Getting Parents on Your Side
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• Make a special effort at the beginning of the
  year to reach out to parents.
• Make parents feel welcomed and accepted.

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• Make positive contacts throughout the year.
• When conflict occurs, beat the story home!

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• COMMUNICATE-COMMUNICATE-COMMUNICATE!
• Use various forms of communication
• Newsletters
• E-mail
• Interactive User Friendly Webpages
• Personal positive contacts
• Keep grades up to date on SIS for Parentlink

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The Power of Non-Verbal Communications With Your
Students and Parents
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As a teacher, your nonverbal communications

• Express emotions Give you a sense of
  personality in the eyes of your students.
• Convey personal attitudes Your expressions show
  your true attitude.
• Work with your verbal communications Nonverbal
  behavior either reinforces or contradicts what
  you say.

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Gestures and Body Movement

• Your gestures must compliment what you say
  verbally.
• Communication problems arise between teachers and
  students when gestures suggest a different
  meaning than the verbal message.

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Honoring Personal Space

• Intimate zone Contact to 18 inches
• Personal zone 18 inches to 4 feet, interactions
  personal or private.
• Social zone 4 to 12 feet, education meetings,
  small groups
• Public zone 12 feet and beyond
• If rules of space are violated then students or
  parents may be offended.

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Classroom Arrangement

• Students are influenced by what they see in your
  classroom.
• Effective use can show your students that you are
  professional, personable, and accessible.
• The best classroom arrangement puts the least
  distance and barriers between you and your
  students.

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Optimum Interior Loop
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Central Aisle
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Double E
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Computer Room
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Band Room
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Free Form
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Differentiating Instruction to Build
Relationships with Students
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Student EngagementActivity

• The more interesting an assignment is, the more
  likely students are to complete it.
• On the next slide, you will be given a list of
  ten activities.
• Write these down and then do the following
• In your opinion, place the two to three most
  interesting activities in order.
• In your opinion, place the two to three least
  interesting activities in order.

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Ten Possible Instructional Strategies

• Teaching someone else
• Fill out worksheet
• Lecture
• Discussion with others
• Lecture with visuals
• Reading assignment

• Having a personal experience (Hands on making
  connections)
• Using only visuals
• Using art, drama, music, movement (Integrated
  with curriculum content)

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Learning Pyramid
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Learning Pyramid
Fill out worksheet
Reading Assignment
Lecture
Using only visuals
Lecture with visuals
Discussion with others
Having a personal experience Making
connections (hands on)
Teaching someone else
Use art, drama, music, movement Integrated
curriculum with content
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Will You Differentiate Instruction?

• Will students be able to select among several
  materials to learn concepts?
• Will students with an understanding of
  competencies be challenged to learn alternate
  content?
• In your classroom, will there be places where
  students can work privately?
• Will you rearrange desks for small-group or
  whole-group learning?

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Will You Differentiate Instruction?

• Will your classroom instruction use multiple
  grouping strategies?
• Will questions be asked at a variety of levels
  that will encourage all students to participate
  in class discussion?
• Will your classroom incorporate technology,
  movement, and a variety of media?
• Will your the classroom involve learning options?

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According to Students, Good Teachers Differentiate

• You know how to differentiate in the classroom.
• Giving students extra attention
• Extra Notes
• Alternative Information
• Study Guides for struggling students
• Trying different types of instruction based on
  student learning styles.

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Differentiated Teaching Strategies

• Incorporate visual cues (concept maps, scaffolds)
• Technology, movement, and other media
• Student options for completing assignments/project
  s based on learning styles
• Visual (creating a poster)
• Auditory (interview or oral report)
• Kinesthetic (creating a skit or dance)
• Other options for homework/long assignments

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In Conclusion

• We are expected to give ALL students a high
  quality education!
• Differentiating instruction will ensure a higher
  rate of success for all levels of students.
• This process comes naturally to teachers that
  want what is best for all of their students.

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Top Ten Ways to Develop Relationships with
Students
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• 10. Speak to students and greet them cheerfully.
  Smile at students. It takes 72 muscles to frown
  and only 14 to smile.

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• 9. Set high expectations and do not accept
  excuses. Provide each student with the means to
  succeed.

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• 8. Call students by name.

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• 7. Be friendly and helpful.

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• 6. Speak and act as if everything you do is a
  joy to you.

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• 5. Be genuinely interested in your students and
  their likes/dislikes.

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• 4. Be considerate of your students feelings.
  Remember there are usually three sides to every
  story Yours, theirs, and the right side.

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• 3. Be generous with praise and cautious with
  criticism in dealing with students.

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• 2. Model respect for all students and address
  incidents of disrespect in your class.

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• 1. Maintain a good sense of humor, a huge dose
  of patience, and a dash of humility.

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Which Teacher Will You Become?
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• Barbara Colorosos 3 types of teachers.
• THE BRICKWALL The teacher is all powerful and
  the student is a subordinate.

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• THE JELLYFISH Wishy-washy and inconsistent
  about classroom management and instruction.

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• THE BACKBONE The teacher provides the support
  and structure necessary for students to realize
  their uniqueness and to come to know their true
  selves.

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• Perception Reputation
• Students
• Parents
• Staff
• Community
• What you are perceived by these groups is who you
  are as a teacher?
• Earn your reputation!!!!!!!!!

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The Make a Difference Movie by Mary Robinson
Reynolds