Social Awareness

Thought Questions:

• What are the key skills and behaviors that help to define social awareness?

• How did the use of open-ended questions during classroom instruction provide students an opportunity to understand how other people feel and think?

• How might you build a learning environment that appreciates diversity and respects differences?

Thought Questions:

• What actions and behaviors do the teachers take to create a sense of belonging in their classrooms?

• Why is it important for students to feel safe, cared for, and emotionally connected to their teachers and each other?

• In what ways do I foster social connections and create opportunities for students to practice and demonstrate compassion?

Thought Questions:

• How do the student-created norms build a learning community that develops a sense of belonging, agency, and inclusivity?

• How can co-creating norms support students to recognize and appreciate unique differences in the classroom community?

• In what ways can we grow our students' capacity to understand how others think and feel?

Thought Questions:

• How does the TAG strategy help students develop the skill of recognizing the strengths of others?

• What are the benefits of using a specific structure to encourage students to use empathy during the feedback process?

• In what ways can you leverage the process of peer feedback to help students recognize and honor differences?

Thought Questions:

• How do the four specific questions invite students to identify prosocial behaviors?

• How does revisiting and reflecting on shared agreements communicate appropriate learning behaviors?

• In what ways can students work with teachers to decide how to make their classrooms and school a better place?