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Building a Classroom Community

HS: High School

Created on August 29, 2023

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Building Classroom Community

Students as Individuals

Establish Norms

Students as part of a whole

Challenging Content

Routines

Async Learners

Use the first 5 minutes purposfully rather than for reminders

Consider Creating during a class discussion

Greet students by name each class

Purposefully integrate peer to peer collaboration

Find the expectation sweetspot

Outline the benefits and whats in it for them.

Keep posted in your room or reference frequently

Highlight student interest, talents, and successes

Established routines can help deminish anxiety for learners

Provide variable learning opportunities

Consider barriers to learning and engaging

Show them what they are missing!

Provide time for students to share their thoughts

Provide time for students to share their thoughts and experiences

Design multiple ways for students to interact with the group

Embed student interest areas and real world applications

Relationships are key

Make feedback a norm. Both from the teacher and from peers

Create opportunity for students to introduce themselves to peers

Highlight when students help each other

Be Persistent

Why they should come

Many learners give up on live lessons before they even begin high school.

After the first few weeks of the year, attendance in live lessons tends to drop. Here are a few things that you can do to encourage your learners to jump back into live lessons.

  • Include relavent data about students that attend live lessons.
    • This can be based on your prior experience (ex. 80% of learners who regularly attended live lessons maintained a B or above average)
  • Send weekly highlight summaries (written or video)
    • Include linkes to resources used in class (especially those that students posted in)
    • Respond individually when async students contribute to resources such as padlets and nearpods