WGU - D168 - Schools as Communities of Care

WGU - D168 - Schools as Communities of Care Leave the first rating Students also studied Terms in this set (31) Social SciencesPsychology Educational Psychology Save The School as a Community of Care...Teacher 112 terms hunter_also_sandlin Preview WGU Learning as a Science - D186 Teacher 125 terms kmcotterillPreview Personalized Learning for Inclusive ...45 terms theahatcher1Preview Practic Teacher kay What is a community of care?An inclusive, caring, and supportive school community that promotes the academic success and well-being of each student.Focus can be balanced between students' social and emotional needs and their academic needs.What does a student have access to in a community of care?resources, materials, specialists, and key personnel to promote a healthy, supportive learning environment.What people are involved in Community of Care? Student, family, teachers, administrators, community members, school specialists, healthcare team members, and other students.Who is welcome in a caring Community of Learners All are welcome - children, teachers, and family. all children and their families feel that the teacher wants them there.What does respect look like in a caring community of learners?Teachers prize all children and families. They value their thoughts, ideas, and opinions. Differences are resolved in respectful, solution-oriented ways. Everyone listens to each other and has a chance to to express and opinion.Guidance focuses on promoting social-emotional competence

• We take care of ourselves.
• We take care of each other.
• We take care of our school.

Caring Community of learners - Children and adults learn from and with each other Expectations are developmentally appropriate for the group as well as for individual children based upon physical, social-emotional, and cognitive abilities, attributes, and experiences.Rather than imparting knowledge to children, teachers model how to find answers to questions.The InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards (2011) are divided into 4 sections. What are they?A- Learner and Learning 1- Learner Development 2- Learning Differences 3- learning environments B- Content 4- Content Knowledge 5- Application of Content C- Instructional Practice 6- Assessment 7- Planning for Instruction 8- Instructional Strategies D- Professional Responsibility 9- Professional Learning and Ethical Practice 10- Leadership and Collaboration InTasc Standard #1 - Learner Development. What is the progression (two parts)?The teacher understands how learners grow and develop, recognizing that patterns of learning and development vary individually within and across the cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical areas, and designs and implements developmentally appropriate and challenging learning experiences.

Progression - Shift to increased ability to:

a- Use interactions with learners, families, and communities to better understand variations in development that can guide work with learners

• Use a deep understanding of the ways in which one area of development can

affect other areas, in order to personalize learning.InTasc Standard #2 - Learning Differences What is the progression (two parts)?The teacher uses understanding of individual differences and diverse cultures and communities to ensure inclusive learning environments that enable each learner to meet high standards.

Progression - Shift to increased ability to:

• Deepen knowledge of and apply approaches to adapting instruction to meet

the specific needs of individuals and groups of learners

• Anticipate and minimize challenges to learning and increase supports to

achieve higher order learning

InTasc Standard #3 - Learning Environments What is the progression (two parts)?The teacher works to create environments that support individual and collaborative learning, and self-motivation.

Progression - Shift to increased ability to:

• Facilitate learner contributions to developing a safe, respectful, and engaging

learning environment

• Collaborate with learners, colleagues, families to foster safe, respectful, and

rigorous classroom and school learning environments

• Develop learner's self-directed learning skills.
• Expand learner participation in independent learning and higher order thinking

Community of care and Support for Students - Standard 5 Effective educational leaders cultivate an inclusive, caring, and supportive school community that promotes the academic success and well-being of each student Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs1- physiological 2- safety 3- love/belonging 4- esteem, 5- self-actualization Maslow Hierarchy of Needs Summary (4 parts) a- human beings are motivated by a hierarchy of needs b- needs are organized in a hierarchy of prepotency in which more basic needs must be more or less met (rather than all or none) prior to higher needs c- the order of needs is not rigid but instead may be flexible based on external circumstances or individual differences d- Most behavior is multi-motivated, that is, simultaneously determined by more than one basic need Maslow's vision of future businesses - enlightened capitalism The vision that businesses could in time learn to make more of their profits from addressing not only our basic needs but also - and as importantly - our higher spiritual and psychological ones as well. That would be truly enlightened capitalism

Maslow's Expanded Hierarchy of Needs1. biological and physiological needs

• Safety needs
• Love and belongingness needs
• Esteem needs

*5. Cognitive needs *6. Aesthetic needs

• Self-actualization needs

*8. Transcendence needs Brofenbrenner's ecological theory1- individual 2- microsystem, 3- - mesosystem, 4- exosystem, 5- macrosystem, 6- chronosystem

Brofenbrenner ecological theory - Individual examples The Person:

sex age health etc.Brofenbrenner ecological theory - Microsystem examples

Immediate Environment:

Family school/work health services church group neighborhood play area peers

Brofenbrenner ecological theory - mesosystem examples Connections:

the relationship between Microsystems.Brofenbrenner ecological theory - ecosystem/ exosystem examples

Indirect Environment:

Neighbors legal services social welfare services mass media friends of family Brofenbrenner ecological theory - Macrosystem definition

Social and Cultural Values:

Attitudes and ideologies of the culture