Be able to develop professional relationships with children and young people
Observe a group of children playing alone.
How do they respond to each other?
Is there an obvious leader?
Why do you think this is?
Do they communicate with words only?
What else do they use to assist their developing communication skills?
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- Laser reading text: 'Positive relationships'
- ‘Professional relationships with young people’ by the Open University
- ‘Improving students' relationships with teachers to provide essential supports for learning’ webpage on the American Psycholgical Association website
- ‘Making choices, week 1’ on The Guardian website
- ‘How to give students individual attention in a busy classroom’ on the Teach Thought website
- ‘Teaching assistants provide essential individual attention to pupils who might otherwise feel unheard and unsafe'’ on the TES website
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson's presentation on relationships in the classroom.
- Alongside the presentation, look through the National Strategy document 'Relationships in the classroom'.
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Observe a teacher or senior teaching assistant interacting with children.
- Observe a group of children playing alone.
- Click to read 'Mental health resources' on the Young Minds website, this website has useful information and resources on engaging young people in a learning environment.
- Think of ways in which adults can respond and interact with children positively and appropriately. Make a poster for the staff room to get your points across.
- Click to read ‘Chapter 1. Developing positive teacher-student relations’ on the ASCD website.
- ‘Supporting children’s development: Making choices in play’ by the National Childcare Accreditation Council (NCAC). Click on icon to the left to read this article about the value of providing children with opportunities to make decisions and choices about their daily experiences and play.
- Click to read ‘Positive parenting: Helping children to make choices’ by West Sussex County Council.
- Click to read ‘Involving children in decision making: Newstead Children’s Centre’ by Ofsted.
- This article gives ‘Top 10 tips for giving individual attention to students in a large ESL class’ on the Busy Teacher website.
- Think And Challenge
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