IYT Session 2

 IYT Session 2

Praise Benefits
 Promotes good behaviour - Expectations
 Sets positive class atmosphere
 Support relationships
 Raises/positive self-esteem
 EASY AND FREE
 Addictive
 Flips attention to positive
 Reduces negative behaviour – catching kids being good instead
 Encourages risk-taking
 Builds social acceptance
 Makes teachers feel good – focusing on what is going well
 Feedback from students
 Students have a good day
 Students paraphrase
 Redirect a student in close proximity
 Increases compliance – following rules and Routines

Praise Barriers
 Praise is a learned teacher skills that needs lots of practise
 Child not used or comfortable with praise
 High teacher energy
 Interrupts flow of lesson
 Attention is often draw to the good kids
 Meaningless praise- non specific
 Missing poor behaviour as an antecedent then praising another behaviour
 Different expectations between teachers when team teaching
 Capitalizing time with students who have behavioral issues
 Students teachers find hard to build relationships with
 Tone of voice
 Negative mind space of teacher.

Academic Skills To Coach and Praise
 Vocabulary for all subjects and ESOL
 Neatness
 Quality
 Accuracy
 Risk taking
 Literacy strategies
 Language around what they are doing
 Using feedback
 Number vocab – Grouping/sorting /colours
 Persistence
 Language around the goal/learning intention
 Reading strategies

Persistence Coaching
 Part of values - Can do
 Having another go, predicting
 Positive flip, making mistakes makes students feel secure
 Half way there
 Not there yet…..
 Take a break and come back to it
 Encourage effort
 Stepping out work, encouragement at each level
 Cultural using sayings, whakatauki
 Getting started if….when

Social Behaviours Encourage:
 Kindness/being a good friend
 Encouraging other
 Tidy up after yourself
 Respect
 Empathy
 Working together
 Taking turns
 Sharing
 Listening
 Hands and feet to self
 Sitting on the mat quietly
 Teamwork
 Focused
 Manners – please, thank you
 On task
 Positive comments
 Cooperative play
 Cooperation
 Compliments
 Disagreeing in positive way
 Following instructions

Why do some children need more praise and encouragement than others?
 Behaviour
 Some children can get own satisfaction
 Self image/esteem
 Ego-centric
 Some get praise at home/some don’t
 Praise their abilities to enhance what they can do already

Why do some students get/need praise more than other?
 Trouble makers- get back on task
 Personality driven- may not get a lot at home
 Role models- use them to set the tone
 Rectify behaviours- focus on positive rather than negative
 Acknowledge the quiet students- they fly under the radar as on task consistently

What is the value of teacher attention for children?
 Only attention they may get
 Feel valued/liked, want to be there
 Increases confidence and self esteem
 Confirms they are doing the right thing
 Safe environment
 Builds positive relationships