Key Points
Strategy for staff to complete to think about and change how you interact with the toolkit student, making the classroom a more positive place for both of you
Plan
- This strategy is for you to complete as a staff member, to impact on how you interact with the toolkit student
- It will help you to keep in mind a student's unique strengths and difficulties when you work with them in the classroom, which should make it a more positive place for both of you
Do
- Complete the What kind of teacher am I? sheet and think about how you can use the strengths you identify more in your interactions with the toolkit student
- Work through the short quiz
- Based on your quiz answers, visit the Know about attention, impulsivity and hyperactivity area and access the learning snippets we suggest
- Complete the fact or feeling sheet to untangle situations and the emotions that surround them
- Finally, decide on five things that you will try to do differently (or do more of) based on what you have learned about yourself and the student
- Note these on the five intentions sheet, keep this somewhere visible so you remember to try and use them
Assess
- Try and implement your intentions for a week, then look at the reflection template and note how well each of them have gone
- What could help you to do the intentions more or better? Consider setting a reminder or prompt for when you are likely to need to use them
Review
- Talk about your learning and the changes you are making with colleagues or your SENCo
- Over time, consider if you need to change or update any of your intentions.
Resources
Editable PDFs
Quiz
What kind of teacher am I