What will teachers do with SF?
Mikael Thunblom Martin Larsson
Martin Larsson Mikael Thunblom
Martin Larsson Mikael Thunblom
Mikael Thunblom
The Principle
The Teachers
Mikael Thunblom
The Swedish School System LGR 11
How to control the system
Swedish School Minister Lars Björklund
The Swedish Schools Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen)
What is wrong? and What doesn t work?
The Alternative Schools Inspectorate
What works? and based on that What is your next step?
www.idaenheten.se
IDA s purpose Increase the general school results and the apeal on choosen schools Support pupils, parents and school employ Anchor an intercultural approach How: By developing new tools, methods and interaction-models
How will we reach our purpose? Be a helping force to improve the schools developing progress Be curious and brave enough to question the situation in the schools Be supportive in the process
The Idea of using SF in the classroom
16 Teachers and 16 hours of Solution Focused basic training Ask them to explore SF and find out if it s useful in their work
The Teachers
Take a couple of minutes with the person next to you and try to find a couple of things that the teachers did What did they do?
They began to coach
They started to coach their collleagues Started to coach their students Started to coach their team
They also Changed their perspective on colleagues Released the Superteacher in them
Started to coach their students Coaching sessions with students where I changed from just being a good listener to a good coach I followed up on individual interviews where I got to see fast results. Then I confirmed, lifted strengths and good qualities and gave positive feedback about what made an impression on me. Jag har haft ett något tydligare mission när jag har gått in i ett klassrum, eller i ett samtal. Jag har påmint mig själv inför dessa situationer mer nu än tidigare om att: eleven är experten jag är inte den som har lösningen.
Started to coach their students By feedbacking all progress on willingness to work and working environment things have become better in the classroom. Now we often plan the lessions together
Started to coach their collleagues
Started to coach their collegues I've done the walking-scale exercise with my mentor group about the work environment I have had an extremely difficult and sensitive conversation with a colleague, instead of entrusting it to the principal, as I first thought.
Changed their perspective on colleagues The main thing I will take with me is to be satisfied with the good that I do and more actively look for other people's strengths instead of seeing their weaknesses As team leader I used to give all the solutions to my colleagues - now I hope that I dare to believe more in them and their abilities to find out the solution for themselves
The Super Teacher
The Super Teacher
Released the Superteacher in them I might not need to make a lot of big changes. I can continue to do the things that I already do well and think that they have an effect over time I see the positive in things. I challenge myself more. I am more observant of my pre-assumptions I feel more calm and much more safe in my role as a teacher I m more happy and relaxed than I used to be I look for good things in other people and give them feedback on what I see
Released the Superteacher in them My student see me do things differently now I m more happy now in the classroom I am calmer in my teaching and more secure. I am tougher and less afraid of getting into conflict I have seen new things about myself in the classroom I try to be my best self, go with light steps and be calm when I come to work. I also try to take a step back and not always provide a solution without asking a counterquestion: How would you solve it?
What was some positive effects?
Better working atmosphere in the classroom Increased sense of control in the work situation Reduced stress Increased participation of students Increased results
"Happier students, higher performance on homework and a more active classroom environment. We also found out that we all needed to be a part of the change to build a better situation in the classroom "
This method is very effective. I used to spend a lot of time listening to the problems my students had. It is interesting to be able to move forward much more quickly and find a solution in a short time without analyzing what caused the problems
The Pupils as Resource Detectives
True Detective
The Resource Detectives
Homework for this week Be a Resource Detective at home
Making the students part of the Solutio
Walking-scale on Working environment Studying results How they like it in school What they tought about the teachers way of teaching
Then the teacher asked the students to come upp with ideas to help the teacher ad the situation i the classroom
Then the teacher asked the students how they would notice her progress And they gave her a desctription
Then she asked the students to come up with ideas on how they could improve the situation
So they created a way of working together over time
Genom alla deras tips och idéer förändrade jag undervisningen en del och efter nästan varje lektion fick de utvärdera lektionen genom att hålla upp ett till fem fingrar (där fem är bäst) och resultaten blev genast mycket bättre än före arbetet med skalorna och det egna ansvaret över förbättringen. Efter ett par veckor fick de återigen betygssätta mig och resultatet var talande då alla tyckte att jag blivit bättre och att undervisningen var mer givande. Många var noga med att poängtera att de nu lärde sig massor och deras studieresultat hade också under den här korta perioden höjts. Jag fick då tillfälle att påpeka vilka framgångar jag sett i klasserna genom gladare elever, högre resultat på läxförhör och liknande, elever som frågar om hjälp på ett sätt jag inte upplevt tidigare och en aktivare klassrumsmiljö samtidigt som arbetsron hade ökat
Benefits that teachers talk about the method are also: You can start using the method right away Works both at an individual and organizational level Creates motivation Builds working relations with the students Do not collide with other existing approaches Starts and strengthen processes Time-saving
What happens next?