During the summer I will be sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past seven years. You can see all those collections from the first six years here.
Here are the ones I’ve posted so far:
This Year’s Most Popular Q&A Posts
Best Ways To Begin The School Year
Best Ways To End The School Year
Student Motivation & Social Emotional Learning
Teaching English Language Learners
Entering The Teaching Profession
Today’s theme is on Relationships in Schools. You can see the list following this excerpt from one of them:
* Manage Classrooms Through ‘Positive Relationships’
Karen Baptiste, Gianna Cassetta, Harry Wong, Rosemary Wong, and Julia Thompson share their classroom management recommendations.
* ‘Care Is The Catalyst For Learning’
Sean McComb, P.J. Caposey, Cindi Rigsbee, A. William Place, Jennifer Fredricks and several readers share their thoughts on the role of “care” in the age of standards.
* ‘There’s Nothing More Innovative Than Care’
Educators Andre Perry, Sara Ahmed, Kristine Mraz, Sean Slade, and Mai Xi Lee provide responses to the question: “How does caring relate to our current focus on standards in education?”
* Many Ways To Help Our Students Grieve
Several exceptional educators have contributed to this column, including Mary Tedrow, Stephen Lazar, Larry Swartz, Dr. Sherrel Bergmann, and Dr. Judith Brough. In addition, I’ve included responses from readers.
* Great Teachers Focus on Connections & Relationships
Eric Jensen, Jason Flom, and PJ Caposey provide guest responses.
* A Teacher-Counselor Partnership Is ‘Essential’ For Student Success
This post includes responses from Julie Hartline, the 2009 National Counselor Of The Year; and educator/authors Trish Hatch, Dr. Sherrel Bergmann, and Dr. Judith Brough. In addition, I’ve included comments from readers.
* Ways To Develop A Teacher - School Counselor Partnership
This column features suggestions from three exceptional educators on how to solidify the teacher/counselor partnership: Dean Vogel, counselor, teacher and President of the California Teachers Association (I am a proud member of CTA); Leticia Gallardo, who works at the school where I teach and who is the most amazing counselor I’ve ever seen; and Mindy Willard, the 2013 National Counselor of the Year.
* Several Ways Teachers Can Create a Supportive Environment for Each Other
Author/educators Bill Ferriter and Parry Graham provide guest responses to this tricky question.
* Can Teachers Be Friends With Students Using Social Media?
Educators Bud Hunt and Ernie Rambo take on an issue that always seems to be in the news.
* Part Two--Can Teachers Be Friends With Students?
Jose Vilson and I give our observations on the topic.
* Can Teachers Be Friends With Students? -- Part One
Well known author-educator Rick Wormeli contributes his thoughts.
I hope you’ve found this summary useful and, again, keep those questions coming!