How to Build Rapport With Students (45 minutes)

How to Build Rapport With Students (45 minutes)

  • Cool+
  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • ...

Course summary

Establishing positive relationships with students takes time and effort - but it will pay off in your behaviour management and the academic achievement of your students. Here’s how to do it. We will consider some guidelines to follow when building rapport and some simple tasks you can complete while completing this course. You will learn about the essential qualities of strong rapport, mainly how to be consistent, open and respectful.

You will learn:

  • Guidelines for building rapport
  • Practical steps for implementing these in the classroom
  • Qualities of a good teacher student relationship
  • How to set yourself goals that improve rapport with individuals in your class.

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.

Alignment to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards:

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.

  • 3.5.2 Use effective classroom communication
  • 4.4.2 Ensure students’ well-being and safety within school by implementing school and/or system, curriculum and legislative requirements.

Certificate of completion:

You will get a Cool.org certificate when you finish to prove that you have completed this course. You can access this certificate (and your course progress!) anytime via your personal dashboard.

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Course Content

How to build rapport with students

How to build rapport with students

01.
Introduction
02.
What do you already know?
03.
Guidelines for building rapport
04.
Be interested
05.
Communication
06.
Task
07.
Be open
08.
Be consistent
09.
Be respectful
10.
Goals for this week
11.
Where to next?
12.
Reflection
13.
Congratulations

Course Instructor

Your instructor Hayley, is an experienced Early Years Educator, Primary School Teacher, and Instructional Designer for Cool. She will be on hand to answer any questions you might have while undertaking this course.

This course has been designed in consultation with experts in education and wellbeing.

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.

  • 3.5.2 Use effective classroom communication
  • 4.4.2 Ensure students’ well-being and safety within school by implementing school and/or system, curriculum and legislative requirements.

How long will this take to complete?

This course will take you 30-45 minutes to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks. You will have ongoing access via your personal dashboard.

Will I get proof of completion?

You will get a Cool.org certificate when you finish to prove that you have completed this course. You can access this certificate (and your course progress!) anytime via your personal dashboard.

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.

  • 3.5.2 Use effective classroom communication.
  • 4.4.2 Ensure students’ well-being and safety within school by implementing school and/or system, curriculum and legislative requirements.

Who are the instructors?

This course is designed by Cool.org's team of education specialists, in consultation with teachers, principals, psychologists, counsellors, and scientists.

Our team continually reviews and refines our resources to align 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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