What does a collaborative culture of caring look like? How do we make connections with the most challenging of our students and use those relationships to increase achievement? Using a series of articles from Ed Leadership as a base, this session will give you some ideas on how to reach different types of learners. The first half of the session will be sharing, discussion, and brainstorming activities related to the articles. In the second half of the session, you will create a product from a choice board to share your knowledge and what you will implement in your classroom.

Prior to the session, you will choose one of 7 articles on how to connect with learners of different types. 

Please use the annotation strategies to "talk to the text" - note anything that leads to a reaction (um? oh!), connections you can make, important details, background knowledge, and so on.

How do you see classroom culture and student achievement as being connected? Click on the Padlet preview below, then write your response.

You will join a small group based on the article you read to further discuss the topic. You will create a collaborative document to record your conversation.

Using the choice board below, create a product that will demonstrate your key takeaways and plans for implementation. Post the link to your final product in the Google Form below. If you have time at the end of the session, look over what your colleagues have created and give them some praise, encouragement and feedback.