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"Students who do not feel a sense of belonging in school tend to withdraw from interaction with their peers". Students need that motivation and connection to be successful

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It's common sense. Teachers who do not try to connect with students end up having classroom management issues with their students. Teachers need to make connections with all of their students.

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I connected with the excerpt because I do notice that a lot of my more withdrawn kids do better after becoming more acclimated and feeling more comfortable with me. They are more inclined to participate after we have worked closely in some capacity.

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Trying to connect with them once the class is over ( crew in my case). I post in the stream to try to keep them engaged and to feel "not neglected once class is over." Also with PE, doing the same.

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Start with easier and lighter questions before moving to deeper conversations.

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Start with easier and lighter questions before moving to deeper conversations.

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I wasn't surprised by the findings. I think that students who feel like they belong will definitely do better academically.

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I think fostering a sense of belonging and establishing connections is important, and a challenge now that we are blended/ remote.

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Asking students to take part in creating the "rules" or "class contract." Also, asking students to collaboratively create a class name and slogan.

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Helping students discover what they have in common with each other.

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This year I started a practice of having an Estrella del Día on some days of class in which we choose one classmate to interview and students have to look for connections they have with the "estrella".

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A sense of belonging is essential to self-esteem, which is a key component to learning and growing.

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My response is to continue fostering of autonomy.

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The idea that we all come to understand the world though our interactions with others is critical to understanding the role of the student in our classrooms.

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Transparency and consistent reinforcement of the fact that our class sessions are safe spaces

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I can relate

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"Researchers also found effects on the health and well-being of African American students in the treatment condition, who, three years post-intervention, reported better health and fewer doctor visits than African American students in the control group. " A feeling of belongingness in school has effects that extend far outside of the classroom

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Showing/teaching students that setbacks are okay, we all experience them and sometimes the best learning happens because of them.

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I use humor. Most kids can relate to humor so I try to make them laugh.

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Creating a safe enviornment where students feel comfortable to share

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Incorporating culturally relevant and inclusive texts/materials that reflect students’ culture, experiences and backgrounds.

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Section Leaders help a lot. Those students gain a sense of leadership while helping others
Band is also very much a team sport. Everyone is important we strive to become more than the sum of our parts. Each instrument, each part whether you are playing solo trumpet, tamborine, triangle or 3rd clarinet is made to feel as though they belong. Common experiences also help bolster this through band competition, concerts, performances for community, playing at basketball games, playing for the President of CHile. Authentic experiences in band intrinsically promote this atmosphere.

Soloists

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 They tend to interpret setbacks and difficulty in their studies as a normal part of learning

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Comedy and humor. Always.

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We usually begin the year with a lot of different getting to know you activities and I always participate and am fully transparent with them. I also incorporate personal experiences with some of the texts we read to make students feel more comfortable making connections to texts etc.

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 They tend to interpret setbacks and difficulty in their studies as a normal part of learning

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Set classroom goals together. Encourage students to work together.

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Give students the opportunity to create ownership over the classroom, through creating decorations, placement of materials.

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encourage creative expression by emphasizing peer feedback for what they enjoyed about others creative choices

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To the best of my ability I invite students to bring their home life/experience into their interpretations of character motivations. On a less academic level, in previous years, I have invited students to bring objects from their homes (ie: flags, pictures) to be used as classroom decoration

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One practice that is stressed is the allowance of independent ideas and voices.

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Center myself prior to leaving an impression of my energy

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This year we started the year with the book, The Day you Begin.  Students then created I am From poems to share their stories and recorded using Flipgrid.  It was really cool for the class to be able to get to know others by watching videos of their classmates.

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For Crew students uplift one another by providing reasons they are grateful for one another.  They choose someone in the class and share a reason they are grateful for them.