Choice Board: Building Relationships and Community
Establish agreements
- Behavior
- Discussion
- Team Building
Establish rules and rituals
- Check Ins
- Work Submission
- Instruction
Establish ways to connect
- to students
- from students
What it is
- establishing agreements
- establish rituals & routines
- establish ways to connect
How to use this section
Start here with the session Building Community for an overview of building community within the virtual classroom.
Next, move to the Asynchronous Learning Materials to select and focus on specific topics or areas needed for your region or district.
Asynchronous Learning Materials
- SEL for the Remote School Year
Work through Critical Action 3: Establishing safe, supportive and engagement environments for students from CASEL SEL Roadmap - SEL Considerations for Remote Learning
Quick Tips & Strategies to use to help support predictable, flexible, student empowered and connected environments. - Building Relationships and Community
Relationship Building Circles - Science Behind Fostering Relationships
- Building Relationships Virtually
- SEL Families on a Virtual Environment
- 5 Part Series on Supporting Reading in the Virtual World:
Resources
- Virtual Class Meeting Considerations
- Padlet for Video Etiquette
- Tips and Tricks for Grown Ups
- Sample Agreements for Students
- SEL Playbook — Ideas for opening routines and optimistic closures.
- Five minute chats with students from CASEL
- Edutopia video: A Daily Support System for Students
- Panorama Education surveys
- Check In Check Out Tips
- Fostering a Strong Community in a Virtual Classroom
- Edutopia article: Fostering Relationships Remotely
- Inquiry and Literacy Resources