Sign in
These four items should already be ready before students arrive
What are a charged iPad, sign-in sheet, roster, and activity/seating materials?
Staff should always maintain this during snack.
What is line of sight?
Materials for the next activity should be prepared before this.
What is before students arrive?
Students should set one of these before beginning homework.
What is a concrete goal?
Greeting every student by this helps set the tone for the session.
What is their name?
One major purpose of snack time is building these.
What are relationships/rapport?
Students should always know this during transitions.
What is exactly where to go?
This tool helps with behavior management and supervision.
What is a seating chart?
Authorization or attendance issues should be addressed at this time—not during pickup.
What is immediately when discovered?
Student helpers should be coached rather than left to do this alone
What is serve snack independently?
A transition should never have this.
What is an unsupervised gap?
Students without homework should receive these instead of sitting idle.
What are high-yield activities?
Student helpers may assist with sign-in only under this condition.
What is direct staff supervision?
Programs must keep this information current for every student.
What are allergy and dietary needs?
Student should know the schedule
What is moving students to the next component?
It is 2:45 p.m., and homework time has just started. As leadership, you walk into the classroom and observe the following: Two staff members are seated together talking while students work independently. Several students have not taken out their homework and are chatting with friends. One student is visibly frustrated because they don't understand the assignment, but no staff member has noticed. The classroom is becoming louder, making it difficult for students who are trying to concentrate. Some students don't have homework but are sitting idle with nothing to do. In the scenario, what was one major concern?
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