Course Summary
In this course, you’ll learn how to establish positive, trusting relationships with your students, which will enhance both behaviour management and academic outcomes. Discover essential guidelines and practical steps for building rapport, including how to be consistent, open, and respectful in your interactions.
This course will provide you with simple tasks to implement in your classroom, helping you set achievable goals to strengthen your individual relationships with students and create a more supportive and productive learning environment.
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:
All of our courses are mapped to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL), and your completion can be logged as relevant, teacher-identified professional development activity with all Australian state teaching regulatory authorities. 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.
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
Course Instructor
Your instructor Hayley Sommeling-Farrugia is an experienced Early Years Educator, Primary School Teacher, and Instructional Designer for Cool. Hayley is an expert at developing content that considers the educational journey from start to finish, as she knows first-hand the experiences, knowledge and challenges of the educators.
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! All of our courses are mapped to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL), and your completion can be logged as relevant, teacher-identified professional development activity with all Australian state teaching regulatory authorities. 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?
All of our courses are mapped to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL), and your completion can be logged as relevant, teacher-identified professional development activity with all Australian state teaching regulatory authorities. 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.
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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