One of the goals at Westpark is the development of healthy relationships between members of the school community. We are in the 2nd year of implementing Capturing Kids Hearts (CKH). CKH is a framework that helps good teachers and staff to become become better by equipping them with tools with which they can build meaningful relationships with their students, provide a safe environment in which students want to learn, and develop a dialogue for team-building. Teachers and staff are utilizing the CKH management approach which are dedicated to building classrooms where trust, respect, and caring relationships flourish.
The use of CKH helps to improve the school climate by:
★ Developing safe, trusting, self-managing classrooms.
★ Improving classroom attendance by building students’ motivation and helping them take responsibility for their actions and performance.
★ Decreasing negative behaviors such as disruptive outbursts, violent acts, bullying and other risky behavior. ★ Developing students’ empathy for diverse cultures and backgrounds.
Some CKH strategies and techniques that you may easily see on campus are teacher greeting students at the door, good things being shared in class, social contracts posted in classrooms, and the same 4 questions asked by staff when a student is having behaviors that need redirection.
