One of my favorite parts of being an educator is the sense of community that is created with each new class of students. Fostering that feeling in person has its challenges of course, but is a bit ...

Whether you’re teaching in-person, remotely, or in a hybrid modality, it’s important to build a collaborative classroom community of mutual trust, respect, and understanding. It is a critical step in ...

In the old-growth forest that joins Atlanta’s Bush Mountain and Oakland City neighborhoods, Georgia Tech students led the build of an outdoor classroom to celebrate nature and community. A ...

During my 57 years as an educator, I have unearthed many truths, but none as profound as the transformative power of intentional community building within the classroom. An uplifting learning ...

Students’ learning is enhanced when they connect with their instructors -- and their classmates. Creating this community looks different in an online classroom, but there is now good evidence on how ...

Forging relationships and friendships that last a lifetime is a vital part of the Northwestern Engineering experience. Many undergraduate students form these essential connections in student groups.

In today’s political climate, marked by the Black Lives movement and other protests, conversations about race can be difficult to have, especially as social media often fuels racial tensions rather ...

As I’m reflecting on this past school year, I think it’s the strongest bond I’ve ever built with a group of students, thanks in part to technology and the community building that had to initially ...

It is back to school time and I just completed our Student Teaching kickoff event which got me thinking about classroom community and climate. Talking with beginning teachers about ways to communicate ...

More ideas for beginning of the year community building ideas are here. Making these intentional and explicit efforts is essential as data show that vulnerable youth, including transgender and ...