Relationship Building

What ideas stand out to you?  

• One of the most dangerous feelings is the feeling that we don't matter
• People need to know that "they matter"
• The power of noticing and sharing what you notice
• Noticing things about people 30 seconds a day can change a culture
• What you notice needs to be articulated to that person
• Begin each lesson with the following statement:  "You are a genius and the world needs your contribution"
• The bigger the thing, the more likely the genius will show up
• Knowing that I can help other people know their significance is big!

What Enduring Understanding could you write that incorporates the big ideas of this presentation?

• People need to know that "they matter"

What are you already doing to build relationships with your students?

• For my high school classes, I started the year with community building activities at the beginning of each class
• For my 9th grade class, for the first lesson, they had to complete a community building activity. For the next lesson, they created a 30 second Animoto video of themselves. I show about 5 of their videos at the beginning of each lesson

In what ways do you show your students that they matter?

• I try to connect with each student throughout each week in class finding out their interests or activities or what they've been doing outside of class

Thank about some ways that you could go further with relationship-building.  Set a GOAL and blog about the actions you will take to meet your goal.

• Continue to incorporate weekly relationship-building activities into each class even if students complain and don't want to participate
• Incorporate the statement: "You are a genius and the world needs your contribution" into lessons
• Incorporate a weekly plan to have a student responsible to help students that were absent