TBCS - Margaret - Conference - Building Relationships that Thrive

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Personal Notes from Course

Displine is worthless without relationship

Truth is worthless without relationship

Discipline without relationship leads to rebellion

Affirmation – affirm their feelings

Rejoice with those who rejoice.  Weep with those who weep Romans 12:15

Share in their sorrow, rejoice in their happiness

(Blame, suck it up, quote scripture) identify in their hurt

Finding out what is wrong – what are you feeling.  Feeling questions not thinking questions

Share in your kids sorrow and happiness

Acceptance

Romans 15:7 Therefore accept each other just as Christ accepted you so that God will be given glory

Your child will rise to the level of your opinion of them.

Appreciation

Give them a sense of significance – done or said something worthwhile

Matthew 3:7  This is my son and Im well pleased in him

The sweetest sound is praise – XENOPHON

Availability

A sense of importance

TIME  Matthew 19:14  But Jesus said “Let the children come to me

Spend time with your kids otherwise they wont come home

Affection

Give them a sense of them a sense of their lovability

John 15:12 Love each other as I have loved you

Verbally, express appropriate physical affection

Approach

Sense of connection – connect with what what they are interested in

Give them a sense of What Im interested in Mum is interested in

Accountability

Responsibility  give limits and boundaries (with relationship) without leads to rebellion

Wifi protection

So the next generation will know - book

TBCS -Margaret - Keeping Ourselves Safe

After an ongoing situation with a few students misusing their laptops by accessing sites they shouldn’t along with inappropriate language and actions, Steve and myself sat the class down to go over expectations again and steps everyone can take to keep themselves safe in situations that may not feel right to them.  One of our devotions this term has been responsibility so the focus was on students taking responsibility by helping our classmates by reporting what we have seen and not carrying the burden ourselves.  In this way it can be dealt with it openly.

It was good to hear some of the things students thought were going well in class in particular our memory verses which relate to our devotions and something for the students to fall back on during difficult decisions

Next Steps

Follow up regularly with students – (regular pow wow) individually and as a class to keep things on track.  Monitor students involved – laptops have been removed for now and students will be working from books.

Deal with problems immediately (bigger problems perhaps some role playing or discussions in class of actions that could be taken.  Now that I know what to look out for.

Find out more about cell phone policy – Do parents need to sign for this?  Do students need cell phones at school for any reason?  What are the consequences of being caught with a phone?

Laptop free days during the week – can we do our regular work Mon-Thurs then Fridays free (students have suggested Trade Days, Friday Frenzy, cooking, science) What do other teachers think?

Part of the workshops at the Teachers Conference deals with mental health in young adults so hopefully I can take some things from this when dealing with this age group.

Many things that had never crossed my mind to be aware of or prepared to deal with while teaching primary school but thankfully there is a wonderful support network at school and much experience amongst others.

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