Strategies for Teachers to Increase Student Success during Online learning
- Establish clear expectations
-Try to keep online instructions short, simple and clear.
-Consider making video instructions instead of text.
-Provide visual reminders of rules to follow and work to complete.
-Help students focus by using different colored fonts on-screen to aide in distinguishing important ideas.
-Help your students break larger assignments into smaller tasks. Encourage them to take breaks between tasks.
-Allow your students to make choices and have input over their assignments. Consider use of a choice board. Giving students’ choice makes them feel more in control during a time when their present situation is stressful and beyond their control.
- Offer emotional support to your students
-Provide empathy to your students. This is obviously a stressful time and not an ideal learning situation. Let your students know you understand that. Lower your expectations and don’t
push too hard.
-Communicate your frustrations and emotions during this difficult time. Let your students know they are not alone in what they are feeling.
-Show interest in how your students are doing. Ask questions, make encouraging comments.
-Praise your students often for their efforts. Acknowledge their use of patience and grit.
-Encourage your students to stay in touch with friends/classmates for their emotional support as well.
-Teachers need to have self-compassion. Engage in self-care to be at your best for your students.
- Provide positive feedback
-Provide immediate and frequent praise and positive feedback for work completion.
-Encourage students to reward themselves with a special activity, snack, game etc. after completing their work.
-Encourage parents to praise and reward their children for work completion.
