Bøker av Erika Bare

Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students is a must-read for all educators. The practical and easy-to-implement tools, strategies, and templates will create a culture of connection in our schools. Readers will be inspired and equipped with immediately applicable moves to build connected relationships for learning, avoid power-struggles, and apply communication as a universal support for all students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Bare and Burns use their over forty years of combined experience, stories from the field, and a good dose of humor to share an approach that will transform student behavior. The conversational tone, accessible table of contents, CTC Tips, and Connected Takeaways summarizing each chapter make this an ideal tool for book studies, professional development, and growing together as an educational community. Readers will find themselves returning to the tools in this playbook again and again as they embark on the daily adventure of talking with students. The authors' love of students and admiration for educators comes through in every page. They share a framework for connecting through conversation that is student-centered, trauma informed, culturally responsive, rooted in equity, and founded in care for kids while honoring the educators who serve them.This book is essential for anyone who loves and talks with students. Join the Connected Communicator Movement today!