So one of the things that the Teaching Pyramid...
...made me aware of is when I see people in my classroom...
...that are not forming relationships, meaningful relationships with the children.
So the Teaching Pyramid gave me a set of tools and a vocabulary to start having discussions...
...with people so they start having different kinds of relationships with the kids.
[reflective pause]
When they are not having meaningful relationships with the kids...
...what I notice is that they are not really on a journey with the kids.
They are doing a lot of correcting and directing.
The children aren't forming trusting relationships...
...and there is a lot of conflict-based interactions with the teachers and the child.
And so the children feel that... [reflective pause]
...they're not being supported and they're actually, I would say being undermined.
I can now have a conversation with a teacher about that and it's not a judgement.
It's and understanding that this is how children learn.
Our school is a Reggio inspired school and so the relationship piece is extremely important.
It connects the Teaching Pyramid framework to our Reggio values perfectly.
We've worked really hard on infusing the Reggio values.
I was very excited to see that the Teaching Pyramid fit together...
...with it in a way that actually supports Reggio.
We can share the vocabulary and we can put the two together and it makes both...
...the Teaching Pyramid and Reggio a little bit richer.