Affirmations - The Teacher Toolkit
Affirmations - The Teacher Toolkit is a structured group exercise for closure and transfer: it helps participants close the session and carry learning into the next action.
How to run it
- Choose an affirmation or set of affirmations that you will use with your class (see templates for examples).
- Set up guidelines for when and how affirmations can be earned and post these in the classroom.
- Target the desired behavior(s) that will earn an affirmation.
- Publicly acknowledge a student or group of students who have exhibited the desired behavior. Say out loud exactly what they did.
- Allow the acknowledged students to choose which affirmation they want to receive.
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Prompts to use +
Choose an affirmation or set of affirmations that you will use with your class (see templates for examples).
Set up guidelines for when and how affirmations can be earned and post these in the classroom.
Publicly acknowledge a student or group of students who have exhibited the desired behavior. Say out loud exactly what they did.
Allow the acknowledged students to choose which affirmation they want to receive.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Affirmations - The Teacher Toolkit. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Choose an affirmation or set of affirmations that you will use with your class (see templates for examples).; Set up guidelines for when and how affirmations can be earned and post these in the classroom.; Publicly acknowledge a student or group of students who have exhibited the desired behavior. Say out loud exactly what they did.; Allow the acknowledged students to choose which affirmation they want to receive.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
Origin unverified
- Where we observed it: The current corpus has one observed source organization: The Teacher Toolkit. (1 source observed, including The Teacher Toolkit.)
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- No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
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