How can teachers create psychological safety in their classrooms?

The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast'  is Sarah Philip, back for her second appearance on the show. Sarah is a psychologist, coach and host of the Curious Conversations podcast. She also does a huge amount of work supporting schools and teachers.

In this interview Sarah answers the central question:  how can new teachers create psychological safety in their classrooms?  In answering that central question, we also explore the following:

1.     How would you define psychological safety and why is it important? 

2.  How can teachers create a culture of belonging in their classrooms? 

3.     What role do mistakes have in creating psychological safety? 

4.  How can teachers encourage self-expression from young people? 

5.  What role does feedback have? 

The workshop that we discuss in the interview is available to sign up for here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-psychological-safety-tickets-743651470567. 

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