The phrase “How are you doing?” is so common in our daily conversation that we often don’t hesitate to answer “good” or “fine”. However, tapping into how you really feel is an important emotional skill to have, and it’s not as easy as one thinks. When you are emotionally aware and can acknowledge your feelings, you can more easily regulate these emotions allowing you to move through tough emotions quickly. It also helps you recognize the feelings of others, which in turn, helps build relationships.
Jenn DeLaRosa and Jackie Panos have incorporated a daily “How Am I Feeling?” survey into their day to help their students recognize their feelings. The two minute video shows Jenn in action, providing instruction about the survey, as well as one of her students explaining why they do the survey.
At their earliest convenience, Mrs. DeLaRosa and Mrs. Panos take a look at the survey results each day. If there are students who have requested to speak with them about how they are feeling that day, Mrs. DeLaRosa and Mrs. Panos pull them aside briefly to check in with them and let the students know their feelings are valued.
“I find the mental health check-in to be very valuable to me as a teacher. How a student is feeling each day definitely impacts his/her learning; therefore, it is important for me to at least have a heads up that someone is feeling down, hurt, angry, etc. While I don't need to know WHY they are feeling this way, it's also nice for students to have the option to share that with me by selecting that they'd like to talk. Some of the students that have asked to talk via the survey would have never approached me in person about how they were feeling. Because of this daily survey, students feel like their feelings are valued and they are able to be heard, which makes the survey all the more meaningful!” -- Jackie Panos Here’s what some students have to say about doing the survey:
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Sarah
11/8/2019 01:53:04 pm
I love this!
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Tyler
11/11/2019 06:23:20 am
I love the intention and authenticity this brings. I have noticed how often we ask the blanket statement "How are you?" to our students and our colleagues, with no real intention of finding the answer. I applaud the willingness to take time out of your academic tasks to serve the needs of your students!
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