Professional Learning Materials

Structures for Building Relationships and Belonging

Video, The Importance of Building Relationships

Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, teachers, and students share the importance of building relationships, highlighting the 2x10 strategy.

2x10 Article and Video, ASCD

The author highlights the 2x10 strategy and includes a video of the strategy in action between a student and a teacher, over time.

Tokens of Connection article, ASCD

The author describes several strategies for building student relationships.

Article: 6 Strategies for Building Better Student Relationships

Read a teachers ideas for 6 strategies to establish at the beginning of the year to foster strong student relationships.

www.edutopia.org/article/6-strategies-building-better-student-relationships/

Balancing Friendliness with Firmness

How middle school teachers (and teachers of all ages) can have fun with students without losing control of the classroom.

Balancing Friendliness With FirmnessBy setting clear expectations for behavior early on, teachers can have fun with their students without losing control of their classrooms.

Article: Staying Connected with Troubled Students

In this ASCD article by Nancy Rappaport, she describes attuned responses to students and highlights how to restore and repair relationships.

Staying Connected with Troubled Students

Video Ted Talk: Lisa Mims

A teacher shares her perspectives on how relationships and environments that foster social and emotional development impact students now and in their future.

Video: The Power of Relationships in Schools

This video from Edutopia highlights the connection between relationships, brain science, and learning at high levels for improved student outcomes.