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Tag: #kidsmentalhealth

Written by strictlypositiveblogJune 3, 2019

Teachers’ poor mental health & stress affects student outcomes

As if more proof were needed that mental health issues in schools are a serious problem for young people in education, it seems that their teachers’ poor mental health adversely affects how well students do in school. A 2018 Dutch report describes a world where one in five teachers experiences burnout symptoms, where teacher’s workload […]

Written by strictlypositiveblogMarch 18, 2019

The best behaviour management makes student WANT to behave well.

In the classroom, what we’re aiming for is that students’ mental health and wellbeing are cared for, so that they feel good about being there and want to do their best. This in turn should positively affect our own wellbeing and mental health as teachers. To do this, we want to look for good rather […]

Written by strictlypositiveblogOctober 17, 2018February 27, 2019

10 ways to build positive relationships with students.

  If you have to share a classroom with 30 young people, it’s an awful lot easier to get things done if there is an understanding between you, a tacit contract that you will treat one another with respect, that the students will let the teacher teach, and the teacher will help the students learn. […]

Written by strictlypositiveblogJanuary 14, 2018January 14, 2018

Kids know what they need to do to get the next stage. Teachers are forced to drive them to get more.

Parents and carers read, listen to, are aware of news. They know that schools are presiding over a rising muddy tide of mental health problems caused by multiple factors. They know that also one of those factors is the relentless (does that word still appear in the OfStEd success criteria?) drive to push students up […]

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