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Building a Positive Classroom Culture With Our Students (45 minutes)

Building a Positive Classroom Culture With Our Students (45 minutes)

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  • Physical Health
  • Social and Emotional Learning
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Lesson Summary

As teachers, we will work with groups of students who gel well together and feel easy to teach, and then we will have other groups who have difficulties getting along, which gets in the way of your teaching. In this course, we will explore strategies you can use to build a positive classroom culture with your students, no matter their age, year level, or the frequency in which you get to teach them.

You will learn:

  • Why building classroom culture is important
  • How to use rituals and practices that enhance connection and positivity between students
  • Strategies to support students to lead and positively influence the classroom culture

Course time:

About 30 to 45 minutes - perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.

Accreditation:

This course is mapped to the following Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL). Your completion can be logged as elective PD hours with your state's teaching regulatory authority.

  • 3.2.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs
  • 4.1.2 Support student participation
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Building a Positive Classroom Culture With Our Students (45 minutes)

Building a Positive Classroom Culture With Our Students (45 minutes)

01.
Introduction
02.
What is your current experience of classroom culture?
03.
We asked teachers what they think positive classroom culture is…
04.
Why is classroom culture so important?
05.
Rituals and routines in our classroom
06.
Circle time (important for big kids, too!)
07.
Knowing and using our unique strengths in the classroom
08.
Importance of humour and playfulness
09.
Brain breaks and movement as moments of connection
10.
Providing different modes of learning and allowing for some noise!
11.
Reflection
12.
Congratulations

Course Instructor

Megan Corcoran is a wellbeing consultant and Director at Wagtail Institute. She spent 12 years teaching and leading in alternative schools, working with young people who had experienced childhood trauma, often lived in out of home care and were experiencing disadvantage. She has a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology and teaches a Positive Psychology subject at Monash University. She is passionate about the wellbeing of students and staff in schools and loves sharing wellbeing science and trauma-informed practice with teachers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I log this PD with my State's teaching authority?

Yes! Our courses are mapped to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL), and your completion can be logged as elective PD hours with your state's teaching regulatory authority. To do this, grab your certificate of completion from your personal dashboard once the course is complete.

  • 3.2.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs
  • 4.1.2 Support student participation

How long will this take to complete?

About 30 to 45 minutes - perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.

How does it work?

This course is on-demand and for private study. Learn at your own pace and at times that suit you. Get a certificate when you finish. You will have ongoing access.

Is this course accredited?

While this course is not accredited by state teaching authorities, it is mapped to the national Professional Standards for Teachers. This means that you can log this course with your state regulatory authority as elective PD hours.

3.2.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs
4.1.2 Support student participation

Who are the instructors?

This course is designed in consultation with teachers, principals, psychologists, counsellors, scientists, and all manner of experts in the education field.

Cool.org's curriculum team continually reviews and refines our resources to be in line with changes to the Australian Curriculum and best educational practice, so you can be sure your learning is at the cutting edge of education theory.

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