LA practices

SUPPORT all students, especially those that are struggling
- EMPATHIZE with struggling students
- Use GROWTH MINDSET feedback
- Use student NAMES, even for harder-to-pronounce names
- Engage WITHDRAWN students that may be struggling
Redirect Questions and FOSTER COLLABORATION, instead of simply answering: ask nearby students what they think; respond with a question (e.g. what have you tried so far? what parts are you understanding?)
Use Wait Time - wait 7 seconds after asking a question, before asking a follow-up or answering it.
Check for Understanding in ALL students, even quiet ones
- ASK closed question(s) to see where confusion is
- Ask OPEN questions to make answers more safe or meaningful
- END with closed questions to CHECK UNDERSTANDING

Practice wait time to give students time to think about and respond
Kindly pull a student aside to check in on how they are doing and how you can help
Make uncertainty safe: ask open questions; embrace complexity rather than oversimplifying things
Resist a single right answer: generate multiple approaches to a problem
Examine your assumptions about students: become more aware of implicit biases
Foster a growth mindset by encouraging effort and trying different strategies
Reduce anonymity: learn students’ names and encourage them to learn yours
Model inclusive language, behavior and attitudes: involve everybody, including withdrawn students
Address tensions explicitly: if tensions exist among a group of between LA + student, talk about these
Facilitate active listening: validate/paraphrase student responses + encourage others to do the same

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