Happy Teaching with CLASS Thursday!
When was the last time you experienced strong feelings in your classroom? Every day, right? Emotions play a huge part in what happens in classrooms every day. Working with young children is demanding, both physically and cognitively, but also emotionally.
We hear a lot about young children's need for coregulation as they're learning to self-regulate, but when was the last time you considered your own self-regulation needs? How can we process all of what we're feeling so we can move through challenging moments and make a difference for each child in our classrooms?
In this episode, @Kate Cline TS and our amazing guest Dr. Angela Searcy (@Angela Searcy) talk about how to deal with your own self-regulation in challenging moments. Dr. Searcy holds a doctorate in education, is an author of the book Push Past It, was a teacher for 10 years, a therapist for 10 years, and has taught all ages.
Be sure to check out the attached episode guide to keep all of the wisdom shared in this episode with you!
Here are the key takeaways, as well as the acronym for Push Past It!
- You can BE negative – you just can’t stay negative - just doing that one small thing can change the life of a child. It is powerful. Take time to process your own emotions.
- Use strategies like Push Past It! to build relationships and support behavior change in the classroom. Push Past It! reminds us to pick out the positives, understand everyone's perspective, seek neutral support, hone in on everyone's intentions, pay attention to your own behavior, ask questions, step back, and take care of yourself.
- Begin by building relationships - focus on Emotional Support and Classroom organization - these foundational pieces will help you build strong relationships with the children.
- You are not alone – There are many tools to help you! Angela's author page is full of tools that support the implementation process and help you assemble ideas.
The process of Push Past It
- Pick out the Positives
- Understand everyone's Perspective
- Seek Neutral Support
- Hone in on Everyone's Intentions
- Pay attention to your own behavior
- Ask questions
- Step Back
- Take care of yourself
- IT!
You can find all of the details on Push Past It in Dr. Searcy's book, Push Past It! as well as in the attached episode guide!
What did you like about this episode? Do you think you'll try the "Push Past It" method?
I can't wait to discuss this episode with you here in the comments!
Best,
Allison
Resources:
Kate Cline
Dr. Angela Searcy
Dr. Angela Searcy at Gryphon House
Push Past It!
Werk It worksheet
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Allison Bloomfield
Charlottesville VA
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