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Supportive Learning Environment - Coggle Diagram
Supportive Learning Environment
Build Relationships
-students are understood and heard
-feel safe
-trust
-teachers take their interests into account
-build connections by getting to know students on a personal level
-quality of interactions
Promote Mental Health and Well-Being
-allows students to acquire skills and ways to cope
-show support
-create a safe and caring environment where students feel safe
-compassionate
-cross-cultural
-provide tools and resources that are easily accessible to support students for mental health needs (community partners)
-modelled behaviour - show how to respond and interact appropriately when frustrated/upset
Quality of Interactions
-positive role-model
-not only acting as a teacher but someone they can turn to
-show respect
-frequent check-ins (communication, tracking and logs if needed)
-awareness
-allyship
-emphasize and embrace that everyone is different and unique and embrace who they are - inside and outside of school
Engaging and Caring
-know your learner
-they need to feel comfortable to gain skills
-promote deliberate, meaningful open and honest conversations to build confidence in students and provide opportunities for success
--freedom of speech, no judgement (all opinions, thoughts and feelings welcomed to be shared)
*Sharing circles
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Collaboration
-intentional consideration of groupings, diverse groups to challenge students and teach them how to adapt to new situations
-push students out of their comfort zones
-Include student voice and feedback in planning and teaching (student voice promotes belonging and school membership)
-builds ownership and responsibility
-teaches self-regulation (use zones of regulations have students monitor their emotions)
Physical Layout
-all areas of the school should accommodate student needs for regulation
-provide spaces for breaks
-quiet corners, chill zones,
Community
-bring community together through opportunities like PALS, student wellness team
Planning
-thought out
includes student voice and interests of students
-meets needs
-supports students to make healthy choices in their lives
Equity and Inclusion
-multiple entry points
-work with support team
-differentiation/modification/accommodation
-specific needs
-variety of diverse tools and resources
-consider all aspects of their lives and include into your planning
Holistic Sense of Belonging
-creating a space that makes them feel emotionally and spiritually safe
-physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually connected, more likely to reach full potential