Building Relationships

 Building Relationships

When building a relationship with learners, it can be difficult if you don’t approach it the right way that works for you and your learner. Building Relationships is about having trust before you are ready to trust (Cauros, 2015). I have been building relationships by listening to the teacher’s needs and giving them the support they need in the classroom. Then by getting my foot in the door, I can start building the relationship. I can encourage them to step out of their comfort zone by making small changes. 

Getting a couple of teachers in your circle of trust and seeing how well you are accomplished will bring teachers on board. When you start to build that relationship with those teachers, I can make my identity known as a technology facilitator. I have begun by small talk with teachers on their needs and what they want to accomplish for the year with technology. In some ways, I have started to empower teachers by encouraging them to take that risk they have been talking about. For example, I had a Spanish teacher feel nervous about using Canvas and putting some of the assignments online. I started out walking it through it with her and just put information about her class on Canvas first, then build-up to the assignment. The student now submits assignments and videos on Canvas. She said Canvas has made her class more efficient. Then she had teachers see how well it worked out for and they all wanted to work up to doing the same thing in their classroom.  


References

Cauros, G. (2015). The Innovator's Mindset. Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.

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