Peer Teaching Intro Briefing

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Relational LearningRelational Learning

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Relational LearningRelational Learning• Would we diagnose and solve

the problem in such a profound way, before it got to the external specialist?

• Would we see her gift and foster it?

• How well do we manage a gifted dancer in English and Mathematics?

Finding SolutionsFinding Solutions......

For every complex question there is a simple answer....

...that’s wrong.

For every complex question there is a simple answer....

...that’s wrong.

Quality of Life FormulaQuality of Life Formula

QL = NE x (H + S)QL = NE x (H + S)

QL = Quality of Life

NE = Natural Endowment

H = Contribution of Child’s Home

S = Contribution of society






• This formula was applied to certain new born babies to see if they should still live.

• Where was it?

• When was it?

• This formula was applied to certain new born babies to see if they should still live.

• Where was it?

• When was it?


• 1977

• Oklahoma Children’s Memorial Hospital

• 1977 - 1982 it was determined that 24 out of 64 babies with spina bifida were better off dead.

• 1977

• Oklahoma Children’s Memorial Hospital

• 1977 - 1982 it was determined that 24 out of 64 babies with spina bifida were better off dead.


QL = NE x (H + S)QL = NE x (H + S)









Quality of ‘Quality of ‘Learning’Learning’ Formula?Formula?

AS = NA x (H + SES)AS = NA x (H + SES)

AS = Academic Success

NA = Natural Ability

H = Home Education Environment

SES = Social Economic Status (Post Code)

AS = Academic Success

NA = Natural Ability

H = Home Education Environment

SES = Social Economic Status (Post Code)

Models of TeachingModels of Teaching

• We all have models of teaching that we work from

• Relational Learning is a model not a strategy

• It requires a different view of problems and opportunities

• We need to...

See Students Differently See Students Differently

• The Mental Model that frames as second best

• Many kids see themselves as members of the B-team

• I am dumb!

• Victim mentality

• The Mental Model that frames as second best

• Many kids see themselves as members of the B-team

• I am dumb!

• Victim mentality

See Students Differently See Students Differently

• Relational Learning is not about being friends with your students

• It is about finding out;

• Who they are?

• Comprehending their attitude to your subject

• Coaching them to think differently

• Relational Learning is not about being friends with your students

• It is about finding out;

• Who they are?

• Comprehending their attitude to your subject

• Coaching them to think differently

See Parents Differently See Parents Differently

Most people lead lives of quiet desperation

Thoreau

Most people lead lives of quiet desperation

Thoreau

See Ourselves See Ourselves Differently Differently

• What we do is governed by what we think

• This semester we should be thinking and doing differently than last Semester...

• What we do is governed by what we think

• This semester we should be thinking and doing differently than last Semester...

Five Relational Learning Five Relational Learning StepsSteps

Relationship with SelfRelationship with Self•What is our self talk? •Do we reflect on our impact?

Relationship to Role as Home Group Relationship to Role as Home Group Teacher and Relational LearningTeacher and Relational Learning•What is our attitude to implementing relational learning in our classrooms?•What are your internal objections and how can we engage them?

Relationship with SelfRelationship with Self•What is our self talk? •Do we reflect on our impact?

Relationship to Role as Home Group Relationship to Role as Home Group Teacher and Relational LearningTeacher and Relational Learning•What is our attitude to implementing relational learning in our classrooms?•What are your internal objections and how can we engage them?


Relationship with LeadersRelationship with Leaders•What’s is the level of trust, integrity, and understanding between HGT’s and their Leaders?

Relationship with PeersRelationship with Peers

•What are the attitudes and thoughts that propel us into, or away from team-teaching?

Relationship with LeadersRelationship with Leaders•What’s is the level of trust, integrity, and understanding between HGT’s and their Leaders?

Relationship with PeersRelationship with Peers

•What are the attitudes and thoughts that propel us into, or away from team-teaching?


Relationship with CommunityRelationship with Community•What is our understanding of the place of our classroom in the wider community?

•How do we see parents and outside organisations impacting the classroom and school?

Relationship with CommunityRelationship with Community•What is our understanding of the place of our classroom in the wider community?

•How do we see parents and outside organisations impacting the classroom and school?

Relational Learning ProjectRelational Learning Project


Life is abundant on Life is abundant on the ocean side of the the ocean side of the reef...reef...

..with the danger..with the danger

Life is abundant on Life is abundant on the ocean side of the the ocean side of the reef...reef...

..with the danger..with the danger


The lagoon side...The lagoon side...

..the safe side.....the safe side...

is dead by is dead by comparison.comparison.

The lagoon side...The lagoon side...

..the safe side.....the safe side...

is dead by is dead by comparison.comparison.

Community Community

The core of community is mutual The core of community is mutual needneed•We need each other to operate

•We are built for relationships

Rocky Balboa school of Leadership

“I got gaps, you got gaps, we all got gaps.”

The core of community is mutual The core of community is mutual needneed•We need each other to operate

•We are built for relationships

Rocky Balboa school of Leadership

“I got gaps, you got gaps, we all got gaps.”

Team Teaching Team Teaching

Purposes:Purposes:•Create a forum for sharing

•Build trust, teams and skills

•Through one activity to try and embrace all elements five relational learning questions

Purposes:Purposes:•Create a forum for sharing

•Build trust, teams and skills

•Through one activity to try and embrace all elements five relational learning questions

Team Teaching Team Teaching

Activity:Activity:•Professional Pairings

•Short term activities

•Home Group Focus

•Instructional focus

•Modified PEEL reflection strategy

Activity:Activity:•Professional Pairings

•Short term activities

•Home Group Focus



Activity #1Activity #1

Check-insCheck-ins•Focus on every person

•Build group cohesion



Check-insCheck-ins•Focus on every person

•Build group cohesion



Pre-CAL TestimonyPre-CAL Testimony

Learning TeamsLearning Teams