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Terry Ashton
Adviser (Guidance and Careers)
Aberdeen City Council
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is my jobjust to teach?
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is my jobjust to teach?
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is my jobjust to teach?
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Personal Support in Schools: Implementation of Happy Safe and Achieving Their Potential
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National Development Officers(Personal Support in Schools)
Gill ScottGill ScottJohn MacBeanJohn MacBean
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what I’ll speak aboutwhat I’ll speak about
• being a new teacher
• how being a teacher also means supporting kids
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what makes a good teacher?
why do good teachers get results?
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starting as a new starting as a new personperson
• kids learn from the start
• learning to speak• not because parents
are linguistic experts
so what most helps them learn?
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starting as a new starting as a new personperson
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starting as a new starting as a new personperson
QUESTION:
If we taught children to speak like we teach them “subjects”, what would happen?
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starting as a new starting as a new personperson
QUESTION:
If we taught children to walk like we teach them “subjects”, what would happen?
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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacher
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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support
relevant?
• the way you help people to learn how to learn
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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support
relevant?
• the way you help people to learn how to learnlearning about
chemistry
v
learning to be a chemist
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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support
relevant?
• the way you help people to learn how to learn
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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support
relevant?
• the way you help people to learn how to learn
• “looking out” for young people
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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support
relevant?
• the way you help people to learn how to learn
• “looking out” for young people
•building relationships
•listening•caring•noticing•building confidence and self-esteem
•challenging positively
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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support
relevant?
• the way you help people to learn how to learn
• “looking out” for young people
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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support
relevant?
• the way you help people to learn how to learn
• “looking out” for young people
• knowing when and how to seek further help
specialist help
• LS/BS/Guidance/ Pastoral Care
• child protection/loss/ domestic problems etc
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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support
relevant?
• the way you help people to learn how to learn
• “looking out” for young people
• knowing when and how to seek further help
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what is the main business of school?
learning how to learn
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learning how to learn
what is the main business of school?
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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacher
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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support
relevant?
• the way you help people to learn how to learn
• “looking out” for young people
• knowing when and how to seek further help
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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support
relevant?
• the way you help people to learn how to learn
• “looking out” for young people
• knowing when and how to seek further help
the personal support role of every teacher
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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing
the personal support role of every teacher
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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing
the personal support role of every teacher
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the personal support role of every teacher
respectrespect
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the personal support role of every teacher
respectrespect
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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing
the personal support role of every teacher
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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing
the personal support role of every teacher
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• capabilities• personal qualities• needs• difficulties
challenge positively
the personal support role of every teacher
appreciationappreciation
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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing
the personal support role of every teacher
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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing
the personal support role of every teacher
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• listen• take feelings and
ideas seriously• inspiration• cooperation• skills of making and
maintaining relationships
the personal support role of every teacher
relationshipsrelationships
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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing
the personal support role of every teacher
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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing
the personal support role of every teacher
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• give students some power over their own learning
• let students do things for themselves
• give them real responsibility
the personal support role of every teacher
trusttrust
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the personal support role of every teacher
trusttrust
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the personal support role of every teacher
trusttrust
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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing
the personal support role of every teacher
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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing
the personal support role of every teacher
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• “looking out” for young people
• noticing how they feel and behave, what they say etc
• responding to it• knowing what to do
with the information
the personal support role of every teacher
noticingnoticing
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barriers to learningbarriers to learning
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they have had poor experiences of school
why do some youngsters not learn so well?
relationship
problems
bullyinghealth problems
truancyboring lessons
peer pressure
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they have missed a significant part of schooling
why do some youngsters not learn so well?
can’t catch up
so give upcan’t figure out
what’s going on
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difficult personal circumstances
why do some youngsters not learn so well?
looked
after
moved home oftenparenting problems
family
circumstances
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particular learning needs and difficulties
why do some youngsters not learn so well?
not
recognisednot dealt with
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kids don’t learn wellunless we help remove the barriers to learning
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kids don’t learn wellunless we help remove the barriers to learning
•noticing
•specialist help
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what makes a good teacher?
why do good teachers get results?
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is my jobjust to teach?
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download download presentationpresentation
www.aberdeen-education.org.uk/guidance/downloads
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download download presentationpresentation
www.aberdeen-education.org.uk/guidance/downloads
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thank you for
listening
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national websitenational website
www.ltscotland.org.uk/personalsupportinschools