Teachers getting to work on social safety
As a teacher, you have a major influence on the school climate. You interact with your students every day and shape the culture in and beyond the classroom. That is why it is important that you feel sufficiently equipped to contribute to social safety at school. In this guide, we provide tips on how you, as a teacher, can work on this.
Students need a safe environment at school in order to learn to the best of their ability. And not only that: a safe school climate also has a positive effect on students’ well-being. In fact, a good school climate is a prerequisite for safety at school.
This guide contains tips on how you, as a teacher, can work on this. These tips are based on the following effective elements:
- School connectedness
- Interpersonal relationships – both between teacher and student and among students
- Social norms and rules
- Professional relationships
- Civic and social skills
- Physical environment
The guide offers practical tips and insights to:
- strengthen students’ sense of school connectedness
- work on positive relationships between students and teachers
- apply clear social norms and rules
- encourage social and civic skills
- create a safe and supportive classroom environment
Download the guide here.
School leaders getting to work on social safety
As a school leader, you are central to creating and maintaining a safe school climate. In this guide, you will find tools and concrete steps to promote it. It also includes reflection questions that challenge you to consider what is already going well and where opportunities for improvement lie.
Students need a safe environment at school in order to learn to the best of their ability. And not only that: a safe school climate also has a positive effect on students’ well-being. In fact, a good school climate is a prerequisite for safety at school.
Research (Kohnstamm, 2024) shows the crucial areas in which you can make a difference: School connectedness, Interpersonal relationships, and Norms & rules. Focusing on these areas has the greatest effect on learning and well-being.
Download the guide here.