Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (for Teachers) — Transcript

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1. 0:00hello everybody Elizabeth Peterson here
2. 0:02from The Inspired classroom and seal
3. 0:04social emotional artistic learning and
4. 0:07today we are going to talk about
5. 0:09Maslow's hierarchy of needs and how this
6. 0:13applies to teachers as we're working
7. 0:16with our students you may have actually
8. 0:18heard the saying that you have to Maslow
9. 0:21before you can bloom and that's exactly
10. 0:25what I want to work through with you
11. 0:28inside of this video so here's the
12. 0:30pyramid that shows these needs and let's
13. 0:34for a moment think about ourselves with
14. 0:37this idea because Maslow's hierarchy of
15. 0:40needs certainly isn't just about kids
16. 0:42it's about adults too for example if an
17. 0:46adult is having money troubles maybe
18. 0:49they can't pay for their mortgage for a
19. 0:51couple of months or they're dealing with
20. 0:53a big and unexpected medical bill it may
21. 0:57actually cause that person not to work
22. 0:59well in their job in this case their
23. 1:03feeling of Safety and Security is not
24. 1:07being met and it can affect their
25. 1:10self-esteem maybe they don't really have
26. 1:12that feeling of self-worth anymore maybe
27. 1:16they don't feel accomplished because
28. 1:18they can't keep up with what they feel
29. 1:21are the basic needs of being an adult
30. 1:23and this all stems from them not being
31. 1:26able to have that security in their life
32. 1:31that has to do with them being able to
33. 1:33provide for themselves and their family
34. 1:35let's look at another example so let's
35. 1:38say that a friend of yours is depriving
36. 1:40themselves of certain foods maybe
37. 1:43they're on a low carb or no carb diet
38. 1:46and it's making them irritable and not
39. 1:51so fun to be around
40. 1:52so in this case their physiological
41. 1:56needs are not being fully met and it's
42. 1:59affecting their ability to socialize
43. 2:02well with others so do you see how this
44. 2:05can start to work in our own lives as
45. 2:07adults well the same is true for our
46. 2:10students as well the way the hierarchy
47. 2:13works is that you need to build a good
48. 2:16foundation and pacify the needs at the
49. 2:19bottom of this pyramid in order to start
50. 2:22working your way up you can't really
51. 2:25skip steps and let's face it school is
52. 2:29kind of more focused on the esteem part
53. 2:32of the pyramid right now there's no
54. 2:34problem with that we are teachers and
55. 2:37teaching knowledge is what we do the
56. 2:40only thing is that if students are
57. 2:42coming to us without having those other
58. 2:45needs met their learning is not going to
59. 2:48be nearly as good as it could be for
60. 2:51example I'll never forget this one time
61. 2:53last year one of my students it was
62. 2:56about 8 50 in the morning we had just
63. 2:59switched for math groups and she was not
64. 3:02being her normal self she wasn't getting
65. 3:04right into the math warm-up that we
66. 3:06usually started with she was kind of
67. 3:08slumped over and I thought oh goodness
68. 3:10something bad must have happened at home
69. 3:12so I went over and I asked her what was
70. 3:14going on and I asked if she was okay and
71. 3:17she just kind of wasn't responding so
72. 3:20much and then I happened to ask her did
73. 3:22you have breakfast this morning or did
74. 3:24you leave in a rush and she said yeah I
75. 3:27left in a rush it didn't have anything
76. 3:28to eat and I'm hungry and I thought
77. 3:31let's get you some food so I said do you
78. 3:34want to go to the cafeteria and see what
79. 3:36food is available and she said sure she
80. 3:38went she grabbed food she brought it
81. 3:40back she ate it while she was doing her
82. 3:43warm-up and then by the time we're ready
83. 3:45to start as a whole class she was all in
84. 3:48just having that little snack was so
85. 3:52helpful for her all right so let's take
86. 3:54a look at each of these steps in this
87. 3:57pyramid and talk about what we can do
88. 4:00and look out for as teachers so right at
89. 4:04the bottom of the pyramid foundational
90. 4:06is the physiological needs of our
91. 4:10students and ourselves we often will
92. 4:13assume that students are coming to us
93. 4:15with those types of needs met but in
94. 4:18reality we know that that's not always
95. 4:20the truth so be thinking about what kind
96. 4:25of things you might allow for in your
97. 4:27classroom will you allow a student to
98. 4:30eat snack if you think they really need
99. 4:31it do you have snack time during the day
100. 4:34what's your bathroom policy do you allow
101. 4:36students to go to the bathroom if they
102. 4:38need it this level in the hierarchy of
103. 4:40needs is not just about food water and
104. 4:43shelter but also Comfort basic Comfort I
105. 4:47love that this illustration says warmth
106. 4:50I'll tell you there are some days when
107. 4:52my my classroom is pretty chilly and I
108. 4:55will actually allow my students to wear
109. 4:58their jackets for a little extra time if
110. 5:00they want as long as they're doing their
111. 5:02work because I know if they feel
112. 5:04comfortable if they feel like they're
113. 5:08you know biological their physiological
