Psychological Safety
Identify what helps you feel safe and valued in a group and develop strategies for creating safety among educators.
Acceptance, belonging, trust, and compassionate communication are all essential to psychological safety. Psychological safety allows educators to bring their full selves to interactions with coworkers, which is what all good relationships are built from. Through this activity, you will identify some concrete actions to take to help build yours’ and others’ sense of psychological safety at school.
Related Resources
Resources
The Ladder of Inference
Unpack the data findings of the young people you work most closely with.
Relational Practice
Approaches to Sharing Power
Ten approaches that can be integrated into classroom or program activities that build the Sharing Power element of the developmental relationships framework.
Activity
Letter for Your Future Self
Activity where participants write a letter to their future self about what they can do in the present to work toward their goals.