#APChat Archive
Professional development expert Jared Wastler, hosts a Twitter conversation at 8:00 p.m. (ET) using #APChat.
Sunday June 5, 2016
8:00 PM EDT
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Welcome to . Please take a moment to introduce yourself.
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Jared Wastler, HS Principal in PA, PD Faculty, and Moderator for
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Tonight we are discussing "Mentoring and Relationships"
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Q1: How do you establish meaningful relationships with your students?
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Q2: What role do effective relationships with students play in supporting your leadership role?
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Jumping in late--watching soccer!! Kat in NC
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A1: give them time, and listen to them
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A2: when you do have to discipline, conversations about behavior expectations go easier, helps with preventive measures
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Q3: What strategies do you use to build teacher capacity for building and supporting positive relationships with students?
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Q4: What mentoring opportunities do you have in place to develop students and staff?
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"staff challenge" is pts for dfrnt activities for ⬆ staff moral,some S cntrd:eat lunch w/ S, ride bus, stand in hall & give high 5s
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A4 Lawson High Schools has a mentoring program called StepUp that pairs upperclassmen with ninth graders at risk.
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Q4: we need to work on this. Some have it,some don't & admin needs to provide opportunities to grow here
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A1: We have a pizza with the principal every so often. Just to shoot the breeze.
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Q5: If you could create the ideal mentoring model, what would it look like?
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Counselor started S Ambassador program this year- working on growing them as leaders
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A4 Lawson High Schools has a Trading Card Program that features several student who pledge to be drug and alcohol free.
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A2 We rely on the student body to help with school improvement. They have helped to focus priorities and allocation of resources.
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A5 Ideal mentoring programs would involve a large percentage of peer to peer sharing of information and time.
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A5 Students would lead conversations and help develop leadership in others.
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Thanks for joining tonight. Be better every day in every way - our students deserve it.
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