Charlotte Verity Professional Learning (School Based)

I enjoyed our team discussion about communication styles. We discussed how certain behaviours may shut down or support a conversation. Shut downs:  * Eye rolling * Turning away / walking away from speaker * Using a device  * Talking over top of someone * Beginning to respond to someone, but talking about something else entirely * Putting down an idea, even in a humorous way  * Having an insincere tone Supports:  * Eye contact * Nodding, smiling, showing interest * Asking probing questions to understand the person's message * Facing the person talking  * Stopping what you are doing to focus on the discussion  Why might we use 'shut down' behaviours?  Lack of time. I am in the middle of something and I need to finish / I am focused on something else Inappropriate time. This is not the right physical place. There is too much else going on; e.g parents, environment, exhaustion. Having a slower processing speed/needing m...

Focus: To open up communication across the whole school in regards to collaboration between staff members and establishing goals for moving forward. What is going well and what do we need to move away from? Time Agenda Item Minutes Actions 10 mins Activity: What does an effective meeting look like? Question will be written up on the door as staff enter along with instructions on how to answer it. Staff will write their answers on post-it-notes and organise them in categories on a piece paper placed on the wall. We will then select the majority and make this our focus for our meeting. There were three main trends identified: Time management and keeping to the agenda Everyone having a voice Having a system in place to work through important conversations Time management was our focus for this meeting. 5 mins Explain the Grid to Understanding Communication and Behaviour (give examples) are our two foci in regards to staff relationships, rather th...