Search Institute has identified five elements—expressed in 20 specific actions—that make relationships powerful in young people’s lives.
Young people are more likely to grow up successfully when they experience developmental relationships with important people in their lives (Search Institute).
Developmental relationships are close connections through which young people discover who they are, cultivate abilities to shape their own lives, and learn how to engage with and contribute to the world around them (Search Institute).
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As you prepare to welcome your students back to school this fall, we recommend the following:
OPENING & CLOSING Routines PDF:
Face-to-Face routine
Remote Learning routine
Routines are a key strategy for creating calm, continuity, and predictability as classes shift between face-to-face and remote settings
This collection of ten opening routines prioritizes relationship building, social and emotional well-being, and community interaction: Click HERE for the routine activities
As with opening routines, repeating closing routines will help your students internalize the steps and modeled behavior, and eventually students will be able to facilitate routines in your place: Click HERE for the routine activities