20-21 | Student Well-being
STUDENT WELL-BEING IS OUR PRIORITY
While our students are physically distanced or participating in in-person learning, our goals remain the same:
- build a class culture and community,
- establish relationships with families and students,
- promote collaboration at the students and teachers' level
- maintain a safe, open and caring environment for everyone
supporting students and families
- Safe and open connection opportunities:
- In-person outdoor connection
- Small groups and one-on-one
- Caring connection:
- Assist struggling students
- Promote connection between students
- Check in regularly
- Why is connection so important? And especially during a time of online instruction?
- Because all learning is social and emotional
- Because the students have been through a trauma that needs to be acknowledged and recognized
- Because connection is essential for establishing strong, supportive adult relationships
- Social connection is fundamental to human development
- Social connection increase well-being
- Social connection is important to mitigate negative psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic