Building Relationships Inside and Outside the Classroom

This course focuses on building and maintaining positive relationships within a school: students in the classroom and people outside the classroom like administrators, colleagues, and parents. Being able to productively work with others from different cultural backgrounds and diverse perspectives is an essential skill in today’s world.Another key skill for teachers is learning how to best manage a classroom of students with a diversity of academic, social and emotional needs. This course provides teachers research-based strategies and best practicesin developing a classroom environment that can build positive connections with students, partnerships with parents, and productive relationships with others in a school.