Understanding the physiological, social, emotional, and academic impacts of trauma and adversity on students allows educators to better serve all students.
Focus Area
Shifting to a trauma-informed teaching practice requires ongoing professional learning for educators with a unified approach to community-learning, and enhancing growth and development for the whole student. Successful learning plans include year-round support that meet students where they are and recognize the impact of daily positive interactions and affirmations for students.
The BL Lab keeps your professional learning connected.
Teachers access learning, engage with their coach, track progress toward their outcomes, and measure their confidence to enact those outcomes in the classroom.
Instructional leaders use self-directed courses to supplement PLCs and offer differentiated teacher support throughout the school year.
Administrators enjoy a complete view of their professional learning programs with easy access to learning progress across multiple cohorts.
Teachers begin their professional learning journey with one of BetterLesson’s job-embedded coaches. In a supportive, 1:1 environment, teachers and coaches determine what a successful trauma-informed classroom looks like.
1:1 Job Embedded Coaching | Virtual
Educators work with a coach to create sustained shifts in practice aligned to target outcomes using our Try-Measure-Learn approach.
School leaders observe classrooms through our non-evaluative Learning Walks. From there, leaders can support teachers in achieving their outcomes, while identifying and celebrating trauma-informed teaching practices.
Learning Walk Cycle | In-Person
Leaders can identify evidence of the target outcomes in the classroom and in student learning.
Virtual Workshops offer targeted professional learning in a collaborative environment. Alongside their peers, teachers set goals, identify manageable implementation steps, and create a reflection plan to ensure a sustainable change in Trauma-Informed Practices.
Creating Safe Spaces: Developing a Trauma Informed Classroom | Virtual
I cultivate emotional safety in my classroom.
De-escalation Tactics and Mindsets | Virtual
I utilize de-escalation tactics and mindsets.
Resilience and Wellbeing Strategies for Teachers | Virtual
I use resilience and wellbeing strategies to build and maintain my own wellness.
Implementing meaningful change in your district’s Trauma-Informed Practices takes time. Our comprehensive professional learning plans incorporate Coaching, Virtual Workshops, and self-directed learning experiences for teachers. This scaffolded support aligns to how adult learners actually learn. BetterLesson designs your personalized learning plan to align to your district’s strategic plan – eliminating the frustration of scattered, one-off PD efforts.
Professional learning requires effort from all district staff. To ensure that effort isn’t wasted, BetterLesson connects every learning experience to an outcome describing a tangible change in Trauma-Informed Practices.
Outcome: I cultivate emotional safety in my classroom.
Outcome: I create a classroom community that allows all students to experience success.
Outcome: I utilize de-escalation tactics and mindsets.
Outcome: I use resilience and wellbeing strategies to build and maintain my own wellness.
Outcome: I create systems that enable teachers to use trauma-informed practices to support student learning.
Watch a strategy to build relationships and provide consistency by greeting students at the beginning of class.
Embed mindfulness practices into the classroom to help students focus and relax.
Make space for students to pay attention to and publicly recognize what others are doing well with a Positive News Board.
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