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Description: Group agreements are co-created guidelines that help participants feel comfortable with each other and set an atmosphere of safety and respect. Many teachers and facilitators skip this step when working with groups of youth and miss a powerful piece of prevention that can help make a group experience successful. The following lesson plan from the Inner Resilience Program is a process to create a set of group agreements. along with a physical symbol that can serve as a group reminder.

Subject: Revised Curriculum; Arts Education; Cross-Curricular; Teaching Strategies; English Language Arts

Keywords: Social Emotional Learning; Core Competencies; Heart-Mind Well-Being; Social Contract

Learning Standards: Students will reflect on and express opinions about factors that contribute to a safe and respectful group environment. Students will work as a team to co-create group agreements.

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Description: How did a secondary school initiate a culture transformation that virtually eliminated calls to the office for disrespectful behaviour between students in the first 3 months? At John Oliver Secondary School in Vancouver, this radical shift involved several factors: fostered student leadership, informed staff and the following, simple activity that was the catalyst for actions leading to feelings of being respected, valued and safe.

Keywords: Core Competencies; Social Emotional Learning; Conflict Resolution; Kindness; Mindfulness

URLs: http://heartmindonline.org/resources/step-into-the-circle-promoting-safety-and-respect

Learning Standards: To increase the understanding of how behaviours and attitudes impact others. To highlight the similarities between students. To recognize some of the factors which may influence feeling safe at school. To encourage student-led changes in school culture.

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