Building School Communities

Helps teachers build genuine bonds between themselves and their students and between students and their classmates, to create “kindred class homes” with a foundation of acceptance, respect, and shared purpose. For many of our students, our classrooms may be a safe, nurturing refuge they long for in otherwise tumultuous lives. Develop strategies and rituals, along with design and environmental skills, to create these safe havens of learning: kindred classrooms where students and teachers work together in synergistic ways that benefit all members of the school family. Learn how to differentiate for classroom management and discipline just as you do for students’ diverse academic needs. One size does not fit all, but all sizes create a good diversity fit together.