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A Successful Zoom

Tips and Strategies for Teaching on Zoom

Preventing and Responding to Problem Behavior

Part 1

Lane School’s Guide to:

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Teach & review the expectations for zoom

  • Develop your zoom class expectations.
  • Make a visual for your expectations.
  • Example: early elementary
  • Example: older elementary and middle
  • Review & practice them at the beginning of each Zoom.
    • “Show me how you mute your microphone”
    • “Show me how you get my attention without talking”

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Keep it Short

  • Zoom lessons should be no more than 30 minutes.
  • If your students are struggling to maintain throughout the lesson, try a shorter zoom time. (10-20 minutes)

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Keep it positive

  • Give a lot of positive praise!
  • Smile.
  • Don’t sweat the small stuff.
    • Remember our first goal is building positive relationships and interactions.
    • If academic instruction is not working at first, go back to building positive relationships.
    • If we give too many corrections, we risk losing student participation with distance learning.

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Keep it fun and interesting

  • Build student interest into your lesson.
  • Change things up.
    • Don’t do the same thing every day.
  • Play games.
  • Let kids share with you(pets, toys, books)

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Cheat Sheet for Excellent Zoom Lessons

  1. Teach & review the expectations for Zoom.
  2. Keep it short.
  3. Keep it positive.
  4. Keep it fun and interesting.
  5. The best way to manage problem behavior is to prevent it!

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A Successful Zoom

Tips and Strategies for Teaching on Zoom

Preventing and Responding to Problem Behavior

Part 2

Lane School’s Guide to:

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  • Ignore/redirect the small stuff that does not interrupt the learning of others.
  • Use a break out room 1:1 to problem solve.
  • In emergencies (vulgar language, unable to redirect inappropriate topics)-mute and turn off video.
  • After your lesson, email the consultant team.

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Zoom Breakout Rooms for Problem Solving

  • Teacher will move IA or consultant into breakout room along with student.
  • Adult will provide 1:1 problem solving using Collaborative Problem Solving Plan B script.
  • Keep it as positive as possible by addressing the expectation not met, rather than the behaviors.

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Zoom Breakout Rooms for Problem Solving: Plan B

1. “I’ve noticed that zoom calls with the class are hard for you. What’s up? (neutral, don’t blame)�2. After student shares their concerns: “And the thing is…” or “My concern is…”�3. Frame the problem: “I wonder if there’s a way we can address…(insert child’s concerns AND (insert adult concerns.” Give the student the first crack at it: “Do you have any ideas?”

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Zoom Breakout Rooms for Problem Solving

  • Goal is to move the student back to the group session that day or by next group zoom lesson.
  • If the student continues to struggle, email the consultant team to get a support plan in place.

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Welcoming Students back after a behavior occurs

  • Consider a 1:1 Zoom session to develop a Plan B for group Zoom calls or just to strengthen your relationship with the student.
  • Develop a proactive plan in conjunction with the consultant team, the student, and the parent to increase student success.

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How to Document Virtual Behaviors of Concern

  • Email the consultant team after the call.
  • Describe the expectation not met, the behavior of concern and the situation.
  • Describe the adult concern-how behavior impacted learning, health, safety of others.
  • How did adults respond-did you ignore? try a breakout room? try a plan B? How did it go?

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Things to Remember

  • Our main goal is to build and maintain positive relationships!
  • Reach out to the consultant team if you are struggling with a student behavior.
  • One Zoom doesn’t fit all. Some kids may need individual Zoom time instead.