114. 5:10needs are met then they're going to be
115. 5:12better able to stay in the classroom and
116. 5:14do their work okay let's move to the
117. 5:16next level up and that is security this
118. 5:20is where you're making sure that your
119. 5:22classroom is the safe learning
120. 5:24environment that I know you want for
121. 5:26your students so do your students feel
122. 5:30safe in the classroom and there are some
123. 5:32things that you might want to think
124. 5:33about as you're considering this in this
125. 5:37framework here this could include
126. 5:38something as simple as your seating
127. 5:41arrangement maybe a student needs to be
128. 5:43far or near from certain people in the
129. 5:47room or even you as the teacher maybe
130. 5:50they need to be near the doorway or are
131. 5:53away from the doorway maybe they just
132. 5:55need a little extra space because they
133. 5:57don't feel comfortable being in the
134. 5:59middle of the room and feeling like
135. 6:00they're surrounded by others this is
136. 6:02also where you might consider do you
137. 6:05have the tools and things that your
138. 6:07students need so that they don't feel
139. 6:10out of place but they feel like they are
140. 6:12comfortable and safe inside your
141. 6:14classroom this is also where some
142. 6:17strategically chosen fidgets can also be
143. 6:20utilized like something really quiet
144. 6:22that they can squeeze kind of out of
145. 6:24sight but it you know that it's helping
146. 6:26them now social needs are such an
147. 6:30important part of all classrooms and I
148. 6:33know that this is one of the things that
149. 6:35teachers love to take the time to
150. 6:38cultivate in their classroom building
151. 6:40relationships between teacher and
152. 6:43student and also peer-to-peer seems to
153. 6:45be the single most important thing the
154. 6:48most important aspect of social
155. 6:50emotional well-being that students need
156. 6:53inside the classroom and whether it's
157. 6:55the beginning of the school year or the
158. 6:57middle or even near the end having some
159. 7:00good ways to continue to build
160. 7:02relationships and get students to you
161. 7:05know work together really well and have
162. 7:07that sense of belonging is just so
163. 7:09important and if you're looking for some
164. 7:11quick and effective ways to build
165. 7:14relationships in your classroom be sure
166. 7:16to check out my quick connections free
167. 7:19resource from seal I'll leave the link
168. 7:21to get your free copy down below this
169. 7:24video finally we start getting up there
170. 7:26on the hierarchy of needs let's take a
171. 7:29look at a steam now this is where most
172. 7:32of our school day can live if our
173. 7:35students other needs are being met in
174. 7:38this place in this level of the
175. 7:40hierarchy of needs students can work
176. 7:43with others they'll learn they'll take
177. 7:45risks they'll make mistakes they'll gain
178. 7:48a sense of accomplishment in the work
179. 7:50that they're doing this is where
180. 7:52confidence is built and you can build
181. 7:55upon the learning that your students are
182. 7:58doing in your classroom now this level
183. 8:01of the hierarchy is I believe where
184. 8:05Bloom starts to happen in this esteem
185. 8:08layer and then up to the
186. 8:10self-actualization as well so you've
187. 8:13probably heard of Bloom's taxonomy right
188. 8:15I remember learning about it years and
189. 8:18years ago when I was in college and even
190. 8:20earlier than that Bloom's taxonomy is
191. 8:23where I find myself combing through all
192. 8:26the really juicy verbs to use when
193. 8:29creating lessons and making sure that
194. 8:32I'm really allowing for both lower and
195. 8:34higher order thinking depending on the
196. 8:37lesson that I'm creating for my students
197. 8:38here's the thing we can pound through
198. 8:41our days spouting off lesson after
199. 8:44lesson hoping that what we're putting
200. 8:46out there is being received by our
201. 8:48students but when you know better you do
202. 8:51better and I'll tell you that as I
203. 8:53learned more about Maslow's hierarchy of
204. 8:56needs I knew better I now know things to
205. 9:00look for in a student and questions to
206. 9:03ask my kids so I can make sure that
207. 9:06their basic needs are actually being met
208. 9:09to the best of our ability so that they
209. 9:11can learn and notice I said our ability
210. 9:15so here's the last thing I want to leave
211. 9:17you with I want you to remember that you
212. 9:20are not alone in this job reach out to
213. 9:25others at your school who can assist you
214. 9:27when you notice that a student's needs
215. 9:29aren't being met maybe it's the nurse
216. 9:32the counselor the administration a
217. 9:35colleague or even sometimes another one
218. 9:38of your students can be the right person
219. 9:40to help out another student no matter
220. 9:43what just understanding the basics of
221. 9:45Maslow's hierarchy of needs can really
222. 9:48change how you look at your students as
223. 9:52a whole and individually so hopefully
224. 9:54you'll be able to take this knowledge
225. 9:56back to your classroom as well let me
226. 9:58know what you think and I can't wait to
227. 10:00see you in the next video
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