Supporting Adolescent Development (511)

o    3. Read one of the following articles and identify strategies to support adolescent development (TPE 8: Learning about Your Students):

a. How Can We Make Time to Meet Students’ Emotional Needs, Educational Leadership, 68(4), 96.
b. Swain, C. (2011). The Care and Support of Teenagers, Educational Leadership, 68.

After reading the above articles, I created a list of strategies to support adolescent development:

·        Regular class meetings

·        Students voice opinions, concerns

·        Review; questions

·        Provide feedback to teacher

·        Teachers see students as individuals

·        Establish support networks with other professionals, such as counselors, other teachers, administration, parents, etc.

·        Helps better understand student holistically

·        Give students a voice

·        Allow them to express themselves

·        Give them choices when opportunities

·        Get to know students as individuals

·        Small talk

·        Ask about their hobbies

·        Build Real-Life Connections

·        Participate in outside activities (coaching or football games)

·        Use students’ backgrounds and interests in class examples and activities

·        Favorite sports, movies, songs, etc.

·        Develop a bond

·        Learn student names

·        Welcome them to class

·        Help them identify long-term goals

·        Build a sense of community with your students

·        Provide a safe, low-risk, comfortable learning atmosphere

·        Promote student-student connections (group activities, discussions, etc.)

·        Be culturally aware; celebrate diversity