Connected Classrooms

Reimagine your school community. This practical guidebook will help you shift your mindset of online and blended learning from 'backup plan' to unprecedented opportunity for rich connections and high-level learning. New and veteran teachers alike will gain insight on how to build in-person and online relationships with students and coworkers to achieve a learning community that supports social-emotional learning, equitable and inclusive instruction, and academic success.Educators of hybrid learning environments will: Understand why relationship-building is fundamental to student success and gain best practices for establishing this foundationDiscover new blended, online, and in-person strategies for strengthening connections with your diverse studentsGain strategies for offering instruction that is affirming, representative of our diverse world, and rooted in equityBe empowered to think critically about and to change systems currently in place that limit students ability to connect and thriveChoose strategies that fit your teaching style from the myriad of vibrant experiences contributed by educators around the worldContents:Preface: Our Journeys to Blended EducationIntroduction: People-Centered Approaches to TeachingPart I: Reimagining the Online ClassroomChapter 1: Reimagining School as a Global Community ProjectChapter 2: Cultivating Strengths-Based Approaches for Inclusion, Support, and CounselingChapter 3: Fostering Relationships Through Connection-Based FeedbackPart II: Inclusive Practices: Diversity and Equity in the Online ClassroomChapter 4: Centering Student StoriesChapter 5: Honoring Multilingual and Multicultural LearnersChapter 6: Accelerating Opportunities for Gifted and Talented StudentsEpilogueAppendixGlossaryReferences and ResourcesIndex