Developmental relationships are built 1 student at a time, but that's hard to do when you have more than 1 student in your class. To help teachers in @RPS535 and beyond meet that challenge, here are tips for connecting with a student a day for the 1st month of the school year: Day 1: NURTURE SPARKS: Ask a student about the interests and talents that bring joy and meaning to their lives and share your spark with the student.

For schools & programs to re-open successfully in the fall, it will take more than just finding funding & keeping people safe from the virus. After months of sheltering at home, economic decline, and racial pain it will also take listening, affirming, responding, and bonding 1/7 Listening: Convening carefully structured conversations and collecting and analyzing data to understand the experiences young people have had during the months of sheltering at home, economic downturn, and protests following the murder of George Floyd. 2/7