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DAY 2-EXPLORING THEORY & WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACHES

DAY 2 MORNING:

EXPLORING THEORY

Participants explore international, regional and local literature on gender and achievement

PLENARY (JEROME):

What does the literature say?

1) International

2) Regional

3) Local

TUTORIAL:

Explaining gendered achievement

PLENARY (GWEN):

Participant Presentations

This theory explains make underachievement for Tobago boys

DAY 2 AFTERNOON:

WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACHES

Participants consider whole school approaches to gender and achievement

PLENARY (JEROME):

1) School Level Interventions

2) Gender Responsive Schools

3) Building Resilience

4) Building Community

TUTORIAL:

Developing and Implementing a Whole School Plan

PLENARY (DEON):

Participant Poster Presentations

This is my whole school plan

Whole School Approaches

A whole school approach looks at the entire school and takes an oragnizational perspective emphasizing leadership, policy development. teaching and learning. school culture and envrionment, a focus on the child and voice, support services, and partnerships with family and community.

Building Resilience in Schools

Creating a Boy-Friendly School

Gender Friendly Schools

Resilience in Children-Video

Read-Resilience in Urban Schools-Article

Resilience in Primary School Communities-Article

Gender Responive Learning Environments_Toolkit

Promote positive social connections between staff and students, among students, and between schools and home.
Nurture positive qualities, such as empathy, optimism, or forgiveness, and give students a chance to use them.
Notice and reinforce qualities that are key to resilience.
Avoid focusing on failure or negative behaviors.
Teach by example, which is an effective approach; train staff to develop the same qualities.
Apply restorative justice techniques can help schools by giving students a structured opportunity to work difficulties out by encouraging reflection and empathy.
Foster feelings of competence and self-efficacy.
Set high expectations for students; teach them to set realistic, achievable goals, and also how to reach out for help when needed.

- See more at: http://www.childtrends.org/what-can-schools-do-to-build-resilience-in-their-students/#sthash.wj24l2EV.dpuf

Promote positive social connections between staff and students, among students, and between schools and home.
Nurture positive qualities, such as empathy, optimism, or forgiveness, and give students a chance to use them.
Notice and reinforce qualities that are key to resilience.
Avoid focusing on failure or negative behaviors.
Teach by example, which is an effective approach; train staff to develop the same qualities.
Apply restorative justice techniques can help schools by giving students a structured opportunity to work difficulties out by encouraging reflection and empathy.
Foster feelings of competence and self-efficacy.
Set high expectations for students; teach them to set realistic, achievable goals, and also how to reach out for help when needed.

- See more at: http://www.childtrends.org/what-can-schools-do-to-build-resilience-in-their-students/#sthash.wj24l2EV.dpuf

TIMELINE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THEORY IN CARIBBEAN

International Reports

Australia - Getting it Right for the Boys

Ontario - Boy's Underachievement-Which boys are we talking about?

Promote positive social connections between staff and students, among students, and between schools and home.
Nurture positive qualities, such as empathy, optimism, or forgiveness, and give students a chance to use them.
Notice and reinforce qualities that are key to resilience.
Avoid focusing on failure or negative behaviors.
Teach by example, which is an effective approach; train staff to develop the same qualities.
Apply restorative justice techniques can help schools by giving students a structured opportunity to work difficulties out by encouraging reflection and empathy.
Foster feelings of competence and self-efficacy.
Set high expectations for students; teach them to set realistic, achievable goals, and also how to reach out for help when needed.

- See more at: http://www.childtrends.org/what-can-schools-do-to-build-resilience-in-their-students/#sthash.wj24l2EV.dpuf

UK National Literacy trust-Boy's Reading

Underachievement in Education by White Working Class Children-June 2014

PDF Report