Tag: Building Relationships

Relationship mapping tool

Posted on by alisakaczorowski in Business, Social Emotional Learning, Trauma Informed Care

This week, I talked all about the importance of connecting, and building relationships, with kids over on YouTube. One of the strategies I discussed was relationship mapping. I found this excellent tool for use by any teacher/school looking to do a more formal relationship mapping of their students.

I realize that this might be a difficult task to undertake for educators working in larger schools, but if you’re in a smaller school or up to the challenge, this tool really is fantastic and well worth the time it would take to complete.

I’d love to hear from you, if your school has done any kind of relationship mapping! How did you do it? What were the take-aways?

Building & Maintaining Strong Relationships with Kids – New Resources Available!

Posted on by alisakaczorowski in Uncategorized
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As educators and parents, we all know how critical it is to build strong relationships with children. In the classroom, this really is the foundation of a successful school year.

I’ve created several new resources that can be used at the beginning of the year, semester or anytime in between to help you get to know your students a bit better.

The resources are:

  1. Interest Inventory – Learn more about your students’ interests with this simple graphic organizer
  2. All About Me with an SEL Twist – A fun writing activity that helps you learn more about your students than just their favorite color or food
  3. I Wish My Teacher Knew – Do yourself a favor and go read the book, “I Wish My Teacher Knew: How One Question Can Change Everything for Our Kids” by Kyle Schwartz and then use this handy dandy printable to do the activity with your own students
  4. Daily Check-In Form – Have a student or 3 that you’d like to communicate with more consistently? Use this awesome check-in form to keep a pulse on how they’re doing each day.

Click on the links above to check out each resource on Teachers Pay Teachers or click here to see all four in one easy bundle.