Made me think

You gave us the tools to get our kids to open up and the strategies to keep them talking!

Randy, a boy at School 2 has been struggling (basically failing most subjects) in school for several years. When I met him his teachers, counselors, parents and administration were frustrated and simply did not know how to support and motivate him academically. He was always forgetting things, not turning in work, failing tests and disorganized. Last year in lunch bunch we worked on self-advocacy. This email is a testament to his advocating for himself…he continuously went to the counselor’s office asking to bring back Gen Text because our work with him supports him academically, socially and emotionally! How awesome is this?????

As a teacher I never considered discriminatory harassment in school or online for that matter, I always had one broad term, bullying.

Working with students in a small group gives me the opportunity to understand my students more deeply on a social, emotional and academic level.

In order to be a highly effective teacher it is essential to conduct lessons that include students going online independently.