Where?
Outside β Urban and Forest
Create a space βprovocations
Reflective/mirrored surfaces
Movement around the school
Platooning β use of different areas
Explore, understand and respect the Okanagan territory and the Okanagan people on whose land we reside
How?
Calm lighting - lamps
Calm music
Minimalist
Working with teachers around the district
Flexible seating β choice of couches, stools, desks, floor
Empty table spaces
Nature Collections
Mindset/Mindfulness β teaching and modelling Growth Mindset (the belief that you can control your own ability and can learn and improve)
Soft Start: regulating activities for the first 15 minutes of the day so that students have the time to mentally adjust to being at school and are ready to learn
Collaboration: students are pushed to work with different people/groups daily
Variation/CHOICE β activities for LIT centers (reading, writing, word work) change based on needs of individuals which is meeting the needs of all levels β everyone feels successful
Dual language β trying to display and encourage ASL in the classroom
Calm Corners β Fidgets, breathing tools
Team teaching across grades
Student and teacher as learner
Using Questioning to lead direction
Stations β Daily 5 Reading, Math stations
Documenting
Inquiry
Why?
Social, Emotional regulation
Voice and Choice
Safe
Calm
Take ownership of their learning