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Foreign-speaking parents: Sidekick Solutions
'I experience a barrier towards non-Dutch speaking parents of my students. How can I close the gap without being pushy?'
Read the answer in the article.
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Self-confidence and growth mindset
With a growth mindset, students learn to focus on growth and the process instead of an end result and an achievement. Working on self-confidence ensures that students feel good about themselves and that they can learn better. This video …
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Well-being in your classroom
Students who feel better will perform better. If you perform better, you will feel better. This video explains how you can work on resilience and how you can work on well-being every week.
With the Sidekick Solutions, the Academy addresses a …
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How can I help discuss feelings in a playful way?
Over the line is a method for students to really get to know each other and to see where they are struggling. In this playful way you can help discuss feelings. The methodology helps students realize that they are not alone and that everyone …
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Motivation: Engine for the future
In education we face the daily challenge of motivating young people. This can be done in various ways. On this website you will learn how to do this in a sustainable way, namely not only by punishing and rewarding, but by really giving young …
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Intercultural school culture: Toolbox with diversity actions and methodologies
In the Intercultural school culture toolbox you will find various actions, learning contents, detailed lessons, methodologies and other teaching materials to stimulate interculturality in your classroom and in your school.
The toolbox was developed by …
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Stress in students: Tips
As a teacher, you can help your students discover what drives them into stress mode, what their capacity is and how they can smooth out their stress peaks.
In many cases, stress can be tamed if you show mildness and dare to convey clear messages about …
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Femke Verschueren about fear of failure
Fear of failure is a vicious creature. It takes root in more minds than you might suspect. Also in those of students who perform well. Actress and singer Femke Verschueren can speak to that. Yet she notices that it doesn't happen very often: …
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Dealing with anger and frustration: Fact sheet
What makes me angry? How do I recognize anger in myself and others? What can I do myself? What can others do?
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The Block: Tool for tension regulation
The Block is a tool to help children and young people with tension regulation.
On the site you will find:
- information about the tool,
- an online shop to purchase the material,
- training for school.
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Hey, I'm okay in class and school
Ankerpunt vzw comes to your classroom.
This workshop focuses on the well-being of every student, the entire class and of course that of the teacher. It is the perfect opportunity to make the children at your school mentally, physically and socially …Translated by
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What steps can you take if students have dark thoughts?
What do the four legs of a chair have to do with the difference between sadness and depression? You will hear it from clinical psychologist Saartje Moens. She sees you as Sidekick Sam as the perfect observer to pick up the first signals of dark …
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