Three Approaches Of Being Respectful In The Classroom

Respect is displayed through daily student and teacher actions in my classroom. Respectful proximity, respectful eye contact, and respectful speech are the main three approaches taken when being respectful in my classroom. There were student and teacher examples of each approach during my learning segment.
I demonstrated respectful proximity for my students by consistently kneeling down to their level when speaking to the groups as they were working [Clip 1, 00:10 – 1:31; Clip 2, 5:42 – 6:13; Clip 2, 8:14 – 13:27]. I continued to maintain proximity by monitoring groups regularly [Clip 1, 1:35 – 4:30; Clip 2, 00:00 – 8:30]. I often used proximity to redirect students who temporarily lost focus by moving close to the problem and placing my hand on the desk to represent my presence. For example, student 13, who began to lose focus while another group member was reading, immediately self-corrected her own behavior after realizing my proximity [Clip 2, 7:20 – 7:28]. This proximity helped the students to remain …show more content…
One of the strategies that I used to respond to students’ needs was to provide reminders to stay on task through indirect and direct reminders. For example, student 8 was not focused on his group work and I re-engaged him in the group’s conversation by asking him a question [Clip 1, 2:06]. I also used direct reminders to keep students focused. For example, when student 9 was not writing down notes while she was talking with her group, I explicitly reminded her to write a key point down [Clip 1, 4:00]. In addition, if students began to argue about the rotation schedule I referred them to the grouping chart and instructed them “to be informed” about their next station instead of arguing [Clip 2, 6:36]. I also was responsive to students’ misunderstandings with the content and readily provided clarification and probing