Teachers

Students' success should be a teacher’s number one priority. You can help all your students fulfill their potential regardless of the way they measure success. 

Below are some examples of how to provide that for them.

Vary Your Instruction

Teaching in different ways can help accommodate their learning style for success.

Go to the Library More Often

This will help students improve their comprehension skills and improve their writing skills.

Encourage Them to Ask Questions

Some students might be nervous or think that their questions are silly. Make sure that students feel comfortable asking questions. There is no such thing as a silly question!

Expectations

Setting the same expectations, regardless of academic performance will create an open classroom where all are treated equal and equally pushed.*

Seek, Discover, and Praise

Any and all efforts students make toward learning. This can be academic or behavioral wise.*

*Source: https://www.theedadvocate.org/how-teachers-can-help-all-students-succeed/

Mentors

Mentoring provides youth the opportunity to learn and grow from someone with real life experience. Mentors can help students find the value and joy in school.

Below are some example of how to provide that for them.

Tutoring

This offers many opportunities for students to get the help they need whether that is becoming a problem-solver, improving reading/writing skills, and also helps one on one time to get any questions answered without being distracted by others.

Learning from Mistakes

During tutoring, it’s important to teach them the acronym fail “First Attempt In Learning” and explain that it is okay to make a mistake. Help them learn how to prevent it from happening again in the future.

Improving Attitude Towards Learning and School

Learning will become fun for your child. With constant encouragement and praise, your child will no longer feel overwhelmed or frustrated with school.

Individualize Goal Setting

Meeting with students once a week to discuss how their academic goals (both long-term and short-term) are progressing is a great way to maintain the idea of goal setting with the student.**

**Source: https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-why-every-student-should-have-a-mentor/2017/10

Coaches

Coaches should be involved in their athletes' lives, this shows that they care about their education, and that school should come first before sports.

Below are some examples of how to provide that for them.

Finding Resources in the Classroom

Talk to them about going in before or after school to get the extra help they need to succeed.

Time Management Skills

Help students learn the importance of getting homework down before practice.

Self-Discipline

Hold students accountable if grades aren’t good. Having them sit out during practice to go get the help they need to move their grades up.

Foster Deep Reflection and Learning

Setting the stage, or field, for reflection and learning from mistakes with develop a trusting relationship among teammates.***

Support Collective Leadership

Where a leader is there tends to be followers. Promoting academic success through the students most known at the school will allow for followers to do the same. It is extremely possible other school programs will follow suit!***

***Source: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/coaching-impact-teachers-principals-students-elena-aguilar

Teachers

Teachers influence over a youth extends beyond academic performance. Though life lessons, teachers can help shape who they are.

Below are some examples of how to provide that for them.

Be Engaged

Bullying is most common in schools. Be aware of what is happening and stop it immediately. Talk to all youth on how to get along as well as setting expectations in the classroom around bullying.

Peer Pressure

Being around youth, teachers hear conversations throughout the day. Step in when peer pressure is present. Talk to your class that it’s not okay when friends are pressured into risky behaviors.

Learning from Mistakes

It is okay to make mistakes. Help your students learning from them and help them learn how to make better judgments for next time.

Compassionate Curiosity

Look at a students’ behavior with compassionate curiosity instead of automatically thinking it’s “unusual”. This will develop a trusting relationship.^

Encourage Social-Emotional Learning:

Understanding behavior will provide an example to the classroom to have understanding towards each of their classmates. It will also provide for respect in the classroom.^

Be Culturally Sensitive

Culture plays a major role with behavior and the way one thinks. Understanding the culture will allow for a response that is more helpful in the situation.^

Reinforce and Reteach

Routines, procedures, and expectations will be better memorized and recognized by the students using reinforcement and reteaching.^

^Source: https://www.understood.org/articles/en/what-are-positive-behavior-strategies

Mentors

Mentoring provides youth the opportunity to learn and grow from someone with real life experience. Mentors can help youth navigate lifes challenges and improve self-esteem and self-confidence, as well as improved interpersonal skills.

Below are some example of how to provide that for them.

Life Lessons

Having someone who has lived experience talk about making the right choices in life can help youth better understand life’s difficult decisions.

Introduce Youth to New Experience

While sharing positive values, mentors can help youth avoid negative behaviors and achieve success.

Increased Likelihood of Going to College

Mentoring can promote a better attitude towards school and increase social and emotional development.^^

^^Source: https://socialworklicensemap.com/blog/the-value-in-mentoring-our-youth-2/

Fewer Absences from School

Mentored youths are more likely to have a positive attitude towards school, increase in good relationships, better attitudes towards their elders, and improved relationships with their parents.^^^

Prevent Substance Abuse

Youth mentored are 46% less likely than unmentored youth to initiate drug usage. Another example of how mentors promote positive behavior and thoughts.^^^

^^^Source: https://www.childtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/2002/02/MentoringRB.pdf

Coaches

Coaches can have a positive impact on young people by teaching life lessons.

Below are some examples of how to provide that for them.

Teamwork

Athletics has the opportunity to teach youth how to work together, and how to work with different personalities and overcome adversity.

Sportsmanship

Through athletics, help teach youth the importance of respect for others and self-control.

The Value of Hard Work

Show youth that working hard will allow them to achieve their goals.

Be a Positive Role Model

Practicing what you preach provides an example that actions speak louder than words.*^

Actions Have Consequences

Set up rules or a code of conduct and provide consequences for when those rules are broken. This teaches students to have integrity and build honesty into their character.*^

Accepting All Decisions of the Referee

Enforcing respect on referees will set up respect for authority figures later on in life. Although decisions made by those in authority may not always seem fair, remembering to respect the decision can go a long way.*^

^^^^Source: https://appliedsportpsych.org/resources/resources-for-coaches/encouraging-good-sport-conduct-in-athletes/