Ch.4+notes

__ Outline __ __ Learning Objectives __ Students will: · list the stages in the creation of a supportive group culture · explain why working in a group setting is so important for your students · demonstrate how to help all students become acquainted with their classmates · demonstrate how to establish a cohesive, supportive peer culture in your classroom · demonstrate how to work with your colleagues to create a positive school climate __ Workplace and Community Life __ // Workplace Competencies // · Resources · Information · Interpersonal skills · Systems knowledge · Technology skills // Foundation Skills // · Basic skills (Reading, Math, etc) · Thinking skills (creative, problem-solving, etc.) · Personal qualities (responsibility, integrity, self-esteem, etc.) // Influence of Peer Groups // · Effects attitudes toward achievement and academic aspirations · Provides framework for positive social skills and self-esteem. · Shapes the behavior of individuals that differs from behavior exhibited in a 1 on 1 situation.
 * Chapter Four **
 * Creating Positive Peer Relationships **

__ Understanding the Group __ // Stages in group development // ===<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Dependence stage === ===<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Inclusion or orientation stage === ===<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Dissatisfaction or control stage === ===<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Resolution or norming stage === ===<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Termination or adjournment stage ===
 * Production stage

// Acquaintance Activities // Why are these activities important to classroom success? How do you know which activities to use and when? Multiple activities list (both elementary and secondary)
 * Name chain
 * Know Your Classmates
 * Bingo
 * Guess who
 * Who are we?
 * T-Shirt
 * Blue Ribbon Kid
 * Shoe Box or Paper Bag

// Activities for Establishing a Cohesive Group // __ Incorporating Acquaintance Activities into Course Content __ // Elementary // <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Teaching things like friendship, spirit, a sense of classroom community and belongingness // Secondary // <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Teaching group dynamics and the group process…emphasizing needing the ability to work with those who you don’t like or disagree with <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Base groups-building a cohort mentality
 * T-Shirt
 * Blue Ribbon Kid
 * Shoe Box or Paper Bag

// Activities for Enhancing Diverse Patterns // <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· The activities listed in the diverse liking patterns are specific ways to teach friendship, risk-taking, and promoting academic support. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Remember the three Cs ===<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; text-shadow: auto; textshadow: auto;">·  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; text-shadow: auto;">Care- That someone cares about me === ===<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; text-shadow: auto; textshadow: auto;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; text-shadow: auto;">Competent- I am successful === ===<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; text-shadow: auto; textshadow: auto;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; text-shadow: auto;">Connected- I will be missed by someone if I am not there. They need me. === __ School Climate __ The climate you create directly influences how you feel in a classroom and how your students respond.

// School Climate that supports students and families from different cultures // <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Review school policy and revise or eliminate rules that punish students from cultural habits <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Review institutional materials that belittle, exclude or stereotype races and cultures. Add materials that are multicultural in all subject areas at all grade levels. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Develop a basic familiarity with different cultures through staff-development or personal effort. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Eliminate word minorities from the vocabulary. Schools are preparing students for a world in which people of color are not in the minority. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Use flexible, heterogeneous, and cooperative grouping rather than ability grouping and tracking <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Do all you can to ensure same level funding of schools regardless of cultural or ethnic background,. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Incorporate provision of equal opportunity in the classroom as part of teacher evaluation <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Help students understand that they do not have to reject their cultural identity to be successful in school.

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__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Issues of Bullying __===== <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· 60% of all students report being bullied <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Studies suggest teachers are not aware bullying is going on <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth repot significant amount of harassment (47% of students reported being homophobic) <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Over 50% of the students reported that faculty or staff was present when homophobic comments or harassment were made. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· 42% reported faculty and staff failed to intervene on behalf of the student with differing sexual preferences.