A FAILURE TO CONNECT

As an educator it is difficult to hear or be a witness when students are not having a good experience at school. You just want to reach out and make everything right..............

How can you help to bring about change if those at the top are convinced that "all is well"?

Students feel disenfranchised, disconnected, and worst do not trust those who should have their best interest at heart. 

This failure to connect has produced a rather negative school climate where interactions are purely punitive, unsafe, and cold. Can one assume that learning is taking place? 

Does a school exist? 

Research has shown repeatedly that students learn from teachers who they trust and whom they believe genuinely care about them. Further, it is imperative that their psychosocial emotional needs be met. Learning takes place when people feel connected and there is structure. 

Did Linda Cliatt-Wayman get it right? What are the lessons to be learnt here? How do we move forward?

Have a Productive Week!

Petreno