For the next four or five blog posts I will focus on an article I read in Educational Leadership, a magazine published by ASCD (American Society of Curriculum Developers) about Highly Affective Teachers. The Highly Affective Practices are designed to help teachers examine their individual emotional states and how that interacts with students. Emotional states or wellness of students is a variable in our setting that often doesn't get discussed much. As teachers/support staff we must be able to not only be content experts but experts in helping students deal with multiple life situations. Here is the link to the whole article; http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/oct15/vol73/num02/The-Seven-Habits-of-Highly-Affective-Teachers.aspx.
The linked document here is only the first two habits. I would recommend just looking at the first two habits. We will examine all of them over the next few posts.
Here are some questions to consider:
1. The article questions an educators response to when a parent complains about a homework assignment. What did you think of those response? Is that how you respond?
2. Can you find joy in your students' successes? Have you ever done this before?
3. In the article, it calls perspective hope when there isn't hope. What do you think that means? Have you ever experienced that in your classroom or maybe missed that opportunity in your classroom?
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