Show notes
Common adult behaviors that trigger the blues
- Fatigue
- Mindsets: struggling to focus on strengths
- Hesitant to do things that bring us joy
- Hyper focused on (having) control
Healthy, resilient responses for adults
- Building a healthy culture within our setting to vent, uplift, share ideas, approach difficult things together
- Consider how others experience us; what we say and how we say it
- Take a break before a tough interaction
- Get the 10,000-foot view – most things aren’t as urgent as we think
- Hit the pause button; what do we want to accomplish here?
- Don’t underestimate our own value, we are all essential to the culture
- Keep it simple: balance your love and your loath
- Reestablish our definition of time: how do you want to spend the time that you do have?
How can we help students regulate through long winter months?
- Build in regulation resets throughout the day
- Use common language: are we learning ready or learning compromised?
- Make school a safe place: I see you, you matter, you belong here, we will meet your needs
- Shift your language from “have to” to “get to”
- Pay attention to language and framing; invite students into consent
- Celebrate successes even when they appear small
- Notice the stories students are telling us, as well as the stories we tell ourselves
Strategies for all:
- Tap in, tap out
- Field Tripping
- Resilience building strategy: Appreciation, A-ha, Apology or Connect, Celebrate, Commit
- Keep human at the forefront
- Be present and acknowledge when things are hard; we don’t always have to solve or fix
- We get to reset and reprioritize education; we are never going back to 2019!
What Kristin is reading:
- Brene Brown on Braving
- The New Classroom Instruction that Works by Brian Goodwin and Kristin Rouleau
- Stay connected with Kristin! https://www.fosteringresilientlearners.org/
Reflection questions:
- When have you found yourself feeling stuck? Which resilient strategy resonates most with you?
- Which of these student strategies were affirming to you? What new strategy will you try?
- What can you do to build a culture of support within your own context?
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