Student voice in the classroom

Every student in your classroom has a unique story to share. Do you provide a safe and supportive environment for them to voice it? People learn and grow through the experiences of others. Embracing everyone’s diverse points of view opens young minds to new perspectives and ways of looking

How to Incorporate Student Voice in the Classroom by Charlotte Lim of Colourful Teaching For You. This is relevant for students from in elementary, middle school and high school. These can be used as part of your behavior interventions and management plan in the classroom. https://www.colourfulteachingforyou.com/2022/06/how-to-incorporate-student-voice-in-the-classroom

Liz Hermann | 2nd Grade Teacher on Instagram: "Save this idea for next time you don’t want to use your voice to quiet your kids down and get their attention. This idea actually came from a professor of mine. He said it helps get the student’s attention because they want to join in and be the ones to follow the pattern. One way he suggested to use it is when you come together as a group, then you can have a student start the pattern. Whoever comes to the circle first, can start the…

Here's what you should use to eliminate the 0-3 voice levels and help your students connect with real life situations. This strategy will help your students to really understand the expectations when working individually or in groups.

When thinking about student voice in my classroom a few things come to mind. The biggest and most important (in my opinion) is the agency students have over their educational experience, and how they are valued as members of our classroom community. While I am the instructional leader of my classroom, my students are the ... Read more

Here are five innovative and effective methods of encouraging student creativity in the classroom. #studentcreativity #creativity #innovation #elementary #earlyelementary

The words “student voice” have become vogue around educational circles, conferences and tweets – and for good reason. Teachers who have been around a while – know that jargon is something that comes and goes and as a result, we are often very weary of fashionable terms . For me, there is something very special about this term because it asks us to disrupt the students role in the classroom, something I value in my own educational philosophy. This is because I have seen first hand that a…

Katie Plunkett on Instagram: "HEY TEACHERS — this one’s for you. Are your students talking incessantly these days? Same old strategies not working anymore? I FEEL THAT. My students are a bunch of chatterboxes right now and I honestly get it. Summer is around the corner, we’re in the midst of testing season, and we’re ALL getting restless. However, we still have three weeks of school left and I’ve had to get creative to channel the chatter and foster focus in my classroom. These…

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