Chapter 7: Behind the Scenes

How does one sustain and nurture a teaching community?

Complementary Resources for Chapter 7

WATCH

• Peace Helpers Become Classroom Problem Solvers (Edutopia)
• The Forum: Students Learn the Skill of Conflict Resolution (Edutopia)
• The Three Most Important Questions in Education (GOOD)
• 'Last In, First Out' Examined In Hartford, CT (Learning Matters)
• Leading Together: Building Adult Community in Schools (Center for Courage & Renewal)
• Supporting Differentiated Learning Through Professional Development and Collaboration (Edutopia)
• A Split-Screen Strategy (Education Evolving)
• A Year at Mission Hill: Behind the Scenes (Ashoka's Start Empathy Initiative)

READ

• The Kid Whisperers (Sam Chaltain)
• Trust in Schools, by Anthony Bryk (Center for Courage & Renewal)
• A Year at Mission Hill: Behind the Scenes (Ashoka's Start Empathy Initiative)
• What Happens When a Great Teacher Walks Into a Burger Joint? (Ashoka's Start Empathy Initiative)
• Teachers at Work (What Kids Can Do)
• Fires in the Mind (What Kids Can Do)
• Effective Teams: The Key to Transforming Schools? (Edutopia)
• Making the Most Out of Teacher Collaboration (Edutopia)
• Creating a Safe and Friendly School: Lunchroom, Hallways, Playground and More (NEFC/Responsive Classroom)
• "Staff Learning Together," "Colleague Consultations" and other chapters from the book Responsive School Discipline (NEFC/Responsive Classroom)
• A Year at Mission Hill: Wholeness Arrising (Ashoka's Start Empathy Initiative)
• Democratic Education in Practice: Inside the Mission Hill School (University of Evansville)
• Funding and Resources for Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
• A Year at Mission Hill: Behind the Scenes (Ashoka's Start Empathy Initiative)

LISTEN

• StoryCorps at Eagle Rock - Karen & Amir talk about teacher mentorship and leadership (Eagle Rock School & Professional Development Center)

DO

• My child is being unkind to friends. What should I do? (Ashoka's Start Empathy Initiative)
• Take an online course Teaching for a Positive Future (Institute for Humane Education)
• How Principals Can Grow Teacher Excellence (Edutopia)
• The Dos and Dont's of Teacher Leadership (Edutopia)
• School Leadership: Resource Roundup (Edutopia)
• Six Ways to Avoid Feelings Isolated in the Classroom (Edutopia)
• Try Pairing Up with a Colleague and Teaching Together (NEFC/Responsive Classroom)
• Try a Structure Like This School's "Lab Classrooms" (NEFC/Responsive Classroom)
• Try to Include All Staff in Changing School Culture (NEFC/Responsive Classroom)