Top 3 Reasons To Build Classroom Community

In this episode, Chrissy shares three benefits you’ll receive when you prioritize community building in your classroom, including:

• an experience in a college math class that taught her the importance of community

• how positive culture increases student engagement, motivation, and confidence

• why you’ll spend less time and energy managing student behavior as a result of forming strong relationships with and between students

• examples of activities she used as a teacher to help shift the classroom culture in two middle school math classes

• how time and effort spent upfront leads to an increase in student collaboration and learning across the year

Resource Links:

• Mindset by Carol Dweck

• Youcubed.org - Jo Boaler’s website that includes resources on Growth Mindset

• Positive Classroom Norms to Encourage in Math Class by Jo Boaler

• Remote Unity: Building a Sense of Community during School Closures blog post by Amy Takabori