Healthy Relationships
Teaching students the strategies and skills they need to establish, build, and maintain healthy rewarding relationships is an important part of Social and Emotional Learning.
Building healthy relationships includes relationships between students and educators. It is critical that educators intentionally and authentically connect with their students and make efforts to see and bring out the best in them.
The Power of Relationships in Schools
Research shows that students who feel safe and supported by adults at school are better able to learn.
In today’s society, working collaboratively with others is an essential skill that supports healthy relationships as well as our sense of community in any given setting. Collaboration values diverse perspectives and effectively utilizes each person’s contributions. Mastering collaborative skills is key to forging and maintaining healthy relationships in all aspects of a student’s life.
Every kid needs a champion
Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, “They don’t pay me to like the kids.” Her response: “Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.” A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.
