DATs Professional learning

DATs Professional Learning
See above link for teacher voice from the reading

TO be effective need to respond to instructional situations and be flexible problem solvers.
Use the same instructional strategies across the curriculum.

Students learn best when in the zone of proximal development

Scaffold

Importance of feedback to affirm, inform and guide any future learning.
If it’s effective it motivates students

Reflections on Making Mistakes acceptable. Karen Boyes

Reading Link

SO true the importance of teaching strategies to deal with failure especially in this day and age.
Modeling I the best way I believe

So what can an educator do?

Here are some tips from the reading:

It again comes back to a growth mindset and how important this is to instill in the students.
An example I use every day. I do try and always talk with children if they have made a
mistake I always articulate for them to hear great. You must be learning as you know you ’ve 

made a mistake! Better still is you know why and how to fix it. Here’s the learning!
I BELIEVE THE MORE STUDENTS HEAR THIS SURELY THIS IS HELPING THEM.
IN the reading this is called NORMALISING MISTAKES

I also like the wordle idea for seniors great way to increase vocab. Visual Thesaurus

INtroduce the learning pit: again another idea but now because I am reminded of it!

E.g

Like the idea of displaying work in all stages not only the best BUT dependent on wall space!
Maybe some laminated work on rings?

Understanding Behaviour and Responding Safety

Learning from Brain Science

The brain learns through experiences. 
Strategies for anxiety and stress

• Calm the bain 
• through breathing - strong deep breaths this tells our brain that we're OK and we are the boss of our brain.

Grounding 

5 things you can see

4 things you can

1 thing hear

3 things you can touch

1 thing you can taste

Distract

Service for others can work too brings them away from themselves

Give them an image to think of

Thinking

Change to brave thinking. 

'I do know this' so I don't need to worry or be anxious.

"we're OK' by thining powerful thoughts

The more clam we can be the better we are to support others in this state

Zones of regulation find e.g.s on Pinterest .