Teachers can rebuild connections and create an educational environment in which they support students and each other.
- TAKE A HEALING-CENTERED APPROACH
- MAKE TIME AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO (RE)BUILD CONNECTIONS Get to know your colleagues and students.
- Acknowledge and greet each other
- Humanize each other beyond school roles
- Build a classroom that is grounded in collective values
- Make time for check-ins
- Listen to one another—and make sure everyone is heard
- CONSIDER CEREMONY AND RITUAL TO COMMEMORATE THE PREVIOUS YEAR Reflect on the losses and challenges of the past year
Pause. - Have a moment of silence. Connect