From Huffington Post: Top Global Teachers Focus on Well-Being in School Communities
From Huffington Post
“How do school communities best support teachers, students and parents in their efforts to promote healthy, happy learners? Is learning more productive in communities that are promoting well-being for all? An OECD/PISA study finds that most teachers and principals “acknowledge that the socio-emotional development of their students is as important as mastery of school subjects. Good teacher-student relations play an important role in that development – and in students’ attitudes towards learning.”
Miriam Mason-Sesay (@EducAidSL) in Sierra Leone writes about her school’s strategies to engage its students “in a more focused way” with initiatives such as ‘Every Voice Counts’. All constituents of the school community “have the right, but also the responsibility, to make their voice heard.” The results have included junior staff launching new initiatives for improving teaching and learning; children holding each other to account for poor performance; and students helping each other address family challenges.”