Ruby Payne
My school
had Ruby Payne come and speak about the 10 Actions to Understand and Educate
Students Application of a Framework for Understanding Poverty. It was the most amazing PD I have ever received
and really hit home on so many points. She helped us understand why our
students act the way they do.
She spoke
about how school norms are built around the dominate culture. Usually the
dominate culture within a school building is middle class. This makes it hard
for students of poverty to understand what is being asked of them.
She touched
on the differences between generational and situational poverty. She gave us 5
areas that students of generational poverty are not understood.
As for
difficult students, she said to ask them 2 questions. Who cares the most about
you? and Who do you care the most about? If students do not mention an adult
they are at risk. School staff need to ensure they find someone on staff who
will spend 4-5 minutes a day with this student. Studies show, if this is done,
these at risk students will succeed.
Lastly, she
spoke about males and how their brains are different from females. She showed
us a clip on YouTube by a speaker named Mr. Gungor who speaks about these
differences. The males have a “nothing” box. Inside this box males hold
nothing. When males are upset they retreat to their nothing box and when they
are extremely upset they cannot talk. The best thing for adults to do is to
have males drink 8 to 10 ounces of water. When we confront them and ask them what is
wrong they will not say anything. This makes the adult mad. Dr. Payne advised
to have males physically move or work with a partner and even involve them in
relational activities.
She was amazing and all our staff enjoyed it and feel they are understand how to deal with our students better.
She was amazing and all our staff enjoyed it and feel they are understand how to deal with our students better.
Traci Williams
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