Zones of Regulation Training

There are 4 Zones of Regulation- blue, green, yellow, and red. We want to encourage and find ways to help our students find the green zone. The zones are a way to support the development of self-regulation in students. The goal is to teach our students how to identify their feelings and develop tools to help them regulate those feelings to get to a green zone.

1. Lindsey Gullett Midview Elementary August 24, 2022 Professional Development Training: The Zones of Regulation

2. Agenda for Today’s Training: What are the Zones of Regulation? Why is it important? How will we achieve this? (District Goal) Components of the Zones of Regulation Supporting Instructional Practices Sample Surveys & Questionnaires Time to work with grade level team

3. Building a Framework What We Need: Build a framework that supports the use of the Zones of Regulation What are the zones of regulation? (link) District Goal: To implement, district-wide, the Zones of Regulation in all grade levels.

4. How will we implement this? We will offer district wide training to staff Additional staff (title, tutors, paras, & intervention specialists) will be available for support, intervention, and collaboration. Specific key areas: -utilizing in the classroom & specials areas -visuals posted within each classroom

5. Components 4 colored Zones- Red: mad, angry, yelling, out of control Yellow: frustrated, worried, excited Green: happy, calm, focused, ready to learn Blue: sad, sick, tired, bored

6. What do the Zones of Regulation look like?

7. Supporting the Instructional Practices “Interactive read-alouds provide critical opportunities to support children in building knowledge about the world, and this knowledge can in turn support students’ comprehension of new texts. The more related knowledge students bring to a text, the better they are at comprehending that text” (Wright, 2018, p.5). Purposefully planned Interactive Model Evidence-based teaching strategy

8. Creating Your Own Zones Chart It must: Clearly shows all 4 colors 4-5 behaviors for each color are symbolized Have a theme/scheme Be visually appealing to your learners

9. Staff Pre- Questionnaire

10. Pre & Post Survey for Students

11. Closing thoughts….. Remember the importance of modeling the zones… WATCH VIDEO HERE

12. Use the link below to answer some questions about today’s presentation. We thank you in advance for helping the district provide the support and resources needed. LINK TO FORM HERE District Survey

13. References Donnelly, P. (2019). A new guide for guided reading: more guided, more reading, Practical Literacy:The Early and Primary Years. 24 (1). 9-11. Retrieved from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=2&sid =d59fb84d-3485-4d2e-ba1b-1d1ae556641f%40pdc-v-sessmgr03 Fisher, D., Frey, N., & Williams, D. (2002). Seven literacy strategies that work. Educational Leadership. 60 (3). 70-73. Retrieved from https://www.bath.k12.ky.us/userfiles/2/Seven %20Literacy%20Strategies%20That%20Work.pdf Wright, T. (2018). Reading to learn from the start. American Educator. 42 (4). 4-8. Retrieved from https://www.bath.k12.ky.us