Time for
- Plan: 5 min
- Implementation: 10 min
Type(s) of Essential:
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Social & Emotional Growth
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Design
Prerequisite
- Is a prerequisite: No
- Has a prerequisite: No
Overview
Learners collaborate with educators to define guidelines for how to treat each other and use digital tools during the session.
Goals and Outcomes
Goal: To develop a set of shared principles that learners and educators use to guide interactions and working behavior during the session.
Outcomes: Learners are more aware of respectful ways to engage with peers during collaborative and large group activities (i.e. listening, turn taking, etc.), strategies that support self-regulation, and approaches to resolving conflicts.
Materials
Dry erase board or digital whiteboard (e.g., Padlet)
Preparation
Create a Padlet for community guidelines or have a blank, dry erase board ready.
Implementation and Completion
Begin by informing learners the collective will establish community guidelines for how to treat each other as a community and they work in groups, resolve conflicts and self-regulate, and utilize digital and online tools. These guidelines will be a reference point the remainder of the session. As a large group, brainstorm expectations.
If using a digital whiteboard like Padlet, learners can add their own responses and then review each guideline when they’ve completed their response.
For a dry erase board, an educator can write the guidelines as learners share their guidelines and ask them to give examples of the guidelines they share. Keep this board in an easy to display area.
Some guidelines your community may generate include:
- Listening to someone when they are presenting and sharing information
- Turn taking
- Be kind to and respect everyone
- Have fun
Review the guidelines each day. Educators should follow and model these guidelines with the learners.