Youth Perspective: Create a Safe and Effective Classroom Together
Receiving students’ input and opinions on how to create a safe and effective classroom environment is crucial to achieving a community in the classroom.
Continue readingYouth Perspective: Welcome Everyone
It’s important to start the school year off by making sure everyone feels comfortable, accepted, and welcomed when adjusting to new classroom environments.
Continue readingYouth Perspective: Get to Know Your Students
Dear Teachers, How are you creating a welcoming Environment and getting to know your students?
Continue readingSeeing Students As They Truly Are
Let's consider a magical story that captures the essence of an asset-based approach to children…and the damage it can cause when we use a deficit lens instead.
Continue readingThe Power of Play - Healthi Kids Playful Learning Summit
Staff from Children’s Institute and ROC the Future Alliance joined other community vendor organizations and nearly 200 attendees at the inaugural Healthi Kids Playful Learning Summit on Monday, August 21, 2023.
Continue readingCelebrating at the YCWC Juneteenth Freedom Resource Festival
The Young Child Wellness Council (YCWC) had a beautiful day for their community JUNETEENTH FREEDOM – Resource Festival held on Saturday, June 24, 2023.
Continue readingStudents want you to know you make a difference!
It’s a time of year that “burnout” creeps or leaps into almost every conversation that occurs among those of us in the education field... a couple of wishes as you head into summer break ...
Continue readingCelebrating the Work of Our Youth Leadership Council
Whole Child Connection’s Youth Leadership Council (YLC) and graduate students at The Warner School of Education came together to work on the teacher pipeline project.
Continue readingYouth Voice Matters: Helping to Improve Teacher Retention
We have heard from many teachers that they feel disconnected from students, that connections are strained, and that student support needs are growing as we all recover from the pandemic.
Continue readingInclusion vs. Belonging: What’s the Difference and How can SEL Help?
I was recently scrolling through my LinkedIn feed and an image popped up with a quote from Dr. Muna Abdi - “It is not inclusion if you invite people into a space you are unwilling to change.”
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