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Terry Ashton

Adviser (Guidance and Careers)

Aberdeen City Council

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is my jobjust to teach?

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is my jobjust to teach?

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is my jobjust to teach?

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Personal Support in Schools: Implementation of Happy Safe and Achieving Their Potential

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National Development Officers(Personal Support in Schools)

Gill ScottGill ScottJohn MacBeanJohn MacBean

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what I’ll speak aboutwhat I’ll speak about

• being a new teacher

• how being a teacher also means supporting kids

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what makes a good teacher?

why do good teachers get results?

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starting as a new starting as a new personperson

• kids learn from the start

• learning to speak• not because parents

are linguistic experts

so what most helps them learn?

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starting as a new starting as a new personperson

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starting as a new starting as a new personperson

QUESTION:

If we taught children to speak like we teach them “subjects”, what would happen?

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starting as a new starting as a new personperson

QUESTION:

If we taught children to walk like we teach them “subjects”, what would happen?

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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacher

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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support

relevant?

• the way you help people to learn how to learn

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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support

relevant?

• the way you help people to learn how to learnlearning about

chemistry

v

learning to be a chemist

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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support

relevant?

• the way you help people to learn how to learn

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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support

relevant?

• the way you help people to learn how to learn

• “looking out” for young people

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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support

relevant?

• the way you help people to learn how to learn

• “looking out” for young people

•building relationships

•listening•caring•noticing•building confidence and self-esteem

•challenging positively

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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support

relevant?

• the way you help people to learn how to learn

• “looking out” for young people

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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support

relevant?

• the way you help people to learn how to learn

• “looking out” for young people

• knowing when and how to seek further help

specialist help

• LS/BS/Guidance/ Pastoral Care

• child protection/loss/ domestic problems etc

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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support

relevant?

• the way you help people to learn how to learn

• “looking out” for young people

• knowing when and how to seek further help

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what is the main business of school?

learning how to learn

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learning how to learn

what is the main business of school?

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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacher

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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support

relevant?

• the way you help people to learn how to learn

• “looking out” for young people

• knowing when and how to seek further help

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starting as a new starting as a new teacherteacherhow is personal support

relevant?

• the way you help people to learn how to learn

• “looking out” for young people

• knowing when and how to seek further help

the personal support role of every teacher

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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing

the personal support role of every teacher

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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing

the personal support role of every teacher

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the personal support role of every teacher

respectrespect

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the personal support role of every teacher

respectrespect

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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing

the personal support role of every teacher

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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing

the personal support role of every teacher

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• capabilities• personal qualities• needs• difficulties

challenge positively

the personal support role of every teacher

appreciationappreciation

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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing

the personal support role of every teacher

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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing

the personal support role of every teacher

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• listen• take feelings and

ideas seriously• inspiration• cooperation• skills of making and

maintaining relationships

the personal support role of every teacher

relationshipsrelationships

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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing

the personal support role of every teacher

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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing

the personal support role of every teacher

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• give students some power over their own learning

• let students do things for themselves

• give them real responsibility

the personal support role of every teacher

trusttrust

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the personal support role of every teacher

trusttrust

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the personal support role of every teacher

trusttrust

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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing

the personal support role of every teacher

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• respect• appreciation• relationships• trust• noticing

the personal support role of every teacher

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• “looking out” for young people

• noticing how they feel and behave, what they say etc

• responding to it• knowing what to do

with the information

the personal support role of every teacher

noticingnoticing

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barriers to learningbarriers to learning

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they have had poor experiences of school

why do some youngsters not learn so well?

relationship

problems

bullyinghealth problems

truancyboring lessons

peer pressure

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they have missed a significant part of schooling

why do some youngsters not learn so well?

can’t catch up

so give upcan’t figure out

what’s going on

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difficult personal circumstances

why do some youngsters not learn so well?

looked

after

moved home oftenparenting problems

family

circumstances

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particular learning needs and difficulties

why do some youngsters not learn so well?

not

recognisednot dealt with

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kids don’t learn wellunless we help remove the barriers to learning

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kids don’t learn wellunless we help remove the barriers to learning

•noticing

•specialist help

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what makes a good teacher?

why do good teachers get results?

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is my jobjust to teach?

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download download presentationpresentation

www.aberdeen-education.org.uk/guidance/downloads

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download download presentationpresentation

www.aberdeen-education.org.uk/guidance/downloads

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thank you for

listening

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national websitenational website

www.ltscotland.org.uk/personalsupportinschools