Collaborative Classroom is proud to spotlight Bay Area native and 4–5 combo teacher Carrie Landheer of the Oakland Unified School District in Oakland, CA. In an interview with…
In Part 1 of this blog series, I shared an anecdote about a student who was supported by the relationships within her classroom community to move on to…
We at Collaborative Classroom know that relationships are at the heart of building a community of learners within a classroom. This knowledge is backed by decades of research…
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For over three decades I took pride in the fact that my classroom was run in a manner that, at the time, seemed effective. My students were motivated…
January remains an opportunity for a fresh start in our classrooms, particularly when attending to social-emotional learning (SEL) for our students. How do we begin again? How do we reconnect with our students? How do we revitalize our classroom community for the second half of the year?
A teacher I work with recently related the following story to me. Over the last few weeks of teaching virtually, she became frustrated with the behavior of one…