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[Narrator] Research shows that using active supervision can increase student task engagement and support expected behaviours in the classroom. That's why I use active supervision to help me monitor learning and identify students who may have questions or need my help.
There are three components of active supervision: moving, scanning, and interacting. I'm going to show you how I use them during work time.
As the students are working, I move around the room to keep an eye on things. I use my body positioning purposefully and move around unpredictably to spend time in different locations. This encourages students to maintain attention and engagement.
I adjust my approach for groups of different sizes, like giving Christian and Lily a task to work on together so that I can briefly move around the rest of the class before returning to work with them.
Regardless of where I'm positioned, I scan the room frequently and intentionally look around at the students to pick up any issues quickly, refocus on the learning task, and encourage expected behaviours.
Interacting with students is important when moving and scanning. My top tip is to use a friendly, open, and helpful approach, and it's not just about performance. Non-contingent attention such as greetings, smiles, and conversations are key. This communicates care, trust, and respect, and helps to build relationships regardless of whether I'm teaching, encouraging, or drawing attention to the expected behaviours.
Together, these techniques help me to support students in achieving academic success and demonstrate expected behaviours in the classroom.
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