The Art of Building School Community
December 2nd, 2009 admin
At Eagle Rock School , in Estes Park, Colorado, the alpine air is so thin, it literally takes your breath away. For most of the 96 teens living and learning here, the Rocky Mountain setting couldn’t be more different from the city streets they’ve left behind. For at-risk kids, a school that instills strong community — and accountability — makes a life-changing difference. 5 off No Off read more
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For example, Robert Park, one of the first American Sociologists to define the term stated, “The essential characteristics of a community , so conceived are those of: (1) a population territorially organized, (2) more or less completely rooted in the soil it occupies, (3) its individual units living in a relationship of mutual interdependence”(Lyons,...
As the school year begins, it's important as teachers to remember the difference between rules and routines in the classroom. I admit it. I allowed students to chew gum in class. Why? I chewed gum. I have a throat that tends to dry up mid-morning. Gum works. read more
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Use short stories to build community at the start of the year — and excite your new students about learning. As a teacher, on the first day of school, I wanted my students to know that in my class we would read a lot and we’d read great literature, literature that would help us understand our world better, and ourselves. read more
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I agree with Maurice Elias’s blog entry about furlough days for Hawaii’s public schools — a total redesign of the school day to meet the needs of our 21st-century learners. This means relevant, creative-project and service-learning environments aligned not only to state standards but also to student interests. Changing school culture...
If you’ve not already done so, I hope you’ll take a moment to check out our new online-community groups . There have been many, many fantastic discussions taking root, with some strong connections being forged — and this is only just the beginning! Our new online community will soon let you customize your profile to receive notification...
Mary Beth Hertz ( @mbteach on Twitter) emerged as a leader in the afternoon #edchat, where forward-thinking educators from around the world connect and discuss different issues of the day. Her tweets during the chat reflected her knowledge and passion for at-risk youth and further revealed her fluency in the issues and challenges of at-risk students...
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Blogger and elementary teacher Gaetan Pappalardo lets his students get creative with their room decoration because it gives him a chance to get to know them, and each other. And that lays a solid community foundation right from the start. The smell of permanent marker is in the air; books are piled neatly on each desk; brand new posters and charts...
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