dynamic discussions at ssb, nov 2012
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Kristy Lundström presented this presentation at the parents meeting on Nov 8, 2012 - the focus: How to support your child in school?TRANSCRIPT
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
Scandinavian School of Brussels
Parents evening – Nov 8
How to support
your child’s learning?
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
Tonight’s agenda
19.30 – 20.05 How to support
your child’s learning
20.05 – 20.15 Break
20.15 – 21.00 National grading systems
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
How can we support our
children in their learning?
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
Assumptions
• No easy answers, all kids are different• Teachers/school staff do not have all the
answers• Parents know their kids best
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
Idea for tonight . . .
• Share observations• Provoke discussion• Share tips between parents
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
Information vs knowledge
• Knowing facts is not enough• Make connections• Be able to apply information to solve
problems
"to give form to the mind"
complex cognitive processes: perception,
communication, association and
reasoning
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
Inform-ation
knowledge
support
The Learning Gap
barriers to learning
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
what are some of the barriers to
your child’s learning?
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
motivation
• Internal and external• Help students find value in assignments• Find what motivates your student• Challenge is most important• Establish high expectations• Attitude does matter
• Resources: http://www.netc.org/focus/challenges/student.php
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
connections
• Help students see the connections• Information is isolated; Knowledge is not
• Tip: Current events
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
time management
• What works for your child• Break down assignments• Manage «optimal» learning time• ”the shift”• Plan ahead
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
reading
• As important as sports – invest your time
• 30 minutes a day makes a difference
• As important for young readers as older readers
• Vocabulary building; builds capacity
Read provoking article here>> (in Swedish)
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
myths about reading
• Not good to read same book twice? • Not good with comic books or magazines?• Online reading is not real reading?• Shouldn’t have multiple books going at
same time?
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
writing
• Write, review, edit, rewrite• Everyone needs feedback• Important lifeskill; applicable in every job
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
mistakes mean students are trying…
• Let them fall• Let them fail• Let them learn• Maintain expectations, have a plan B
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
• Help students take responsibility when they do something wrong
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
leader vs follower
• Students must learn to do both
• Build confidence• Build patience
• Process equally as important as product
life is not always fair
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
tips and tricks …
• motivation• connections• time management• reading• writing• mistakes• leader and follower
what could you add to your bag
of tricks at home?
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
take advantage of «down» time
• Critical conversations• Train facts• Discuss big ideas
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
BIG ideas
The most important lessons SSB wants to teach students are
-how to think creatively
-how to analyze problems
-how to generate solutions
-how to work together respectfully
-how to communicate ideas
We prepare students for success back home and abroad
We prepare students for success back home and abroad