Erika Bare, Tiffany Burns
Description
Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students is a must-read for all educators. The practical and easy-to-implement tools, str
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ategies, and templates will create a culture of connection in our schools. Readers will be inspired and equipped with immediately applicable moves to build connected relationships for learning, avoid power-struggles, and apply communication as a universal support for all students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Bare and Burns draw on more than forty years of combined experience, stories from the field, and a good dose of humor to share a student-centered approach that can help transform behavior. The conversational tone, accessible table of contents, CTC Tips, and Connected Takeaways summarizing each chapter make this an ideal tool for book studies, professional development, and growing together as an educational community. Readers will find themselves returning to the tools in this playbook again and again as they embark on the daily adventure of talking with students. Readers, at any point in their educational career, will appreciate the clear "how to" guide for responding to common student moves, helping them catch our calm, and building connected communities of support by effectively closing the communication loop with both caregivers and colleagues. The authors' love of students and admiration for educators comes through on every page. They share a framework for connecting through conversation that is student-centered, trauma informed, culturally responsive, rooted in equity, and founded in care for kids while honoring the educators who serve them.This book is essential for anyone who loves and talks with students.
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